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QT Conference - Coffs Harbour NSW - Workshop Evaluations |
Students as Questioners Very easy to listen to. Very well presented. Great ideas to use. Very practical. Relevant to all year levels - Try strategies in classroom - Very helpful - Good content Very informative showing practical activities to implement. Developing a Classroom Culture of Thinking Great ideas, enjoyable session. Will focus whole school on Thinking Skills. Very interesting and well presented, developed a better awareness for myself. Start thinking in a different way then put it back into my work. This is desirable, manageable and achievable in all classes. Address staff meeting. Will try and get Michael back up this way again. Inspiring - Very enjoyable - Easy to follow and interesting - Excellent - Great stuff Systematic teaching of thinking skills enhances the learning experience of students. Use resources in classroom activities and share with colleagues. Teachers as Questioners Unlimited use. Thank you. Brilliant. - Excellent Session - Fantastic speaker with easy to use ideas and techniques. - Lots of ideas, well presented. - Very useful Informative, practical. Really look at questioning techniques to promote higher order thinking. - Will use this in every stage I teach. Very useful. - Great ideas. Will utilise more involved question techniques to promote higher order thinking. Took away some great activities that can be modified. Engaging. Will use some strategies at staff meeting. Teaching Gifted Students in Mixed Ability Classrooms Fantastic, practical, real and relevant workshop. - Some good ideas. Good follow on from previous seminars. - Good session, great ideas. Will help other teachers identify and engage gifted students. - Lots of useful information to take back. Thank you. The planning model pyramid approach and TABS will be excellent to help me in the right direction for my gifted students. Will look at challenging students more in the classroom. - Good information. Will share with staff. - New strategies and ideas to better meet the needs of our GATS students. - Love the grid. School can use this. - Excellent resources in handouts.
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Feedback from a professional training day for teachers at all levels of schooling for Scholastic Australia Professional Development Consultant – Scholastic Australia "Excellent variety of resources and ideas. Well presented and to the point for both primary and secondary schools." "Excellent – I particularly liked the way Michael continually referred back to real life classroom practice." “Practical, informative and challenging." "Excellent presentation, practical useable ideas, alternatives for classroom practices and equipment easy to incorporate." "An enlightening lecture given by a delightfully knowledgeable presenter. I enjoyed the hands-on activities! I loved the question matrix!" "Well done! Very informative booklets. Great use of visual aids. Good light comic relief." "Well done Michael! Practical, thought-provoking, stimulating. Believable, relevant, consistent." "Excellent presentation. It gave us a lot to think about and realise how much more we could be doing." "Excellent practical ideas for the classroom and ideas for the whole school approach." "Excellent presentation full of useful ideas and activities." "Very knowledgeable. Needed more than one day." "Thanks – a very practical interesting and entertaining seminar. Lots of thoughts to go away with." "Extremely knowledgeable, willing to share lots of experiences. Spoke clearly, passionately about his ideas. Motivational and lots of ideas that can be incorporated directly into the classroom/school organisation." "Excellent. Good to have a balance of the theory and application. Good to have associated texts." "Really knew what he was talking about – went from theoretical to practical and covered all areas of the school. Used lots of different strategies to get us thinking as well. You have given us the big picture and also a way of starting small by doing a year level as a time for each strategy of curriculum area." "Excellent communicator. Valuable ideas." "Have read and used Michael’s material of the past two years. Love it and enjoyed the day immensely." "Knows his "thinking" stuff! Presented a very practical presentation to help with questioning in the classroom." "Stimulating, thought provoking. Practical application for the classroom." "Excellent presentation. Speaking - occasionally a bit fast." "Very interesting things (tools) were presented. Balanced overview." "Well organised and great handouts." "I have read many books written by Michael Pohl seen handouts colleagues had been given at prior workshops. It was very relevant, useful and inspiring." "Very motivating. Short breaks which allowed for discussion, valuable ideas exchanged." "Fantastic speaker, great activities to use in the classroom. Very useful." "Thank you for your ideas. There is a lot to read through. Many helpful grids. Will try a new planning grid for next term on planning day." "Great presentation. Great information. Great structure." "Love your sense of humour! Jam packed with information and ideas!" "Inspiring – can’t wait to try some of these at school. Great to actually see some ideas that I can use in lower primary school."
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