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2014 reflect, reconnect, revitalize, institute day talk niles northJoan Gallagher
This presentation discusses the importance of self-reflection for educators. It will cover who the presenter is, why they spend time reflecting, and how they currently reflect. The presenter will share stories from their experience as a teacher and parent that shaped their teaching philosophy and emphasis on reflection. They will also discuss how regular self-reflection helps ensure one's actions align with their beliefs and values.
Improving Whole Class Inquiry ParticipationJoan Gallagher
The document discusses strategies for improving student participation in whole-class inquiry investigations. It describes the characteristics of whole-class inquiry, including that students work together as a class to solve problems, apply feedback, decide roles, present findings, reflect, and receive feedback from teachers. The teacher poses problems, may role-play, documents progress, and provides feedback. Strategies discussed for improving participation include scaffolding skills, having the teacher take on roles instead of directly teaching, and avoiding excessive homework.
This document summarizes Dean Shareski's presentation at the Bucks Lehigh EduSummit on August 12, 2014 about the classroom of the future. The presentation discusses how learning has changed with increased access to information online and the need to rethink traditional classroom structures and assessments. It also emphasizes fostering student joy, engagement, and creativity through personalized learning experiences.
Redefining success in the Age of AccountabilityDean Shareski
The document discusses redefining success in the age of accountability. It argues that accountability has become focused on rigid measures of performance rather than responsibility. Additionally, joy and wonder seem to be lacking in modern schooling, which prioritizes rigor and outcomes over student interests. The document questions whether schools should be places that cultivate curiosity, community, and strengths rather than strictly focusing on tests.
Engaging Learners through Active Instruction and AssessmentALATechSource
This document summarizes a presentation on engaging learners through active instruction and assessment. The presentation aims to help instructors create a welcoming environment, use interactive exercises, and empower students. It provides tips for instructors such as making early contact with students, using validating language, displaying vulnerability, giving feedback, and providing opportunities for student engagement through techniques like think-pair-share activities. The presentation emphasizes building rapport, challenging students appropriately, and demonstrating the value of course content to motivate learning.
What do you do when you teach in a computerless classroom and you happen to be a technogeek? Moreover, you teach adult students who claim they have no time to work on their English between classes? And then, you notice that their writing is lagging behind their other competences? You can accept the situation, or you can try to change something.
Online forums can help here, by creating a real need for communication. While I haven’t flipped my classroom completely, I have managed to rotate it slightly. To motivate the students to write, I tempted them with authentic online materials, such as YouTube videos, short stories, non-fiction texts and webquests. In my presentation I will show how these serve as effective writing prompts. Moreover, they help both the teacher and the students explore their own interests and hobbies, which might not always be catered for in the textbooks.
This document provides suggestions for using online forums to teach writing. It begins by outlining what will be covered, including sharing teaching experiences, practical writing activity ideas, and potential issues. Various online tools and resources are proposed for motivating students to write, such as using images, videos, readings and discussions. Suggested writing prompts involve describing images, responding to videos, and discussing readings. Potential issues with online discussions like slow conversations, unequal participation, and errors are addressed, along with strategies for dealing with them, such as teaching netiquette and encouraging feedback.
Utilizizing Tech to Personalize Learning for Gifted KidsBrian Housand
This document provides an overview of utilizing technology to personalize learning for gifted kids. It discusses exploring interests through questions, aggregating online resources, and encouraging independent investigations. Types of learning activities are defined, including general exploration, methodology training, and independent projects. The document emphasizes cultivating curiosity through observation, thinking, and hands-on doing. It also addresses developing critical thinking as consumers and producers of digital content.
2014 reflect, reconnect, revitalize, institute day talk niles northJoan Gallagher
This presentation discusses the importance of self-reflection for educators. It will cover who the presenter is, why they spend time reflecting, and how they currently reflect. The presenter will share stories from their experience as a teacher and parent that shaped their teaching philosophy and emphasis on reflection. They will also discuss how regular self-reflection helps ensure one's actions align with their beliefs and values.
