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Kim Strobel here from Tell City, Indiana tagging @jmattmiller for giving honest feedback that has helped me build a digital presence, among many other things. #CollaborativePD
Mike from New York. Tech Integrator. Jack of all trades, master of pun 😀. Dropping in and out as I get the kids to bed here. Love the idea of crowdsourcing and upvoting the Qs on @participate! I get the best feedback from @SusanWalterich. #CollaborativePD
A1: It is probably one of the greatest gifts you can give and also receive from someone. It can sometimes be the last push you need to build up the courage to do something outside of your comfort zone or to do what you have believed you couldn’t do. #UMEdTech#CollaborativePD
A1: So important to build trust & lasting relationships with honest, constructive, PRODUCTIVE feedback. W/out it, the #PLN breaks down. W/ it, we can soar to new heights together as we refine our practice. #CollaborativePD
A1: Teaching and learning are intrinsically interconnected. Proving feedback to peers is unto itself professional development. It also fosters deeper connections. #CollaborativePD
A1. Feedback is at the heart of being a reflective practitioner. Giving and receiving feedback helps me grow my practice, build relationships, improve communication...And a key component (aside from giving it and receiving it) is using that feedback! #CollaborativePD
A1 we all need feedback to help us grow, become better, we need to pushback and people step outside their comfort zone, it helps us as well, we need to give fdbk to Ss, #collaborativepd
A1: Incredible teaching is happening in every school building. However too often in education we work in silos. Peer-to-peer observation and feedback are critical to building a culture of growth and an awareness of expertise #CollaborativePD
A1: direct and specific feedback can be hard to hear-- but it's what leads to the most meaningful learning! An open culture that facilitates and encourages feedback is key #CollaborativePD
A1: direct and specific feedback can be hard to hear-- but it's what leads to the most meaningful learning! An open culture that facilitates and encourages feedback is key #CollaborativePD
A1: Feedback brings many benefits. It helps our colleagues understand the great things they are doing or share with them what they can overcome to become better. Feedback with sincerity makes the relationship better. #CollaborativePD@JenWilliamsEdu
A1: It is probably one of the greatest gifts you can give and also receive from someone. It can sometimes be the last push you need to build up the courage to do something outside of your comfort zone or to do what you have believed you couldn’t do. #UMEdTech#CollaborativePD
A2 It is important to offer feedback and equally important to accept it. Offering shows you care and are willing to support. It builds relationships and trust if done right. #CollaborativePD
A1: #CollaborativePD Modeling growth mindset for your students and colleagues. Becoming critical friends. Valuing synergy and the ideas that co-teaching and collaboration an level up classrooms whether through feedback or working in tandem. #Coteach
A1. No matter what PD I'm designing and facilitating, there is always opportunity for both reflection and feedback. It's so important to not only tell EDUs that we should be engaging in this, but we have to provide opps to practice and hone these skills. #CollaborativePD
A1: Feedback is very necessary in all aspects of communication. Without feedback, communication is incomplete. This mechanism is effective for professional growth.
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Jumping in a little late Courtney here with A1: Good feedback is at the core of professional growth. It lets us know someone cares enough to want to help us develop as well. It truly is a gift. #CollaborativePD
A1: Feedback that is uncomfortable is necessary to push boundaries. Honest feedback will allow for growth in ways we never imagined. Helps to receive feedback from someone who can help us see the bigger pic when we can’t see it for ourselves. #CollaborativePD
A2: Specific, genuine feedback from trusted peers that comes with practical suggestions for improvement motivates me b/c it makes me think & prompts me to DO something, to TRY something new. #CollaborativePD
Exactly right @CourtneyKofeldt! It can never be looked at negatively when the intention is to help us grow. It may not be what we want to hear, but we have to use it to be better! #CollaborativePD
A2: feedback that highlights responsiveness to student needs can be extremely motivating + being told ideas on how to go bigger with something already done can be positive #collaborativePD
Hi everyone, my name is Nam, primary school teacher in Vietnam.
Everyone around us can give us positive or negative feedback. I love getting feedback because I have the opportunity to look back on myself. #CollaborativePD
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Hi friends!!
