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Bo Adams

The Maker Movement Conquers the Classroom -- THE Journal - 2 views

thejournal.com/...nt-conquers-the-classroom.aspx

maker #MustRead

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  • "When kids and teachers are given an opportunity to make, to create," Moran said, "all of a sudden you see people becoming passionate about who they are as learners."
Nicole Martin

ISTE Learning and Leading - 0 views

www.iste.org/...movement-a-learning-revolution

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  • Nicole Martin on 22 Apr 14
     
    maker movement info
Bo Adams

How Dissecting a Pencil Can Ignite Curiosity and Wonderment | MindShift - 2 views

blogs.kqed.org/...gnite-curiosity-and-wonderment

designthinking design thinking design_thinking Maker makered visiblethinking VTR #MustRead agency #CohortRead

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  • Bo Adams on 11 Dec 14
     
    Very powerful read about how VTR and design thinking can empower learners as agents of change. HT @Deacs84
Jim Tiffin Jr

Good Morning! -- A.M. Announcements Build School Community | Education World - 0 views

www.educationworld.com/...admin351.shtml

announcements morning Education World community culture school spirit

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  • morning announcements are a proven way to set the tone for the day and build morale and a sense of school "community."
  • there is something very comforting about having a routine format for the morning announcements of each school day.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Even if part of the routine, is the "routine surprise" #havefun
  • After Kostick's wake-up call, members of the school's student council take over the daily routine
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Love that students are involved in the announcements.
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  • "We use student council representatives to relay these messages because we think the student body might listen more closely and buy into messages more readily when they come from their peers,"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Wonder how this sort of student leadership could be gathered in an elementary setting?
  • a good-morning "America" sing-along
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Love the song idea! A tune that all student would know, and could bond with at school-wide events. Who could write one?
  • a special "Guest of the Day."
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      A tremendous idea! Students hearing from different people in the school community about important and timely messages.
  • "He adds many special twists to the school's daily P.A. announcements. In addition to fade-ins and fade-outs, he uses music that the students appreciate, special sound effects that he makes with his mouth or with studio equipment, and background cheers for the sports report"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      FX!! :-)
  • include a positive character-education message. "After I share the message, I always ask the children to 'Pass it on!'"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Great way to make Ethical Decision Maker more than just a monthly focus.
  • the students' bulletin
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Another neat idea... bulletins specifically for the students. HMW use this as part of the reading and writing work that students do already?
  • A small book with blank pages is always available next to the P.A. microphone. "Any staff member who would like an announcement made simply pens it in that book,"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      This is "High Touch" in my opinion.
  • "The quote relates to our character education trait of the month,"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      HMW tie our announcements to our mindsets?
  • 'Failure is the path of least persistence,'"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Stealing this :-)
  • Students who are members of our Student School Life Committee sign up to present a weekly announcement on Monday mornings,
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Maybe this answers the question of how to get elementary students more involved in leadership.
  • he always, always makes a special point of thanking the school's cafeteria workers, the custodial staff, the parents volunteers, and secretaries,
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Another good idea. Thank the people that we too often take for granted.
  • "This term, I've extended the theme by asking students to let me know if they've noticed their peers 'passing on something good.' I share those 'good news' stories the next morning. It is amazing how many stories have been generated Small steps lead to big journeys!"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Imagine students write these kinds of messages as part of their free writing, or as part of an end of the day through some kinds of all school reflection time! Stories from teachers and students would be accepted!
  • Larry Davis has been kind enough to share a year's worth of questions for use across the elementary grades. You'll find those questions in Education World's Morning Math feature
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Jackpot!! A link to lots of possible math questions for the announcements!!
  • A Riddle of the Week
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      Not really riddles, but funny (and punny) things to make kids laugh, or groan. Either response is good when you are building a #havefun community!
  • "We usually do the National Anthem the first nine weeks of school," Roebuck told Education World. "Then we change songs for each of the other 9-week sessions. It's a good way for students to learn the words to a variety of patriotic songs."
  • Briarcrest also is proud of the school's Brag Board. "Each week, every teacher sends me one piece of student work to display on our big centrally located bulletin board,"
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
       
      YES!!!
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
     
    Ideas from various principals around morning announcement routines that help build school culture.
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 Apr 16
     
    Ideas from various principals around morning announcement routines that help build school culture.
Jim Tiffin Jr

Pedagogy of Play | Project Zero - 1 views

www.pz.harvard.edu/...pedagogy-of-play

Project Zero Harvard play research maker-centered learning learning environment #LiquidNetworkSpill #mvifishares

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 18 Aug 16
     
    A new (2016) research project coming out of Harvard. With play a component of the motivation cycle for innovators, this growing body of work may be worth following.
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 18 Aug 16
     
    A new (2016) research project coming out of Harvard. With play a component of the motivation cycle for innovators, this growing body of work may be worth following.
Jim Tiffin Jr

Experiential Learning | Granted, and... - 0 views

grantwiggins.wordpress.com/...experiential-learning

blog GrantWiggins experience experiential learning makered projects learning design

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 22 Nov 14
     
    A post by Grant Wiggins, stressing the importance of of how to use hands-on projects and rich experiences to properly frame learning: "If you were going to learn carpentry to build a chair, then "The learning is not the chair; it is the learning about learning about chairs, chair-making and oneself."" The questions Grant would ask at the end of his Socratic Seminars are powerful ones to consider asking in other learning events.
Jim Tiffin Jr

Canstruction - 1 views

www.canstruction.org

canstruction food drive cans makered Share The Well service project

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 08 Nov 14 - Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 08 Nov 14
     
    Wonderful can drive idea for combining creativity, designing, making, and service to others.
Bo Adams

American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn't Exist | WIRED - 0 views

www.wired.com/...on-learning-by-doing

School Change #MustRead discovery PBL school3.0

shared by Bo Adams on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • We “learn,” and after this we “do.” We go to school and then we go to work. This approach does not map very well to personal and professional success in America today. Learning and doing have become inseparable in the face of conditions that invite us to discover.
  • In such conditions the futures of law, medicine, philosophy, engineering, and agriculture – with just about every other field – are to be rediscovered.
    • Bo Adams
      Bo Adams on 18 Oct 14
       
      In this paragraph there are so many "project starters" that one could design an entire "curriculum" to weave them into an advanced problem solving component to school!
  • Americans need to learn how to discover.
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  • Against this arresting background, an exciting new kind of learning is taking place in America. Alternatively framed as maker classes, after-school innovation programs, and innovation prizes, these programs are frequently not framed as learning at all.
  • Failing to create a new way of learning adapted to contemporary circumstances might be a national disaster.
  • Discovery has always provoked interest, but how one discovers may today interest us even more.
  • in the course I teach, How to Create Things and Have Them Matter, students are asked to look, listen, and discover, using their own creative genius, while observing contemporary phenomena that matter today.
  • Learning by an original and personal process of discovery is a trend on many US university campuses
  • Success brings not just a good grade, or the financial reward of a prize. It brings the satisfaction that one can realize dreams, and thrive, in a world framed by major dramatic questions. And this fans the kind of passion that propels an innovator along a long creative career.
  • Culture labs conduct or invite experiments in art and design to explore contemporary questions that seem hard or even impossible to address in more conventional science and engineering labs.
  • The culture lab is the latest indication that learning is changing in America. It cannot happen too fast.
  • we need to get smarter in ways that match the challenges we now face.
  • Bo Adams on 18 Oct 14
     
    "Our kids learn within a system of education devised for a world that increasingly does not exist." HT @MeghanCureton & Greg Todd Jones (two colleagues in significantly different worlds who sent me the link at exactly the same time.)
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