Improving Whole Class Inquiry ParticipationJoan Gallagher
The document discusses strategies for improving student participation in whole-class inquiry investigations. It describes the characteristics of whole-class inquiry, including that students work together as a class to solve problems, apply feedback, decide roles, present findings, reflect, and receive feedback from teachers. The teacher poses problems, may role-play, documents progress, and provides feedback. Strategies discussed for improving participation include scaffolding skills, having the teacher take on roles instead of directly teaching, and avoiding excessive homework.
This document summarizes Dean Shareski's presentation at the Bucks Lehigh EduSummit on August 12, 2014 about the classroom of the future. The presentation discusses how learning has changed with increased access to information online and the need to rethink traditional classroom structures and assessments. It also emphasizes fostering student joy, engagement, and creativity through personalized learning experiences.
Redefining success in the Age of AccountabilityDean Shareski
The document discusses redefining success in the age of accountability. It argues that accountability has become focused on rigid measures of performance rather than responsibility. Additionally, joy and wonder seem to be lacking in modern schooling, which prioritizes rigor and outcomes over student interests. The document questions whether schools should be places that cultivate curiosity, community, and strengths rather than strictly focusing on tests.
Engaging Learners through Active Instruction and AssessmentALATechSource
This document summarizes a presentation on engaging learners through active instruction and assessment. The presentation aims to help instructors create a welcoming environment, use interactive exercises, and empower students. It provides tips for instructors such as making early contact with students, using validating language, displaying vulnerability, giving feedback, and providing opportunities for student engagement through techniques like think-pair-share activities. The presentation emphasizes building rapport, challenging students appropriately, and demonstrating the value of course content to motivate learning.
What do you do when you teach in a computerless classroom and you happen to be a technogeek? Moreover, you teach adult students who claim they have no time to work on their English between classes? And then, you notice that their writing is lagging behind their other competences? You can accept the situation, or you can try to change something.
Online forums can help here, by creating a real need for communication. While I haven’t flipped my classroom completely, I have managed to rotate it slightly. To motivate the students to write, I tempted them with authentic online materials, such as YouTube videos, short stories, non-fiction texts and webquests. In my presentation I will show how these serve as effective writing prompts. Moreover, they help both the teacher and the students explore their own interests and hobbies, which might not always be catered for in the textbooks.
This document provides suggestions for using online forums to teach writing. It begins by outlining what will be covered, including sharing teaching experiences, practical writing activity ideas, and potential issues. Various online tools and resources are proposed for motivating students to write, such as using images, videos, readings and discussions. Suggested writing prompts involve describing images, responding to videos, and discussing readings. Potential issues with online discussions like slow conversations, unequal participation, and errors are addressed, along with strategies for dealing with them, such as teaching netiquette and encouraging feedback.
Utilizizing Tech to Personalize Learning for Gifted KidsBrian Housand
This document provides an overview of utilizing technology to personalize learning for gifted kids. It discusses exploring interests through questions, aggregating online resources, and encouraging independent investigations. Types of learning activities are defined, including general exploration, methodology training, and independent projects. The document emphasizes cultivating curiosity through observation, thinking, and hands-on doing. It also addresses developing critical thinking as consumers and producers of digital content.
This document summarizes Dean Shareski's presentation titled "Whatever Happened to Joy?" at the Convergence 2015 conference in Raleigh, NC on April 8, 2015. The presentation discusses creating a joyful learning environment for students and questions whether joy should be measured as an important part of education. It also addresses challenges in prioritizing joy over standardized test scores and curriculum standards.
The document discusses the concept of a personal learning network (PLN) and connected educators. It provides perspectives from educators on how PLNs have allowed for collaborative and differentiated learning beyond the traditional professional development model. PLNs are described as global communities of learners that can share ideas and learn from one another through various online tools and platforms like Skype, Google Docs, blogs, Twitter, and social networks.
