#memspachat Archive
A chat for Principals, Administrators & Lead Educators. Come join the Collaboration and Learning THURSDAY'S at 8pm ET.
Thursday October 13, 2016
8:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to tonight’s picture chat! Thanks for joining!
Please introduce yourself.
Shanna (MS Principal in Milan)
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Jason Gribble, Forest Elementary School, Riverview
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Adam Walentowicz, Brother Rice HS, Speech and Debate teacher
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Steve Chisik, principal of Kurtz Elementary School in Milford.
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Tonight’s topic focuses on 21st Century Skills through pictures. Respond on what the pics/skills mean to you and your building.
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Happy Thursday! Betty here from Harvest in Saline. Looking forward to our chat this evening.
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Doug Ammeraal -- Principal at Mona Shores Middle School
Looking forward to a great chat.
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Hi Everyone, Tom here, K-5 principal in Lexington, MA. Participating from my phone at the moment.
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Remember to dialogue and press for clarity. Share and Learn from each other. Let pictures guide your thoughts tonight.
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Rob hs science teacher and grad student
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Matt Severin, Dowagiac Middle School. Glad to be here tonight!
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For the next hr, I'll be hanging out w/ Mich. Ps ; creator of the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Cla… https://t.co/mJeGRnp18Z
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Q1 coming up in 1 minute.
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Hello . Molly Funk, PL facilitator, Principal Mentor here! Hoping some of my Grad Ss join us tonight.
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Alice Reinke, Dearborn Heights Highview Elementary
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Glad to be joining you all!
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Mike Domagalski - Checking into now.
Can't wait to collaborate tonight!
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Good Evening! Rachel Card, principal at Belle River Elementary in Marine City.
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A1: Giving Ss control can eliminate the ceiling effect. (Student-centered practices foster creativity/innocation)
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Tonight we are Respond on what the pics/skills mean to you and your building.
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Jonathan from 2 Paws. Glad it's time!
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A1 allow all individuals a chance to create, give them resources and support as needed
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A1: Ss take information + learning + voice = creation of new learning/new information/new questions.
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A1: As leaders/teachers, we need to frame, challenge, and affirm Creativity and Innovation with our Ts and Ss.
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Checking into . Met w/ Region 12 crew this week & we are getting excited for the conference! Allyson, elem principal from Zeeland
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A1: Listened to great podcast about "Yes. and" thinking. Keep the idea moving with action & learn from failure
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A1: Make failure something that is expected, to help us grow, not to be ashamed of
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A1: Ts & Ss must feel safe to take risks and innovate, even when there are mistakes. Mistakes are where the new learning goes.
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A1: Students deciding the information that they want to gain!
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Hi to my friends! Michelle from St. Joe - glad to be here! Thanks, for moderating!
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A1 Innovation isn't possible without creative reflection. Ss need to learn that their ideas matter One solution doesn't fit all
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Wrapping up a school event & lurking tonight. Can't wait to catch up on the store a fight!
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A1: FAIL (First attempt at learning) to SAIL (Second attempt at learning)
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A2: Inquiry/problem-based projects are great ways to connect Ss to real-world. I love seeing the engagement in figuring it out.
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A2: Students doing the talking, the thinking, the work
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Rachael from Jenison checking in for a short bit
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Absolutely. Plus, we need to watch our language w/ "failing" grades..failing in attempt is different meaning.
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A2: The best part of learning is getting to do it yourself!
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A2) We advocate teaching all content thru authentic problems Ss need to solve. Here's a good one!
https://t.co/U875FPWUby
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A2: We are preparing our Ss for the unknown - jobs, technology. We MUST teach them to think! https://t.co/nw8Ah1bAwS
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A2.2 The struggle is where the learning takes place--Ss need to experience this.
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A2:I think the keep point to critical thinking and problem solving is the ability to collaborate.
