For those of you who are interested in other ways we use LAMS, Glenorie Stage 3 students are using LAMS in a wide variety of ways to cover curriculum, communicate effectively with each other and evaluate school programs and their own learning.
They now receive all their Homework on-line through LAMS. We have a paper version for those without Internet access at home but the numbers of students doing it this way has diminished dramatically since the beginning of Term 3.
In class, students are completing customised sequences in Reading groups, for Drug Education,PDHPE, Science and HSIE units and for Maths.
We have created a forum for students to log onto (originally as a Maths support helpline) but it has exploded into a place where students go to ask all sorts of questions about Homework, LAMS technical issues, classwork.
Parents asked for a dedicated Forum to be created so the end-of-year Yr 6 Farewell organising committee could discuss issues to do with catering, music, theme. These topics could be hashed out without having to get together physically. Our students come into town from far and wide...LAMS is helping these parents bridge the distance gap and save time.
Students have evaluated a number of programs we run throughout the year...Our Peer Suppport program was evaluated using a LAMS survey, our first Grandparents Day was evaluated so that next year it can be better than ever! One of my latest ventures is into Students as Authors...designing sequences for themselves and others, you can look at the discussion threads in the Teaching experiences with LAMS forum.
Hope these ideas are useful.
Posted by Debbie Evans
