Cranbourne Secondary College PEDAGOGY TOOLBOX – Click on each phase of The Gradual Release of Responsbility to access strategies to support your teaching and learning.

Collaboration In The Remote Setting

3 May 20203 May 2020

Watch the video below for an example of how to facillitate Collaboration in the Remote Setting. Collaboration in a Remote Setting Thankyou to Enza Sepe for providing…

Critical and Creative Thinking…

Hot Potato

This strategy will help students to: demonstrate their prior knowledge about a topic This strategy will help teachers to: Formatively assess student readiness to learn a particular skill Implementation:…

LOOM – Screen Casting and Voice Recording

This strategy will help students to: Gain access to the instruction they need from classroom teachers, in a video format, without interruption from the classroom environment. Reflect back on the…

Formative Assessment…

Learning Apps Interactive Games

This strategy will help students to: Demonstrate their skills and knowledge in an interactive way. Implementation: Go to LearningApps.org You can choose to Browse pre-made Apps by Subject or Category…

Screencast-O-Matic

12 Apr 202012 Apr 2020

Screencast-O-matic allows you to record your voice over any document on your computer. This strategy will help students to: better understand instructions in the form a video rather than a static document/powerpoint…

Administrative Notes…

CAT Moderation

6 Jan 20206 Jan 2020

Watch the video below to see an example of how a Learning Area could conduct a CAT Moderation Session. CAT Moderation Thankyou to Cranbourne Secondary College's Science Learning Area…

Administrative Notes…

Delivering a Common Assessment Task (CAT)

6 Jan 20206 Jan 2020

Watch the video below to watch an example of how a CAT could be delievered to your class. Delivering a CAT to your class. Thankyou to Stuart Greig…

Critical and Creative Thinking

Barometer – Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues

Description: The Barometer teaching strategy helps students share their opinions by asking them to line up along a continuum based on their position on an issue. It is especially…

Critical and Creative Thinking…

Silent Discussions (Big Paper)

Description: This discussion strategy uses writing and silence as tools to help students explore a topic in depth. In a Big Paper discussion, students write out their responses to a…

Critical and Creative Thinking…

Readers’ Theatre

Description: In an activity based on the Readers’ Theatre strategy, groups of students are assigned a text excerpt to present to their peers. As opposed to presenting skits of the…