management with c o l o u r s
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Management with c o l o u r s. Making progress visible Presentation at # SLTeachMeet 12 th July 2014. Kev Lister - @ ListerKev Blog http://bit.ly/ListerKev. Which team would you be the most/least proud to be part of?. Colours are emotive Even without a key we make judgements - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Management with colours
Making progress visible
Presentation at #SLTeachMeet 12th July 2014
Kev Lister - @ListerKev
Blog http://bit.ly/ListerKev
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Which team would you be the most/least proud to be part of?
Colours are emotive Even without a key we make
judgements No data to interpret Loads of psychological
theories about colour & impact on feelings
Make use of this to drive progress without confrontation Experience shows it works
both in industry and education
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Who’s making progress?
Progress driven by natural competition
Minimal challenge required
Applications: Report
completion Budgeting Almost anything!
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Highlights key points and makes comparisons quicker.
Encourages teachers to benchmark their performance with others
Makes patterns and trends easier to see
Colours in tracking documents
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All our maths classes have a progress wall
Colours in the classroom
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Makes progress visible to students and teacher Sometimes
progress is non-linear
Provokes DIALOGUE and ACTION
Colours in the classroom
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Use colour to help with seating plans (both setting up and then reviewing)
Easy to see how stronger/weaker students are distributed
Template for plan available here: http://bit.ly/SeatingPlan
Colours in the classroom
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#RAG123 WAY more than just
traffic lights Colours = Effort
(under student control)
Numbers = Undertstanding (under teacher control)
Provokes discussion of student effort
Colours in the classroom
82.5% of users report improved effort and/or attainment from their groups
More info on #RAG123 here http://bit.ly/RAG123blog
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Colour coding of information for students.
Green = feedback Blue = self
assessment Yellow = information
Colours in the classroom
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Investigate Psychological background – to inform and develop practice further
Develop progress charts, seating plans, RAG123 further
Other thoughts: Studies suggest that exposure to a Sky blue colour
improves cognition and perceived alertness… What colour are your slides?
Next steps
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Always welcome… Tweet: @ListerKev
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