A1: Without feedback how do we grow? There is always, always, always room for improvement and we need to hold each other accountable. #bettertogether#CollaborativePD
A2: Specific and meaningful feedback grounded in sincere investment and support motivates and encourages me to take risks. It always feels great to know someone is in your corner. #CollaborativePD
A2: When it is rooted in constructive honesty. Good advice isn’t designed to make you feel better. It’s designed to make you better. #UMEdTech#CollaborativePD
A2. I spend a lot of time with the feedback EDUs give me after PD sessions. I have a system (Glows and Grows) - the feedback they give me immediately informs my practice and helps me provide them with learning exp that better meet their needs. #CollaborativePD
A2 I like hearing specifics, like if I responded in a certain way, my movement in the room, something that gives me a push to take a diff action, need some + and - and that works for me :) #collaborativepd
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A2: Critical feedback that is the hardest to hear for me but also is the most motivating. I focus on what I can do better and apply changes and grow and learn as a leader and learner. #CollaborativePD
A2: #CollaborativePD Feedback that is honest and geared towards making me better at my craft. Teaching is an art. We need influences, mentors, inspiration flowing at all times. If not, what are we doing to keep our classes vibrant, poignant, exciting? #Coteach
A2: The more honest and direct the feedback the better. If you share common goals and values with somebody, there is no greater way to learn what your gaps are and receive support in filling them than to listen to that person and act. #CollaborativePD
A2 any time I work with peers who I already have a relationship with makes me feel comfortable to take more risk and try the feedback because the environment is supportive. #CollaborativePD
A2: I appreciate feedback that is driven to solve a problem for my students. Our students have a variety of unique needs, many of which are unmet. Any feedback that that is solutions-oriented for students is powerful #CollaborativePD
A2 Had my 8th grade #STEAM class today giving fdbk, we were presenting their @buncee I asked them to write some notes/impressions down of each presentation, going to use it to help guide the class, wanted them to feel comfortable giving suggestions first #collaborativepd
#CollaborativePD A2. I'm going to say all feedback..just that some takes time to digest or accept..sometimes that's the best feedback = reflection = further learning
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A2: I'm jumping in a little late. I'm just like the kids. Sandwich that feedback. Something I'm doing well, something I could do better, something that encourages. I'm also motivated when I hear, can I share an idea with you?
A2: When someone gives negative feedback, thinking that I can't do something. Ohhhh I can and I will! It pushes me beyond what I thought was possible hahaha. #collaborativepd
Common goals and values is key. A challenge for administrators is getting them to be shared. Work to make them organic and not just directives. #CollaborativePD
A2: I feel like the best feedback is paired with suggestions, resources, guidance. Good feedback is never a one way exchange either- rather a loop where the relationship and trust develops further. #CollaborativePD
A2. I spend a lot of time with the feedback EDUs give me after PD sessions. I have a system (Glows and Grows) - the feedback they give me immediately informs my practice and helps me provide them with learning exp that better meet their needs. #CollaborativePD
A2: I love the honest and true feedback. Give it to me direct without sugar coating. If I can improve my practices in any way possible, I’m in! #CollaborativePD
Uh-uh - not getting off that easily - we both know we have a lot to offer - experience can't be bought, and willing listeners are not that easy to find. #CollaborativePD
A2: Motivation or not depends on the way you receive feedback. Think feedback is the right thing to help you can better next time because none of us are perfect.
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Q2: the feedback that motivates me always comes from my Students. They are brutally honest. Just have to be brave enough to keep asking. #collaborativePD
A2: Negative feedbacks are important yardstick to risk and growth. It's great to get Positive feedbacks, but best to get Negative feedbacks as a route towards patching the loose edges whilst taking constructive risks towards growth.
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Yes, it helps me really focus on what's important. Glows are the positive things we see, feel and hear. Grows are anything that can be suggested to elevate the work or experience. #CollaborativePD
We have to develop a culture where feedback is meaningful and not hurtful. We need to teach our students how to give and receive…. feedback citizenship??? #CollaborativePD
A3. One of the best ways to help Ss give each other meaningful feedback is to provide opportunity, time, and space for them to practice the skills involved in doing this. Let them work on soft skills, dispositions. Help them build communication skills. #CollaborativePD
A3 we have to model it, give them an idea of how to start, have to create a supportive envt, help Ss build relationships and comfort bc giving fdbk can feel uncomfortable #collaborativepd
A2 everything I do is a risk. Remember when I did paper apartment building during megashares. Didn’t go over too well. Sometimes it is stuff to me. #collaborativePD
A3: model with colleagues in the hallway, there are always moments to show kids what teachers do behind the scenes. Always fun to roleplah we prescribed scenarios for kids to act out. May be silly at first, which helps break the ice #CollaborativePD
A3: Establish a culture of trust between S’s. Without trust, they won’t hear each other and grow. It’s easy giving feedback, but trust is required to take it and grow from it. #CollaborativePD
A3. It's also important to talk to Ss about what actionable feedback is and why it's important - some have never been given opportunities to be reflective. #CollaborativePD
A3: Our students need to engage in consistent metacognition. When they are able to articulate their own strengths and weaknesses as a scholar, they are far better at giving their peers honest and productive feedback #CollaborativePD
A3: I-statements are a nice way to offer feedback! “When I see/read/hear XYZ, I wonder...” This offers a non-judgmental opportunity to consider something from another person's perspective. #collaborativepd
A3: The thing that I often say to students is "put yourself in someone's shoes" to understand what you want to get when responding to people around you. #CollaborativePD
A3 oooh I love this question! Model what positive feedback looks like, provide resources to scaffold these conversations between students (sentence frames, word banks... and more!) #collaborativepd
A3. Feedback can come in multiple ways but I’d like to see more of an emphasis on spoken feedback for kids. Earlier is better too. Too often kids cannot express themselves verbally. Constructive dialogue is important. #CollaborativePD
A1 Providing and accepting feedback and making appropriate adjustments based on that feedback is the ultimate proof of trust which is essential in a truly collaborative culture #collaborativepd
A3: teaching students that feedback is very different than criticism. Students should be taught that feedback offers solutions to problems and helps offer a remedy or another way to approach a situation. #CollaborativePD
A3. Providing Ss protocols helps them to practice and hone their skills. Protocols also help to create a safe environment for both giving and receiving feedback. #CollaborativePD
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I love this! I stopped having Ss give feedback through the Google comments feature recently because I felt the feedback was more meaningful when they were talking together, not just switching chromebooks. #CollaborativePD
A3: I think self reflection comes first- students being able to critique themseld and find the good as well. Designing guiding questions as a class. Like others have mentioned: trust and modeling are 🔑 #CollaborativePD
A3 This graphic from @edutopia is for Ts to give meaningful Ss feedback but can easily be adapted and practice between Ss. Love the focus on specificity. #CollaborativePD
A3: We can help students give one another meaningful feedbacks by creating a better platform for understanding the 'message'. What makes feedback meaningful is the comprehensiveness of the message itself.