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A1: support Ts who are willing to take the risks & be a model of creativity (even if it's uncomfortable)
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A2: We need to have students generating more of the questions in our classes. Questions lead to greater thinking & solutions
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A2: student lead, pbl, performance tasks all help provide opportunities for problem solving and critical thinking
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A2 Critical thinking is not an option. Ss enjoy thinking because it give them an immediate control over their learning
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A2: The opportunity Ts provide for Ss to dig deeper in topics so new ?s are generated and deeper learning occurs.
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A2: If we don't teach Ss the skills now, when will they gain them? Better, who will teach?
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1. Prepare students for future workplace. Independent thinkers wanted!
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A2: Love to see Ss lead the learning. Take the risk and give them a chance. Seen "pirate" moments quite a bit this yr already
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That's fantastic, ! Hope you are going to TC so you can tell us more!! live version! https://t.co/Am9RHzlGJG
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Maker Space, Genius Hour and other times allow kids opportunities to think like engineers and scientists! 💡🔬… https://t.co/Na1xM0u2at
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2 prepare students for future workplace. independent thinkers wanted!
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Use the work of , our Ss will be motivated if provided opportunities for Autonomy, Mastery, & Purpose
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I love all of the examples and thoughts you are sharing tonight!
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A2: If students can't apply it, they haven't learned it!
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A3: Communication and Collaboration is the key. A good team can make things great. Student Talk is huge (SE5)
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A2: building the capacity to "work" at solving a problem, building stamina to push forward, adjust to challenges, seek help
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A3: Our Ss need practice w/ both written & oral communication. We also don't need to be limited by the walls of our classrooms.
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A3) A twist on commun.: 3-dimensional writing (the Internet is 3-D: across, down, & out through links.) … https://t.co/OUp0RpPF0r
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A3: The best products/ideas usually come from a team. Often, a team with different thinkers.
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Diverse skills of a team can create a better outcome! https://t.co/WVDyNC9cTM
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A3: The best products/ideas usually come from a team. Often, a team with different thinkers.
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A2 Ability to make own decisions separates leaders from follows. Ss need this more than ever before.
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A3: Nearly all jobs are in the "people" business, we are better together, expand on others' ideas to improve, open mind
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A3:my favorite thing to do is sit behind the Ss and listen to them share their thinking. I watched 8 Ts do that in Saline today
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A2: great resources for pbl from the future prep program
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Important part about this is Ss need to learn to work with diverse thinkers. This does not happen magically.
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A4: We need to open to new ideas and adapt the change. Risk taking support, bend don't break, adapt to our students!
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A3: people working in a group aren't entitled to their opinion, rather they are entitled to their argument 2/2
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A3: A3: Notice how these skills are woven into the two previous ?s... no learning without communication & collaboration.
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A3) DeBono's "Six Hats" is a great tool when Ss are collab: helps them see a problem from diff angles.
https://t.co/Z7KptFsdCK
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A4: To individualize instruction we must be willing to vary and adapt. These are skills our Ss need to learn as well. Model it!
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A3 education is always changing, each class and stu are different, and need to be reached uniquely
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This is hard to do while watching the Red Wings season opener.
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A3: Teamwork is the key to success in any career in the modern age.
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A4: Ts who are flexible & adapt show their Ss who are flexible & can adapt.
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A4 Edu is always changing each class and student is different. Need to be reached uniquely.
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A4: Things are moving so fast that Ss and Ts need to be flexible
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A4: If we place limits on folks, we will never help them uncover new talents
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Mike Schulte, Warren, returning from my part-time job as the dad taxi, moonlighting as the math tutor as I chat
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A3Our society is all about competition; us vs them. Ss need to learn how to collaborate& understand that "we" as the only way.
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A3: communication and collaboration is just as important for staff as it is for students
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A4: To quote Gunny Highway "you need to be able to adapt, improvise, and overcome"
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A4: 1/2 We are nothing if not flexible, my man says we "can't worry about stupid stuff", take care of our big rocks
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A2: We need to find more ways to prompt student's curiosity and seeking their own answers
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A4: 2/2 The more we learn the more we must adapt to implement our new learning to improve situations, policy, relationships, etc.
