December 2020
On a scale of 1-10, how creative are you? How to spider web: Imagine if you improved your score. How might your teaching be different? Would your lessons be more fun? Could you enhance student learning and engagement? The good news is that you can’t use up your creativity. The more creativity you use, the more you have.
apsi snowpro
Spider webbing is an excellent tool we can use to harness our creativity and draw from our studentsboth children and adults, from first timers to experts.
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This season, more than ever, spider webbing helped me to create engaging and educational lesson experiences, overcoming barriers such as limited snow and terrain, Covid-19 social distancing requirements, and countless other challenges. It also helped keep my job fun, allowing for every day to be different, even when performing the same skills on the same slopes.
Get to know your students. Be a great facilitator by asking the right questions and actively listening. Some questions you can ask include: • What do you like to do when you are not skiing or riding? Can you teach me about it? • What is the most fun thing you have done this year? What are you looking forward to? • What have you enjoyed learning about at school recently? • Do you have a favourite activity, show, movie, animal, sport, music genre, or anything else? You can use the information gathered here to form part of your web. Begin to connect words via association, and evolve your web through the lesson with input from your group. This is just the beginning. A true master of spider webbing will create a flowing theme that supports a skill-based progression, helping students progress towards their goals.
Scott Birrell
Spider webbing your way to light bulb moments
