Sparkler sessions have typically run at the beginning of an Adventure Learning session. A sparkler session is when a child shares a new skill or tool that they have learnt or discovered. This may be a new iPad or iPod app, how to use Google Earth, a website, new skill on the cameras or something about blogging. A sparkler session can run any where between 5-10 minutes and is student led.
Children generally sign up to lead a sparkler session. Initially only one sparkler session will be run at the beginning of a session and all children will tune in. Where I would like to see this go is for either 2-3 sparkler sessions to be run at the same time. It provides more children with a leadership opportunity and also enables the other children with a choice of which session they opt into.
The other way to do this would be to allocate the first or last 20-30 minutes of Adventure Learning to opt into a sparkler session. Again, the purpose of this would be for children to teach children new skills. A class message board would be set up to enable children to share what they need help with and/or what they feel they could help others with. Similar to Ignite or Educamp in a way. This would also be a great way to expose children to different ways to create and share content. I plan on giving this a go either this week or next week so will reflect on how it went afterwards. Opt in sparkler sessions will be recorded using the digital cameras to provide children with a resource that they can access at a later date. All sparkler sessions will be available for children on the student drive.
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