In colab we do three way conferences a bit differently from other classes. In this explanation I will tell you just how different it is and the process we go through to create the perfect three way conference.
What makes our three way conferences special is that the kids organize their conference and tell their parents about their learning, occasionally the teacher pops in to see how we are going and to answer some questions that we can’t. But we can't just tell our parents everything we do, without some planning and preparation. The week before the three way conferences start, all the kids make a learning site, (which is not made public.) The learning site contains our learning target, writing and maths A4Ls, our book club our blog and our report. After that we create a plan. We have to decide what we would like to show our parents, how long we will spend on each category and if we want some time to answer some questions, but we are only allowed 20 minutes to present our learning.
When our parents arrive we show them all the things that we are proud of and the way that we learn. I showed my weekly plan, teacher time table and fast track first, then my blog then my a4ls then my book club and lastly my report. During the conference our parents asked lots of difficult questions that we had to answer.
The three way conference ensures that the parents know what we are doing every day and with our report on our learning site our parents can access it from any computer in the word and it updates itself automatically.
So that is how colab runs their three way conferences.
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