SOLO Taxonomy

SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning Bk 1, 2 and 3.

November 24, 2012

I met with the fabulous Liz McNeill when I was working in Christchurch this week – we have recently co-authored three new secondary English resource books – the SOLO Taxonomy and Making Meaning series – using Google docs. We created and proofed the three manuscripts working from Christchurch and Auckland respectively – Google docs, email […]

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GOING SOLO – The Taxonomy Everyone’s Talking About

September 16, 2012

Check out the latest issue of Innovate My School Magazine It’s a concept that’s gaining popularity, but what exactly is SOLO? English teacher Lisa Jane Ashes untangles the taxonomy everyone’s talking about. Open publication – Free publishing – More apps

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The Paper Napkin Series: Five ways to use SOLO Taxonomy in teaching and learning.

August 26, 2012

Introducing the first presentation in the HookED Paper Napkin Series for professional learning around SOLO Taxonomy. #1 Five ways to use SOLO Taxonomy in teaching and learning. Open publication – Free publishing – More achievement

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The use of SOLO Taxonomy in UK classrooms – TES Kerra Maddern.

August 25, 2012

Kerra Maddern – reporter for TES – has written a thoughtful piece on the use (and usefulness) of SOLO Taxonomy in UK classrooms. A repeated complaint about the education system is that it gives pupils superficial understanding. Under pressure to get them through exams, teachers can find themselves taking classes through the required material bit […]

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SOLO Scheme of Work: Science – Living Things and Life Processes

July 21, 2012

This science SoW from @Jamie_Venning uses SOLO Taxonomy to unpack learning intentions for Living Things and Life Processes. It provides a powerful and practical pedagogical example of how SOLO can make the success criteria for differentiated learning outcomes visible to students. You can read more about the author here y7 Living Things and Life Processes

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Creating SOLO infographics and rubric posters.

July 21, 2012

I am enjoying the many different SOLO posters, infographics and self-assessment rubrics created using Piktochart and Comic Life Here is a SOLO Poster from @JamesTheo in the United Kingdom – constructed using Piktochart A #SOLO poster for display ready for next year. Will add to the dropbox later. #SOLOarmy twitter.com/JamesTheo/stat… — James Theobald (@JamesTheo) July […]

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Thinking about transforming road safety education for the 21st Century?

July 20, 2012

Thinking about transforming road safety education for the 21st Century? Thought so – keep Sat afternoon 6 October clear conference.co.nz/roadsafety12/w… — Pam Hook (@arti_choke) July 19, 2012 Australasian Road Safety Conference 2012, Wellington, New Zealand, 4-6 October via kwout

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The Plastic Men Do SOLO

July 19, 2012
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Transformative Approaches to New Technologies and Student Diversity in Futures Oriented Classrooms

July 16, 2012

Feels good to see this described as a “must have book” and to know that the classroom use of SOLO Taxonomy as a practical approach to rethinking futures oriented classrooms features in Chapter 8 – see extract from introduction below. “Bigum and Rowan have put together a star collection of the most innovative researchers across […]

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Best ever introduction of SOLO HOT Maps to teachers

July 13, 2012

I loved this “treasure hunt with iPad” approach to introducing the SOLO HOT Maps to teachers from @DVP_Learning – EV Teaching and Learning: HOT SOLO Maps, iPads and a treasure hunt! via kwout The use of the Explain Everything iPad App was new to me – I will certainly be suggesting NZ teachers using iPads […]

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