Interested in student-driven classrooms? Join Dr. Nancy Sulla @nsulla (author of Students Taking Charge, Its Not What You Teach But How, Building Executive Function: The Missing Link to Student Achievement, and more) and educators from all over in #LATICchat on Thursday nights at 8pm ET. We hope to bring together a community of educators to share insights, stories, examples, pictures from their classrooms, and more. We welcome all educators to join; no need to be running a #LATIC classroom.
A1) S’s need to have that felt need to value their learning. What’s the point in creating/learning something if it ends once the project or unit is complete. #LATICchat
Q2 - For whom are your students working? What are some problem-based tasks you’ve used that include your students sharing their solutions with a real-world audience?
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A1. when learning is tied to intrinsic motivation Ss become engaged and they are driven to put in more effort and the effort dries the results #LATICchat
A2. Right now they are working for themselves to create better, healthier lunch choices by revising the lunch menu. I try to make the problems that they solve as tangible as possible #LATICchat
Today @pascoschools teachers were sharing their classroom experiences with teachers from Canada whose minds were blown! 3rd grades pitched solar panel ideas to the supt and, this year, a state rep; kids made a travel destinations book for school retirees. #LATICchat
A3) At our school we are having a "Design on Display" for students to showcase their D2 projects as well as other work they want to share with their families and the community. @SandersSMES#LATICchat
A3 I love to tweet out the best #laticchat projects, like this muckraking project. S's taking charge and sharing with authentic audiences. I also encourage S's to contact their public officials. Lastly, parents serve as authentic audiences builds social capital
Authentic learning comes alive! Our 3rd grade Ss presented to our current and future retirees on where they should vacation in the future. Each one was presented with a book!
A2 My S's work for museum curators, lawyers, judges, politicians, chefs, police and firemen. The more real world the problem the easier it is to find authentic audience and guest experts for S's. #LATICchat
6th graders read non fiction to learn and then pick an authentic audience to address. One S wrote the pentagon how to build better fighter jets and they wrote back! #LATICchat
In Washingtonville, Mrs. Santorelly created a community garden and is working this year to increase pollinators and see if they can make the food better #LATICchat
A3 I love to tweet out the best #laticchat projects, like this muckraking project. S's taking charge and sharing with authentic audiences. I also encourage S's to contact their public officials. Build Social Capital https://t.co/qHrGja12jU
Ss created Native American exhibits and had them come to life for parents to visit. The parents asked questions and interacted with the exhibits. Was a great success to showcase Native American impacts on FL! #LATICchat
A4b A close friend and news anchor skypes with my class on tips for their broadcast. One year he recorded a response the S's in his anchor chair on Fox. #LATICchat
A4) We also wrote to the IOC proposing a site for a host country for a future summer Olympics! This combined geography, climate and persuasive writing in an ALU! #LATICchat
A4.I need to get on this, I have nothing to share and now I feel like my Ss are missing out on an great opportunity to connect outside of school and see how their solutions impact the others #LATICchat
A3 S's can use many platforms to share their work, designs, solutions and proposals. We have used slides, videos, Letters, live debates, posters and now Twizzer posts for Wilson's 14 Points. #LATICchat
I am proud of the current work S's are doing on their @NationalHistory projects. A4 #laticchat many great interviews with historians, professionals, and people who serve as primary sources. Often these projects are derived from a #feltneed and follow a powerful design process
A5 Making sure problems and even topics are open ended allow S's to seek out and problem find as well as problem solve. "Tear down the walls" P. Floyd #LATICchat
A5) We follows News12 to see who is in need in Rockland. That led us to HiTor Animal shelter where the dogs badly needed blankets and towel donations for their beds as they await adoption! Our collection made it on their Facebook page:) #LATICchat
@nyackwiz Connecting WWI to modern global conflicts A3 #LATICchat is truly awesome, I def. encourage S's to do that in their current ALU and @C3Teachers inquiry- Did America Keep the World Safe for Democracy? https://t.co/xxocy6YTts
A6 The beauty of SS is applying the lessons and lives of the past to the world we live in and hope to create. Empower young minds to find solutions to problems they seek out #LATICchat
A5. I am trying to help my Ss learn to be problem seekers and I am collecting ideas to create our next ALU that will be about a problem they are hoping to solve #LATICchat
A6 #LATICchat as part of a current ALU https://t.co/9IUM48962n What connections and lessons can be learned from America’s experience during WWI? Do you agree/ disagree with any aspects of this article? What actions are you inspired to take after reading the article?
A7) Dream big! You never know who will answer you or benefit from you. The PTA, the EPA, authors , local businesses, charities or even the students at an all school assembly are authentic audiences! Go for it! #LATICchat
#LATICchat CA trying to encourage S's to choose the best real-life audience that suits their project. When S's are able to recognize and choose the appropriate audience to share their projects with, they are more vested in the process
CA - Roaring Twenties S's pitch radio programs to Local Radio Personalities in Nyack (we have 4) WWII S's work for Pros and Def of Truman - Judges, Attorneys and an all star jury! #LATICchat
