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25 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started | PlywoodPeople on Instagram - 0 views

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PlywoodPeople Instagram leadership reflection

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 14 May 16
     
    Great collection of items to keep in mind... all the time.
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Project-Based Learning Through a Maker's Lens | Edutopia - 5 views

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PBL MakerEd Edutopia Project based learning article #LiquidNetworkSpill

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  • A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      A nice list-style definition of a Maker.
  • A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      True, but (sadly) the converse is not always the case in some classrooms: A maker may always be a learner, but a learner is not always a maker.
  • A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Equality of these two ideas, process and product, is a value held by a Maker.
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  • Making, especially to educators and administrators unfamiliar with it, can seem to lack the academic rigor needed for a full-fledged place in an educational ecosystem.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Only in educational settings where content knowledge is deemed the most important indicator of learning.
  • With practice, the students can frame the questions themselves.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Essential when you are trying to develop agency in students.
  • Once completed, the project becomes less of a daily race to fulfill lesson plans and more of a quest to document your students' growing capabilities.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      This reflective documentation process should be something that both teacher AND student are doing. The student point-of-view should be written for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. The teacher should coach this process for the student so that the monitoring of growth is seen as a value for the student. The teacher documentation should also inform the student as to their growth, but the information can be used for more "teacherly" purposes as well, such preparing for future activities or intentional pairings of students in the early phases of the PBL unit.
  • model it yourself first
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Always let your students see you, the teacher, as a learner - first and foremost!
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
     
    The messy, hands-on Maker classroom is perfect for a PBL unit when the teacher is willing to collaborate, tinker, fix, break, and rebuild alongside students. Some fundamental elements to consider in the designing of a maker-centered project, but not as absolutes. It is important to realize that any project taken on in a maker-centered classroom is, by definition, a PBL experience.
Jim Tiffin Jr

7 Questions to End Your Week With | Hack Life - 1 views

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reflection questions post blog FromBoAdams self-inquiry #LiquidNetworkSpill

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    A simple and rich collection of prompts intended to facilitate regular and purposeful reflection. This blog post explains the questions themselves, and the intention behind them. Each question, or step, can be summarize as follows: 1) Observe 2) Reflect 3) Focus 4) Be Productive 5) Have Courage 6) Cleanse 7) Begin Anew HT to @boadams1 for sharing this with me as part of an experiment with MVPS leaders to encourage shared reflection practices.
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DIY Woodworking Projects and Plans| Ana White - 0 views

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Maker Resource projects catalog woodworking plans Ana White #LiquidNetworkSpill

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 21 Apr 16
     
    Simple, and incredibly inspirational, projects for the DIY woodworker. A sortable catalog of projects for a variety of skill levels, including ones that kids and novices could do. Many have plans included with them! Perfect for incorporation into maker-centered classrooms at a variety of educational levels.
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Design Thinking Mindsets from IDEO via their Design Kit - 0 views

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design thinking mindset ideo Design Kit

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16
     
    A listing of the design thinking mindsets put forth by IDEO, including links to videos of various individuals explaining what they are: - Learn from Failure - Make It - Creative Confidence - Empathy - Embrace Ambiguity - Optimism - Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16
     
    A listing of the design thinking mindsets put forth by IDEO, including links to videos of various individuals explaining what they are: - Learn from Failure - Make It - Creative Confidence - Empathy - Embrace Ambiguity - Optimism - Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
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The Maker Directory - 1 views

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MakerEd FromTwitter professional learning Makerspace resources tools #LiquidNetworkSpill

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 03 Mar 16
     
    The Maker Directory was developed to help makers and makerspaces find the resources they need quickly and catalog them all in one place.
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Let 'Em Out! The Many Benefits of Outdoor Play In Kindergarten | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

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#LiquidNetworkSpill MindShift play kindergarten executive function blog article child development outdoors learning