GEEKS HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH PAGE 2015Brian Housand
The document discusses how geeks and nerds have come to dominate modern society through their embrace of technology and learning. It defines geeks as people passionate about obscure subjects, while nerds are passionate about learning. Various traits of geeks and nerds are listed, such as liking science fiction and having above average intelligence. The document advocates for embracing your strengths and interests and finding mentors to help you develop your talents. It argues that access to technology and online learning has created massive new opportunities for geeks and nerds to learn and create.
Passion, Purpose, Perspective and a Pirate AttitudeChris Betcher
As teachers we all have an enormous responsibility......every single day; we take on the important task of nurturing the impressionable minds of future generations. But what does it take to be an outstanding teacher?
What does "peak performance" look like for an educator? In particular, what skills, attitudes and beliefs are helpful to us if we want to be the best teachers we can be?
When you look at what great teachers do, there is always a common thread....a collection of core qualities that they all seem to possess, so how do we learn to deliberately cultivate these?
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Making meditation a part of a daily routine, even if just 10-15 minutes per day, can have mental and physical health benefits over time by reducing stress levels and promoting relaxation.
Fireproof: Building Educator Resilience to Decrease Teacher BurnoutKatie Skapyak
Recognize the importance of building teacher resilience through this informative, interactive session for teachers and administrators. Learn about resilience and the impacts of teacher burnout on a school community. After this webinar, you will have easy to implement strategies to build teacher resilience through self-awareness, self-care, support measures, community building, fluff-eradication and efficient planning.
The document discusses engaging students with technology and rethinking education. It addresses how technology can support literacy, community, and assessment. Some key ideas include using technology to personalize learning, connect students in multiple ways, and make assessment a conversation rather than just scores on a spreadsheet. The role of joy in education is also discussed.
Technology Driven Differentiated InstructionVicki Davis
How to integrate technology into the classroom so you can reach every student. This presentation covers selecting your tool kit, and the mindset of identifying pain points and solutions as you're working with students who are struggling to overcome obstacles and learn.
This document discusses various topics related to teacher feedback and student motivation. It begins by looking at how praise and criticism can differently impact student motivation depending on their age and perceived ability. It then examines how feedback can influence student self-efficacy and discusses the risks involved in giving feedback. The document also covers attributional ambiguity and how a student's group membership can impact how they view feedback. It analyzes controlling vs. autonomy-supportive teaching styles and their effects on student motivation, engagement, and performance. Additional topics include self-fulfilling prophecies, teacher expectations, and issues surrounding teaching evaluations.
The document provides information and instructions for a workshop on creative teaching techniques. It includes objectives like introducing the topic, watching a lesson, and discussing alternatives. It also covers defining creativity in teaching, using authentic materials from stories to videos, and presenting various classroom activities centered around pictures books, interviews, YouTube clips and comics. Literature and website references are listed for further resources. The overall aim is to reflect on creative practices and encourage students' creative abilities.
This document from the Mississippi State Department of Health provides lesson plans and activities for teaching adolescent development. It includes exercises for students to create "circles of community" diagrams identifying the different communities they feel connected to. Another activity has students discuss body image by brainstorming body parts people often dislike and creating collages of attractive people. The document also includes lessons on self-esteem, with activities like having students identify events that may damage their "IALAC sign" representing feelings of self-worth. It aims to help students understand adolescent development topics and reflect on their communities, bodies, and self-esteem.
The document discusses developing an innovator's mindset and moving from questioning new technologies to embracing them. It provides examples of quotes from the past that criticized technologies like the telephone, computer and internet but which are now widely used. It advocates developing an attitude of wonder, skepticism and play towards technology and finding purposes for new technologies beyond initial uses. The document encourages moving from just consuming to creating with technologies and learning from failure.
Blended Learning Classrooms: Pedagogies, Skills and Tools for TeachingVicki Davis
Effective schools are now comprised of bricks (the face-to-face classroom) and clicks (the online classroom). How do you blend the two? How do you easily manage teaching, workflow and troubleshooting? How do students and teachers interact? Join leaders in the field to discuss emerging best practices. Presented at ISTE 2016.
