1. In Numbers
28 Students
7 Days
1 Teacher
2 Expert birdwatchers
3 Feedback norms
100 prays for dry weather
3 Locations
12 featured birds
42 bird species spotted
1 Teacher exemplar project
1 Exhibition day
9 Pairs of binoculars
1 Trip to California
1 Project

2. Working with Experts
•Knowledge
•Passion
•Authentic audience
•Extended learning
relationship
Impact of Experts
•Practical advice
•Motivation
•Responsibility
•Understanding that
learning matters
http://crammybirding.blogspot.co.uk/
http://holywellbirding.blogspot.co.uk/

3. The Birds
1st draft
Critique
And
Drafting

4. 2nd draft
Critique
And
Drafting

5. 3rd draft

6. The Scribbles
“Sorry Sir, I’ve scribbled on this draft...”

7. Norms during Critique
•Soft on people, hard on content.
•Step up, step back.
• Feedback is kind, specific and
Operational conditions helpful.
•The presence of experts.
•An authentic project and
audience.
Having to redraft felt good as I always
•Bergers’ Feedback norms. knew what I had to improve in next draft.
•Value added to drafting. Redo[ing] work [led to] frustration but
[then] realising we had produced better
work [which] expanded upon our
knowledge”
We drafted our work [several] times....so
we could get a quality product we would be
proud of!

8. Further reading.....
• Innovation unit “Work that matters”
• Ron Bergers’ “An Ethic of Excellence”
• High Tech High- “Unboxed”
• WWW.Pedagogicalpurposes.blogspot.com
• www.Teachingandlearningmusic.blogspot.com
• www.Cramlingtonlv.co.uk
• Twitter @DKMead