This year, I have achieved Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert status. This has been awarded to 8,800 educators around the world.
This journey began when I became a Skype guest speaker through the British Council over a year ago. Through this I discovered a range of online professional development courses. These courses have enabled me to explore the Microsoft range of software and apps for use within the classroom.
Through these courses I have been able to introduce children to OneNote with preloaded content that enables dyslexic pupils to use immersive reader. Immersive reader allows the pupil to have the text read to them. This turns a lesson into a fully inclusive lesson in which all pupils can access the content within the lesson without needing additional adult support.
OneNote allows a range of content to be added including the fantastic Microsoft forms. In the class OneNote I am able to provide pupils with the immersive reader if they needed it. I can then follow up their understanding of what they had read and learnt throughout the lesson using Microsoft form within the Class OneNote. This provides good summative assessment of the pupils learning.
As a school we completed Critical Thinking training through the Geographical Association and British Council. This led to a partnership with a school in Amman, Jordan based around the Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights.
The Microsoft 21st century skills course was extremely valuable for planning lessons based on developing the skills pupils need for the 21st century. These skills are essential for our pupils for their future. To develop this further I have based our international Erasmus+ project on critical thinking skills. This will enable me to share my knowledge on 21st Century skills with other teachers who will be visiting from other countries.
I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the Microsoft Innovative educator expert community and can't wait to develop my skills and knowledge over the forthcoming year.
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