Brian Housand, Ph.D.
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand
Since the dawn of the computer revolution, the promise of PERSONAL Computing has been ever present. Yet, when we simply leave students to their own devices, technology can serve to depersonalize their experiences. This is especially true of their educational experiences. Meanwhile, as teachers we struggle to effectively manage truly differentiated learning environments. However, this need not be the case. Together, we will explore the possibilities and potential afforded by today’s technology and empower you to utilize technology resources to make learning personal, meaningful, and differentiated for today’s connected students.
Sponsored by http://bit.ly/BullyLesson1 I help schools target bullies in an attempt to reduce bullying behaviors on campus. Free resources are included in this presentation to help teachers discipline the bully.
'Am I the only one ...?' Personalizing 'social' to connect with students.Tim Nekritz
A presentation leading to a discussion of ideas about what we—as social media and content managers, and as members of a college community—can do to help create a supportive, inclusive, welcoming environment for all students. Delivered at #ConfabEDU 2015 in New Orleans.
5 Ways to Help Your Students Be Future ReadyVicki Davis
The slides for the presentation 5 Ways to help your students be future ready shared with Akron City Schools in June 2018. Many of the stories are not included in the slides - just contact Vicki Davis https://www.akronschools.com/3T for more information
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
This document summarizes Dean Shareski's presentation titled "Whatever Happened to Joy?" at the Convergence 2015 conference in Raleigh, NC on April 8, 2015. The presentation discusses creating a joyful learning environment for students and questions whether joy should be measured as an important part of education. It also addresses challenges in prioritizing joy over standardized test scores and curriculum standards.
The document discusses the concept of a personal learning network (PLN) and connected educators. It provides perspectives from educators on how PLNs have allowed for collaborative and differentiated learning beyond the traditional professional development model. PLNs are described as global communities of learners that can share ideas and learn from one another through various online tools and platforms like Skype, Google Docs, blogs, Twitter, and social networks.
GEEKS HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH PAGE 2015Brian Housand
The document discusses how geeks and nerds have come to dominate modern society through their embrace of technology and learning. It defines geeks as people passionate about obscure subjects, while nerds are passionate about learning. Various traits of geeks and nerds are listed, such as liking science fiction and having above average intelligence. The document advocates for embracing your strengths and interests and finding mentors to help you develop your talents. It argues that access to technology and online learning has created massive new opportunities for geeks and nerds to learn and create.
Passion, Purpose, Perspective and a Pirate AttitudeChris Betcher
As teachers we all have an enormous responsibility......every single day; we take on the important task of nurturing the impressionable minds of future generations. But what does it take to be an outstanding teacher?
What does "peak performance" look like for an educator? In particular, what skills, attitudes and beliefs are helpful to us if we want to be the best teachers we can be?
When you look at what great teachers do, there is always a common thread....a collection of core qualities that they all seem to possess, so how do we learn to deliberately cultivate these?
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Making meditation a part of a daily routine, even if just 10-15 minutes per day, can have mental and physical health benefits over time by reducing stress levels and promoting relaxation.
Fireproof: Building Educator Resilience to Decrease Teacher BurnoutKatie Skapyak
Recognize the importance of building teacher resilience through this informative, interactive session for teachers and administrators. Learn about resilience and the impacts of teacher burnout on a school community. After this webinar, you will have easy to implement strategies to build teacher resilience through self-awareness, self-care, support measures, community building, fluff-eradication and efficient planning.
The document discusses engaging students with technology and rethinking education. It addresses how technology can support literacy, community, and assessment. Some key ideas include using technology to personalize learning, connect students in multiple ways, and make assessment a conversation rather than just scores on a spreadsheet. The role of joy in education is also discussed.
Technology Driven Differentiated InstructionVicki Davis
How to integrate technology into the classroom so you can reach every student. This presentation covers selecting your tool kit, and the mindset of identifying pain points and solutions as you're working with students who are struggling to overcome obstacles and learn.
