"Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever"- Mahatma Ghandi

Breakout 1: Accessing Deep learning
Presenter: Derek Weymouth; Margot McKeengan.

Today I attended a breakout on "Accessing Deep learning"
Firstly, we as a class looked at what deep learning is and what is means to us. We used the famous Padlet to collaborate out ideas on this topic. Below is an image of the padlet. Some of the key questions the we also talked about were:


What is deep learning?
How might we measure it?
What evidence would we use?

Some of the things that first came to my mind when I hear the word "DEEP LEARNING"
What is deep learning are listed below

• Critical thinking
• Zone of proximal development. 
• Making connections 
• Digging deeper. 
• Questioning.
• Understanding. 

Created with Padlet

Link to the padlet 

We then went onto:
DEFINING DEEP LEARNING:

• Share a story of a lesson/unit/learning experience that you consider to be a good example of "deep learning"
• what made it "deep"
• What indicators do you use?
• Authenticity: About the learner. 
• Real world context: making connections. 

We looked at how Deep learning also means that the students has a voice. The leaning is more student entered.  Deep learning also involved the learner being reflective and growing in their learning. This is where they asked themselves questions: What worked for me, what could I do better next time.  Deep learning to myself also means empowerment. Seeing the  learner as a WHOLE and not just a part. It is about  COLLABORATION-Working together and bringing different knowledge and putting them together.

For deep learning to also happen it also involves Partnerships. These partnerships are: Home/school/families/communities: learning partnerships=learning opportunities.

I am a huge believer in the Zone of proximal development. I believe that when the child is in the zone of proximal development that is when the most amount of deep learning takes place. It is up to use teachers to capture those moments and run with it.