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  • With no explicit math or literacy taught until first grade, the Swiss have no set goals for kindergartners beyond a few measurements, like using scissors and writing one’s own name. They instead have chosen to focus on the social interaction and emotional well-being found in free play.
  • With many parents and educators overwhelmed by the amount of academics required for kindergartners — and the testing requirements at that age  — it’s no surprise that the forest kindergarten, and the passion for bringing more free play to young children during the school day, is catching on stateside.
  • “So much of what is going on and the kind of play they do, symbolic play, is really pre-reading,” Molomot said. “It’s a very important foundation for reading.
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  • Donnery notices that the gross motor skills of many of her kindergartners are underdeveloped, noting that usually means that fine motor skills are also lacking. “Developing those gross motor skills is just critical, can impact so much of later learning,” she said.
  • Scenes of rosy-faced children building forts in the snow are presented in sharp contrast to the academic (and mostly indoor) kindergarten in New Haven, Connecticut, where a normal day is packed full of orderly activities: morning meeting, readers’ workshop, writers’ workshop, a special activity (like art, gym, and music), lunch and recess, storytime, “choice” (a fancy word for play), math centers, then closing meeting.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
       
      I would like to see this movie.
  • You’d be surprised at the importance of play.
  • lacking in the attention needed to learn, with more than 10 percent of the school population diagnosed with some kind of attention disorder.
  • occupational therapist Angela Hanscom opined in the Washington Post that there’s good reason our kids are so fidgety: more and more students come to class without having enough core strength and balance to hold their bodies still long enough to learn.
  • “In order for children to learn, they need to be able to pay attention. In order to pay attention, we need to let them move.”
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
       
      But this has to be more than just a wiggle stool or yoga ball... HMW get greater movement into Kindergarten? (and it need not just be in the Kindergarten classroom)
  • A recent study by psychologists at the University of Colorado shows an even stronger reason for free play: children who experienced more undirected free play showed signs of stronger executive function, a strong predictor of success in school. “The more time that children spent in less-structured activities,” wrote researchers, “the better their self-directed executive functioning.”
  • Reading and recess are important enough that we need to do both.
  • While this kind of adult-led movement is a far cry from the nearly unstructured free play of a forest kindergarten, it does serve the school’s purpose of high academic standards for their kindergartners, in hopes this prepares them for future academic success.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
       
      Note that it says "hope"...
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
     
    Article contrasting two different approaches to Kindergarten - one outdoor-based and one indoor-based. Full of links to the research regarding the claims made in the article. Additionally, more language around executive function, and its importance for students, is used.
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Go play! It's the key to developing executive function - Hanna Perkins Center for Child... - 0 views

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FromTwitter executive function JackieGerstein child development cognitive development Hanna Perkins Center #LiquidNetworkSpill

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  • “executive function,” the ability to self-regulate, the measurement of which turns out to be a better indicator of success in school than the results of an IQ test. Kids with good self-regulation skills are better able to control their emotions, resist impulsive behavior, and become self-disciplined and self-controlled.
  • how do we reconcile today’s anxious parents and the highly structured environment with our children’s need for unstructured, self-regulated play?
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
       
      Key part of this highlight: unstructured and self-regulated
  • The primary requirement for unsupervised play is uninterrupted stretches of time
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  • Even the youngest children are quite capable of entertaining, even educating, themselves.
  • encourage complex imaginative play by offering simple props and play ideas, but then withdraw so the children can plan their own scenarios and act them out.
  • your child is spending precious time at the activity that children need most and love best: playing independently and imaginatively
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Feb 16
     