This document discusses various topics related to teacher feedback and student motivation. It begins by looking at how praise and criticism can differently impact student motivation depending on their age and perceived ability. It then examines how feedback can influence student self-efficacy and discusses the risks involved in giving feedback. The document also covers attributional ambiguity and how a student's group membership can impact how they view feedback. It analyzes controlling vs. autonomy-supportive teaching styles and their effects on student motivation, engagement, and performance. Additional topics include self-fulfilling prophecies, teacher expectations, and issues surrounding teaching evaluations.
The document provides information and instructions for a workshop on creative teaching techniques. It includes objectives like introducing the topic, watching a lesson, and discussing alternatives. It also covers defining creativity in teaching, using authentic materials from stories to videos, and presenting various classroom activities centered around pictures books, interviews, YouTube clips and comics. Literature and website references are listed for further resources. The overall aim is to reflect on creative practices and encourage students' creative abilities.
This document from the Mississippi State Department of Health provides lesson plans and activities for teaching adolescent development. It includes exercises for students to create "circles of community" diagrams identifying the different communities they feel connected to. Another activity has students discuss body image by brainstorming body parts people often dislike and creating collages of attractive people. The document also includes lessons on self-esteem, with activities like having students identify events that may damage their "IALAC sign" representing feelings of self-worth. It aims to help students understand adolescent development topics and reflect on their communities, bodies, and self-esteem.
The document discusses developing an innovator's mindset and moving from questioning new technologies to embracing them. It provides examples of quotes from the past that criticized technologies like the telephone, computer and internet but which are now widely used. It advocates developing an attitude of wonder, skepticism and play towards technology and finding purposes for new technologies beyond initial uses. The document encourages moving from just consuming to creating with technologies and learning from failure.
Blended Learning Classrooms: Pedagogies, Skills and Tools for TeachingVicki Davis
Effective schools are now comprised of bricks (the face-to-face classroom) and clicks (the online classroom). How do you blend the two? How do you easily manage teaching, workflow and troubleshooting? How do students and teachers interact? Join leaders in the field to discuss emerging best practices. Presented at ISTE 2016.
Brian Housand, Ph.D.
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand
Since the dawn of the computer revolution, the promise of PERSONAL Computing has been ever present. Yet, when we simply leave students to their own devices, technology can serve to depersonalize their experiences. This is especially true of their educational experiences. Meanwhile, as teachers we struggle to effectively manage truly differentiated learning environments. However, this need not be the case. Together, we will explore the possibilities and potential afforded by today’s technology and empower you to utilize technology resources to make learning personal, meaningful, and differentiated for today’s connected students.
Sponsored by http://bit.ly/BullyLesson1 I help schools target bullies in an attempt to reduce bullying behaviors on campus. Free resources are included in this presentation to help teachers discipline the bully.
'Am I the only one ...?' Personalizing 'social' to connect with students.Tim Nekritz
A presentation leading to a discussion of ideas about what we—as social media and content managers, and as members of a college community—can do to help create a supportive, inclusive, welcoming environment for all students. Delivered at #ConfabEDU 2015 in New Orleans.
5 Ways to Help Your Students Be Future ReadyVicki Davis
The slides for the presentation 5 Ways to help your students be future ready shared with Akron City Schools in June 2018. Many of the stories are not included in the slides - just contact Vicki Davis https://www.akronschools.com/3T for more information
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
A presentation based on Identity Day at Forest Green School held in 2010. This will become a tradition for our school as it was a wonderful event where students and staff were able to share about themselves.
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
45 minute keynote presentation for the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools' Middle School Student Diversity Leadership Conference. The cycle of oppression in the adult world is not unlike the cycle of bullying in our schools. How can we move from being bystanders who help perpetuate the cycle into allies who interrupt it? How will this practice in our youth shape the adults we become later?
