#WeirdEd Please introduce yourself and then describe yourself with “I’m an ADJECTIVE NOUN who loves to VERB ADVERB. I’m from PLACE and love following SOMEONE ON TWITTER.”
Come on, I believe in you.
#WeirdEd Please introduce yourself and then describe yourself with “I’m an ADJECTIVE NOUN who loves to VERB ADVERB. I’m from PLACE and love following SOMEONE ON TWITTER.”
Debbie. I am a bighearted woman who loves to watch plants come out of the ground in spring. No adverbs. C'est la vie. I'm from Chicago and I love to follow weird people. #weirded
#WeirdEd Anyway, I'm a righteous Jedi who loves to sing badly. I'm from the Philippines and love following a whole lotta ppl who teach w/social justice on Twitter.
#WeirdEd Tonight will be tricky, and like most nights where we play with the format I have no idea how it will go. I’ll ask for a NOUN/VERB/ADJECTIVE whatever. Then take a suggestion and add it into the pre-written question.
#WeirdEd A1 When Ss who typically remain quiet and unfocused suddenly focus after a few moments of coaching and actually tell u that "I can do it now." Yes, awfully specific. Yes part of my pride & frustration today. No, not frustrated at the student.
A1. As often as possible. Not all the time (farting in gaps alone gets lonely, and frustrating), but we're growing independent farters here, people. #weirded
A1 It may be a question of time rather than frequency. Good for kids to solve problems, and that happens through apparent aimlessness sometimes. But there's a point when productive frustration is just frustration. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd Apparently I'm passive aggressive right now. I'mma apologize in advance and tell y'all it's not meant towards you. Unless we all laugh abt it w/o hurt feelings.
A2. That's when you hail the concept/explanation elevator or escalator because the stairs are not cutting it. This metaphor means a lot to me, but if you don't get it, I can explain. #WeirdEd
If the achieved the GARGANTUAN idea in the first place, we celebrate
If they struggled to get there, we spiral back even we progress to the next Big Idea #WeirdEd
If that is too hard, or they are stuck on the ground floor, then you call the escalator, which carries them up a little -- and they can get there with some help. If even that doesn't work, we may have to call the elevator. #WeirdEd
Cont'd
#WeirdEd A3 Maybe less explicit instruction? Depending on if adult Ss are also still EL Learners, what accommodations needed if w/ Adults w/ special needs, their background knowledge, funds of knowledge.....
A2 Create opportunities for organized classroom discussions/#socraticseminars so they see peers make the leap & feel inspired/capable of doing the same #weirded
#WeirdEd always hold your tonsils to yourself. Everyone has them but they can easily be taken away. Stop sharing them with others cuz when you get sick or they get taken I'm going to say I told you so and have zero sympathy.
You know, many adults actually enjoy tonsil-holding, but I, as a learner, usually do not. SO, I tend to underhold tonsils with adults. Which is not good, because
I =/= everyone. #WeirdEd
A3 Realistically the sentence for TONSIL-holding adults would likely be shorter for TONSIL-holding students. Also, some adults you'd like to rip the TONSILS out of, preferably through their noses #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd A3 I'm much more prone to tonsil-holding *snicker* adults than kids. The relationship w my class is such that I can say "go, solve". Not so w adults I train normally.
Definitely good to hold ones own tonsils, because if offers have the opportunity to hold them, you are talking too much and monopolizing group time #WeirdEd
Patience is required. Mr. MIT has about zero patience for me when it comes to me learning about how to use my computer. Remember that I'm from the pre computer age. #weirded
Kids aren't scared, usually. Both need reassurance abt what they are NOT going to break. Adults often like written material or video to go back to; kids won't always admit they do. #weirdEd
A4: So, in this context, is it like if water is condescendingly explaining something that we already understand?
Wait.
No.
That's Hydrosplaining.
#WeirdEd
I am not going to talk about hydroplaning. I did that in my car in my early twenties. Hit a van and spun around and hit the guardrail. Poster child for seatbelts. Enough said. #weirded
#WeirdEd I'm late to the party, which is apparently very #weird. But, A3: at what age do we stop describing human development? I never organized PD training for adults and thought about their milestones. Also, tonsils?
#WeirdEd MadLibs actually helps creativity and writing. Students actually learn to use dictionaries and thessauruses through MadLibs because they want it to be funny. Hydroplaning into parts of speech can only be as fun as you make it.
For sure. They represent a timeless (well in my lifetime) and fun way to learn facts about a lot of topics. Trick the kids the whole time while a lot of learning is taking place. Plus, it’s fun for the teacher!
#WeirdEd
#WeirdEd A2: I always always always require sketching and brainstorming to inform final ideas. As an art teacher this helps me see where the kids are at skills-wise and where they may struggle later.
#WeirdEd A3: I know that when I am trying to teach a TONSILS concept to some of my fellow staff I am not taken seriously.. with kids I start serious and then let them take the lead. They have to demonstrate understanding. Adults know everything about TONSILS already 🙄
I *think* there may be some time-crunch influence there, too. Ts are sort of conditioned to believe that stuff happening in meetings or trainings is a waste of time or not productive for the expanding task list. #weirded
A5: The FUNNY teachers are lifelong PLUMBERS who also ROAST their pencils. #WeirdEd (The BEST teachers are lifelong STUDENTS who also EVALUATE their CLASSROOMS).
If you Grok your Pencils, then you certainly can infer that so long as you realize that I consider you Crunchy in a purely professional context #WeirdEd
Time for me to check out #weirded but before I do, promoting my kids writing tonight rather than mine- check out their short story VR projects https://t.co/FeErfG4QAE