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#CollaborativePD Take any strategy that you use for meaningful formative assessment & flip it to Ss leading. They will step up. Builds a culture of feedback that is less threatening & when students become the primary teachers = + confidence, + honesty, + empathy, + learning
When students create something pass it around. Have a rubric on what to improve. Had students create games and students have advice on what to improve #collaborativePD
A4-begins with asking...Conferencing in small groups, surveys, one-on-one conversations...give kids a platform but then prove feedback is utilized to inform future instruction - without implementation it won’t be taken seriously in future #CollaborativePD
A3 By creating an environment where they feel safe to give it and receive it. Just learned how @MikeSzczepanik uses @peergrade for peer to peer student feedback. The anonymity helps with this. Like anything else, it takes practice. #CollaborativePD
A4. I do a lot of PD around working to use feedback to be more data informed - learning how to both use it inform instruction and to help promote learner agency in the classroom. We talk a lot about the importance of qualitative data in helping us be better. #CollaborativePD
A2 Feedback that is very specific & accompanies suggestions is the best feedback for me. Also, feedback that helps me grow is not necessarily evaluative (as in not all areas I would go require eval), nor is it measuring how close I came to a compliance measure. #collaborativepd
A4 While I'm no longer in the classroom full time, I work directly w/ classrooms near me to implement #GeniusHour & #standardsbasedgrading. Ss are at the forefront in the feedback loop w/ interviews & surveys. Their reflections drive instructional adjustments. #CollaborativePD
A4: All formative assessment &feedback loops determine the path of learning & differentiation. #CollaborativePD I have a general UBD plan but if static, I'm doing something wrong. Feedback is the prime mover of instruction, facilitation, and learning. Almost never assess at home.
A4. I don’t have a class, but I have ears. I talk to kids at lunch, play football, or 4square at recess. Any chance to chat in the hall, capture it, feedback will be the most honest and sincere because you aren’t directing them for it. Then we improve what we can #CollaborativePD
A4 Ask students what is working for them. Is there anything they would change to make it better? Anywhere they need more support? Something they want to learn? Ask and Listen #CollaborativePD
A4: gaining feedback from students on novel choices, post activity reflections, simple discussions with students "How did that go? etc. all help to drive changes in many aspects of my classroom. #CollaborativePD
A4: I have shifted my class completely away from the lecture model. I employ blended, self-paced and mastery based learning. I get daily conversational feedback from my students about this new learning environment to ensure it is meeting their needs #CollaborativePD
And can we just talk about the softness? I mean for real-they are the softest shirts ever. I think we need @Participate blankets...Ohhh wait snuggies? #collaborativePD
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A4: Not necessarily (child) students in my answer but when doing staff PD, I am always looking to find ways to differentiate my workshops to make everyone feel welcome and like they are the rockstar of my session. #CollaborativePD
A4: We do a lot of individual feedback sessions that can be more private, surveys on what’s working, parking lots, and goal setting to improve experiences. The kids also love to use GDocs to give feedback on work. #CollaborativePD
A4: student feedback drives how I work with each student when I see them. I try to tailor my strategies whenever possible to what works best for that student. #CollaborativePD
A3 By creating an environment where they feel safe to give it and receive it. Just learned how @MikeSzczepanik uses @peergrade for peer to peer student feedback. The anonymity helps with this. Like anything else, it takes practice. #CollaborativePD
A4: #CollaborativePD I set out situations involving student feedback (of course I do not name students) so that other people think about how to respond in that situation. That way, they can learn from themselves how to get feedback in the future. @participate@JenWilliamsEdu