Giving Students the Freedom to Find Their SentenceLisa Nielsen
Creating schools that empower students to find their passion by embracing new technologies and social media. Schools should prepare students for the real world by allowing them to use the tools they will need, like social networks, rather than banning or restricting technologies. When schools empower students to have a voice and find their interests, it leads to more engaged, motivated learners.
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise. What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?
Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise. What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?
Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise. What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?
This document discusses the concept of joy in education. It suggests that joy has been lost in many schools due to an overemphasis on rigor, data, and student achievement. While these are important, joy should be an end in itself, not just a means to other ends. The document advocates bringing more wonder, fun, gratitude, and playfulness into teaching and learning to cultivate joy for both students and teachers.
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
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In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
How is Old School Diversity (something good to do and nice to have) shifting to 21st Century Cultural Competency (something critical in the success of all of our students in a global world)? How is cultural competency a value added model that involves everyone, teaching and learning, school operation, and educational excellence? In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
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This document summarizes Joan Gallagher-Bolos's reflections on educator practice from October 2010. It discusses examining one's values and whether actions match them, being transformed by student interactions, listening to student voices, and finding a balance between passion and responsibilities. References are made to thinkers like Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink, and the importance of helping students discover their talents and passions.
This presentation discusses moving away from traditional pedagogy and embracing new tools and approaches to teaching and learning. The goal is to create a comfortable classroom environment where students can learn from mistakes, appreciate different perspectives through blogging, and collaborate using wikis. Various technologies are explored that can help facilitate classes involving discussions, projects, and feedback to encourage learning, unlearning and relearning.
This is a presentation I gave to pre-service teachers at Lake Forest College, December, 2009. The focus was on the "What, Why and How of Collaboration" in the classroom.
This is a presentation I gave at the National Science Teachers Association conference, March 2009. I saved the slides with the "presenter notes" hoping that perhaps the story is easier to understand.
March 2009 Community-Bldg, Glenbrooks Mini ConferenceJoan Gallagher
Teachers Teaching Teachers. This was the presentation I gave at the GBN mini-conference. The focus was talking about how to build a classroom community and how blogs, wikis and video are tools used to help in that effort.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
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Main Java[All of the Base Concepts}.docxadhitya5119
This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
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51. What do you VALUE as an educator?
How will students be TRANSFORMED by
their interaction with you?
How are your values communicated
in your teaching?
54. What do you VALUE as a learner?
How do you hope to be TRANSFORMED by
your experiences here at Niles North?
How are your values communicated
in the way you choose to interact
and connect with others here at NN?
79. What do you VALUE as an educator?
How will students be TRANSFORMED by
their interaction with you?
How are your values communicated
in your teaching?
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82. What’s your element?
When and where does your passion meet your talent?
How will/do you help others introduce their passion to their talent?
Hello! Thank you for coming! Welcome to the yet-to-be-named presentation. This talk actually has a very serendipitous birth. And I will share in just a moment.
In general, this talk is about spending time self-reflecting. Checking in with yourself on a periodic basis, assessing whether your actions match your beliefs.
For now, let me frame my talk.
I’d like to share a bit about WHO? I am. I’ll tell a few stories about me and where my teaching philosophies came from.
Next, I’ll talk about WHY? I spend time reflecting.
Finally, I’ll share HOW? I presently reflect in order to check in with myself.
So I'd like to share a bit of my story with you and then frame today’s conversation.
History of who I am as a teacher...25 years teaching...8 districts…first year here...coached, specialize in curricular development...but mostly, I enjoy talking to teachers about teaching...
History of this talk….started at a department meeting, went to the faculty, then student body, then to other districts and parent communities…It began as a stream of consciousness “rant” in front of my department that was overheard by my principal who asked me to present it to the faculty…The rest is history.
Why I do this particular talk? I love this stuff…Talking about the background pieces of education. Down time, reflection, time for follow-through…that’s necessary for educators. Provides the thread that stitches together all conversations. Leaves room for creativity and innovation. We need to spend more time doing this.