    Though this post is written for parents, there are actions and ideas here that teachers can act upon.  The importance of play and its benefits are becoming more and more apparent - plus research is supporting it. Note to self: More research on executive function, and ways of building it in schools, needs to be done. HT: Jackie Gerstein
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When Grading Harms Student Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Is grading the focus, or is learning the focus?
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      Simple, straightforward reminder of what assessment is for.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      A simple, straightforward reminder of what assessment is for.
  • Zeros do not reflect student learning. They reflect compliance.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      Exactly.
  • a deduction in points. Not only didn't this correct the behavior, but it also meant that behavioral issues were clouding the overall grade report. Instead of reflecting that students had learned, the grade served as an inaccurate reflection of the learning goal.
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  • Students should learn the responsibility of turning in work on time, but not at the cost of a grade that doesn't actually represent learning.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      I completely agree with this point. But admittedly, I still am not sure how it would work in practice... I totally realize that the grades we give as teachers are completely under the school's control - we can go back and change grades even after the course has ended if we need to. But at the core of my question is, "What is the leverage (if that is the right word) that we can use to help students learn that responsibility?" Sports and pulling privileges come to mind, but what else is there. I wonder what other teachers have used for this situation? 
  • Practice assignments and homework can be assessed, but they shouldn't be graded.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      An excellent distinction!
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      An excellent distinction!
  • Many of our assignments are "practice," assigned for students to build fluency and practice a content or skill. Students are often "coming to know" rather than truly knowing.
  • we should formatively assess our students and give everyone access to the "photo album" of learning rather than a single "snapshot."
  • Teaching and learning should take precedence over grading and entering grades into grade books. If educators are spending an inordinate amount of time grading rather than teaching and assessing students, then something needs to change.
  • We've all been in a situation where grading piles up, and so we put the class on a task to make time for grading.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      Guilty :-(
  • Our work as educators is providing hope to our students. If I use zeros, points off for late work, and the like as tools for compliance, I don't create hope. Instead, I create fear of failure and anxiety in learning. If we truly want our classrooms to be places for hope, then our grading practices must align with that mission.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 07 Feb 16
       
      +1!
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MakerCase - Easy Laser Cut Case Design - 0 views

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Maker Resource laser cutter tool web-based fabrication box SVG case

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 01 Feb 16
     
    Design a case right on the web, and then download the file in SVG format
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GoInkscape! | Free Inkscape Tutorials, Tips, & Videos - 0 views

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Inkscape illustrating tutorial how-to

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    Tutorials for the vector drawing software Inkscape.
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Meaningful Making: Projects and Inspirations for FabLabs and Makerspaces | FabLearn Fel... - 0 views

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MakerEd makerspaces ebook FabLab projects learning experiential learning

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    "Project ideas, articles, best practices, and assessment strategies from educators at the forefront of making and experiential education."
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"Venture capital" with @MViDiploma #MVPSchool #MVIFI (with images, tweets) · ... - 0 views

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  • building serious capacity
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Jan 16
       
      Wondering if the word "serious" needs to be included here. Your thought Mr. Adams? :-) #havefun #insidejoke
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Brainstorming: The Secret Behind the 7 Dwarves - 0 views

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brainstorming CoolCatTeacher ideation design thinking coaching fromTwitter FromPLN

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    Useful article on brainstorming. Offers some historical anecdotes to provide context, sage reasoning on why ideation is important, and some purposeful techniques to use.
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Tell your business story, one blog at a time - 0 views

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storytelling blogging audience

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    A few bolded thoughts to consider and keep in mind as blogging becomes part of your organizations communications efforts.
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3 Things We Should Stop Doing in Professional Development - 0 views

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professional development professional learning PL GeorgeCouros reflections

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    Wondering what some of these ideas might look like at a fuse or an edcamp or any other school PL day...
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Embedded timelines with filter by hastag - Twitter Developers - 0 views

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Twitter TwitterTools widgets embed

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 13 Aug 15
     
    Instructions on how to use the advanced search feature to create customized searches of twitter steams. For instance, you can search for a particular hashtag being used by a subgroup of twitter handles, and then embed those result onto a website via a widget.
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Reflection: The possible, essential work of redesigning the High-School Experience - Th... - 0 views

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d.school story fromTwitter redesign Protopalooza student perspective Whiteboard reflection

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  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 23 Jul 15
     
    Reflection of a student's participation in the d.school's Protopalooza in which the redesign of high school was the topic. She shares valuable takeaways from the experience, particularly around the ideas of prototyping and expanding the ways in which she views learning can occur...beyond what her previous educational experiences had lead her to believe.
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