We have so many conversations in education. Sometimes, I think that the importance of those conversations becomes lost due to how the meat of those conversations are implemented.
Teacher-centered to student-centered to student-directed to student-created classrooms
Hands on Science to Problem-Based Learning to Discovery-Based Learning to Inquiry, etc.
Portfolio Assessments to Alternative Assessment to Authentic Assessment to Afl, etc.
On-Task to Motivation to Focus to Engagement, etc.
Technology to Instructional Technology to 21st Century Education to Digital Literacy
Differentiated Instruction & Critical Thinking & Literacy & Transliteracy & Multimedia Learning
Standardized, high stakes, mandated, society-expected and policy-driven tests
I believe all of these conversations and topics are important. But they become caricatures of themselves and eventually check-list items. Which is unfortunate, because many have such merit.
And so often, it seems, we’re having disjointed conversations...
Like...Schedules (block, mod, period), course changes, Technology, Learning targets, common core, ngss, evaluations, etc. When, in fact, with a “big picture” mentality, they are just pieces of the same conversation (many times).
Today, I might be all over the board. I’ll try to get us back to the big picture whenever I can.
Please feel free to ask questions or interrupt as this talk progresses. If there’s something I think we should hold on to until the end, we’ll wait…
Clarifier…There’s a level of trust I’ve been given, by the administration, and I thank them for that. So I must make it clear that the views expressed here are mine, and are ALWAYS changing based on life experiences. I thoroughly enjoy discussing these things, so I welcome conversation on my views at any time!
Let’s consider this a safe space for conversation.
Close your eyes.
National Educator, Organizational Change Consultant
He has captured the essence of the most powerful learning experiences for me…I will share two of my most formative experiences in a minute.
So here’s my big picture. The WHY? behind this talk….My goal as a teacher is to develop a self-sufficient scientific community of learners. This picture epitomizes my classroom. My students are challenged, engaged. They are discussing something relevant. And they are immersed in a scientific inquiry experience. Mostly, it reflects my goal because I’m not in the picture. It’s my class. And you can’t see me. I’ve written myself out of the picture. (Almost.)
Let me share that my self-reflection occurs pretty regularly on all life fronts. How I reflect typically has to do with what hat I’m wearing. And we all wear MANY hats.
Today’s talk will focus on my reflection from the dual lens of parent/educator. (At this point, I don’t know how to separate the two.)
Certainly the most powerful experiences I had that has influenced who I am as an educator is the privilege of having raised my two daughters. (Favorite pic of the two. Kira on left (sr in high school), Katina on right (in grad school)).
When my children were young, they were curious, imaginative and deeply focused on the moment.
One very influential story was...when I went to kindergarden conferences. Teacher only wanted to show me her report card. All I wanted to know was how she was interacting with other children…and adults…and if she seemed engaged and asked good questions…And the only information I was getting was her “grade.” So I decided then and there...
...I would never let her see her report card.
I just wanted to be the counterbalance to a system that has obviously gone a little whacko...I was experiencing a bit of it in my professional life….There is value in a report card, I know. But I chose to be the CRAZY mom…(Share story of freshman year in high school. It’s fabulous, but too long to write. Maybe blog post?)
Then I saw this movie...
http://www.racetonowhere.com/
I knew I had made a good decision.
What are you thinking?
Another lesson I learned as a parent that influenced my teaching...remember quite vividly...I witnessed while my girls were playing when they were very little... I witnessed the benefit of collaboration and unique ways of thinking being thrown together when accomplishing a task…(Story of the girls playing “mail” in the hallway. Again, too long to write. Another blog post? SO POWERFUL!)
Search for the clever gifts in all of us. Rekindle that inherent curiosity. Show that the only way to grow is by first getting lost. Collaboration is key. Unique perspectives...
Paul McCartney, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Gillian Lynne, Julia Child, Matt Groening, Ms. Hoover (in honor of his teacher that nurture his sketches)
Whether you were 5 or 10 or last week…in school, with family or friends, etc.
When and where were you when you learned best? In school, out of school, at 5 or yesterday?
Let’s share!
So here again is my big picture. The WHY? Check in with yourself. Do your actions match your belief system. ONLY focus on what you can control.
But as much as I try to be superwoman and live up to the cumulative inspirational experiences of my life as a mother and teacher, I am ONLY human...
It can be challenging to stay true to values and have your actions send the messages you intend to send. Both professionally and personally.
A light-hearted example of when my actions don’t match my thoughts would be...let’s watch this clip...
I am a tech spazz. I value tech. I’m actually pretty tech savvy. But no one would know that because I get instantaneously frustrated when tech goes wrong…
I’ve learned in those moments that it’s all about perspective.
You have the ability to look at things through a positive lens and advocate for yourself.
Staying committed to the things I value as an educator is best done with a positive perspective. Staying committed to the things I’m passionate about has only a positive outcome.
Let’s shift gears a bit. Let’s talk about HOW I go about self-reflecting using the lens of parent/educator.
Close your eyes.
First way:
These are three questions I ask myself regularly. (These are living responses. They change over time. And they are not easy to answer, at least they shouldn’t be.)
Once I answer #1, I also rank the things I value. I put the most important thing in the center. The second on the 2nd ring, etc. I keep a copy of this with me in whatever role I’m in. I make sure that #1 is my focus.
I also model this reflective practice with my students. I tweak the questions so that they can check in with themselves, too.
Remember, students come to our classroom with many hats, too. And they have less of an ability to focus on which hat they’re wearing from moment to moment. So it’s really important for us to teach them this.
Second Way I reflect is using Daniel Pink’s two focus questions from his book Drive.
Daniel Pink—A video clip discussing his book, Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyRu7k70Jhc&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Goes along with the idea of discovering your Element.
Third Way…Focus on my passion.
Randy Pausch gives us words to live by...
Students sometimes see so many Doors of opportunity, they don’t know what to choose. We also sometimes have a difficult time choosing a door. For us, they are both Doors of opportunity and doors of responsibility…but both can be a place to fuel our passion. So I try to…
Narrow in on something...We fuel our passions by giving them the appropriate attention they deserve...
Example... Both my daughters are phenomenal. (No, I’m not biased. :) But my younger daughter is much better at narrowing in on things she wants to focus on...Katina worked at it...so good at so many things that it’s hard for her to say no.
19 hours, columnist for newspaper, anchor for radio, tutor, founded IC, tried out for No Strings and made it…She never learned to make tough decisions in high school… (This is a painting she did in undergrad)
Fourth Way I self-reflect: Listen to students
TedTalks Look what happens when we recognize talent, provide opportunities and then get out of the way...
Adora Svitak—What Adults Can Learn from Kids
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/adora_svitak.html
When my children were young, they were curious, imaginative and deeply focused on the moment.
And in the blink of an eye, they were grown…
As we grow, the complexities increase. The challenge of picking the opportunities that resonate with you become complicated. But through practicing regular self-reflection, you’ll see that with complexity comes beauty, wisdom, and peace.
It takes courage to stay true to yourself. Recognizing that your actions don’t consistently match your belief system is hard. Realizing that your belief system may have changed is even harder.
I hope I’ve planted the seeds of how to frame self-reflection...The following is a quick review of some ideas that might help you get the most out of your NN experiences...and beyond...
As you ponder these ideas, remember...
First way:
These are three questions I ask myself regularly.
What’s your sentence?
What role will you play in helping others develop their sentence?
What’s your element?
When and where does your passion meet your talent?
How will/do you help others introduce their passion to their talent?
When we reflect on our practice, we might not see what we expect to see.
But it is in these times when we grow best…IF we spend the time grappling with what we’ve discovered.
And we need to remember that we, too, are human. It’s good to be in a state of disequilibrium. However, you do need to allow yourself to drift back into a state of equilibrium. It is in that place where we gain the strength to enter disequilibrium again. And in disequilibrium is where we grow.