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The best learning takes place when a student chooses his/her project! Can't wait to start our PBL initiative
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A4: Looks like the bending over backwards we are all doing in order to stay ahead of the curve! https://t.co/i5waZJa8ea
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A5: Ts and Ss have to understand the "why" and then they have to know where they are going! https://t.co/Aeey7nuZKu
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I like to use the term "active learning" with my students
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A5. Edu is behind, format has been the same for 50 years, bell rings change classes. Need innovation
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Q6 is coming right up in just a minute.
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A5 ss need to learn to focus not on the destination but on the actions/journey that leads to it.Chances are direction'll change
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A5: Ss select direction and timing of learning activities. Grow in areas they have passion for.
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A5: Let the students guide their learning and lead the way to new discovery while allow them to have a way to share.
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A5: Providing choices and personalizing learning motivates Ss to take control and push themselves to learn more than expected.
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A5) Great video from client Ts reflecting on the path to putting Ss in charge of their own learning.
https://t.co/Duj2VMJi9P
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A6: Our world has desensitized our youth. We need to work in character education into our structures.
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A5: Students are the basis of every decision. Innovation and creativity are for the benefit of them.
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Bravo! Thinking of standards, would be great to have only a few; that way focus is pinpointed!
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I'm out early tonight. Thank you contributors and ! Looking forward to the recap!
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participants are on fire tonight!
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A6: A social skills and character education as a class? Would this would be a good thing in our schools instead of_____ class?
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A5: have Ss be at forefront of all conversations. Our comfort can get in the way of their opportunities and success
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Must take advice from and limit my current focus...to do list isn't getting the attention it deserves right now.
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A6: Children are born with the capacity to connect and without prejudice. Adults must nurture and preserve these attributes.
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A6) Learning is social. As Ss learn together, they build social skills. Use to advance cultural awareness.
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Hard question. Already have a "constipated curriculum"-Things keep getting added and nothing eliminated :P
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Character Education is not another thing on the plate. It IS the plate. https://t.co/YBvFiYofMh
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Hard question. Already have a "constipated curriculum"-Things keep getting added and nothing eliminated :P
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Just think what could be accomplished if we all worked in a team atmosphere with few initiatives!
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A7: Creating a sense of community helps model productivity and accountability by using the greater good of the team.
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A6: as a school we try to have common language, Ss leadership roles in class/Bldg, & moving to student led conf
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Love this question...I wonder if this isn't embedded in our school culture, every class, every interaction...
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Last question in two minutes.
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A7: Productivity and accountability are a product of great teaching and engagement.
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A7 Everyone must be accountable for success, from ss to ts to admin.
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A7: When learning includes S voice and action & not compliance, productivity & accountability increase!
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Just had a similar discussion earlier today. https://t.co/NsorjU0TQf
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Hard question. Already have a "constipated curriculum"-Things keep getting added and nothing eliminated :P
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A7: Student created goals give students the why which helps with keeping them drive and accountable for their learning
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A7) We use rubrics to provide expectations; S responsibility planning template to help Ss manage work
… https://t.co/rnV2X4HKCk
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YES! Trust on the team is everything. Must be embedded in the culture.
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A8: Sometimes we need to carry our Ss, but give them the skills to do their own swimming (in steps: pond, lake, sea).
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A7: Talking the talk AND walking the walk. Being responsible and having integrity.
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we have to teach our kids to be accountable, they don't just know!
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A8: We need to give T's and S's the opportunity of choice and to expand their thinking. Must hold them accountable as well
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Yes! Everyone views Ss as their own, which is the collective part of team accountability. https://t.co/UnQXBY5nJj
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A7: Collective responsibility and accountability for Ss learning...No one says "my kids" or "your kids" anymore.… https://t.co/kgq2S6159D
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A7: using WIG ( Wildly Important Goal) to help focus stakeholders. WIG concept goes Bldg, grade level, classroom, individual
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A8 teachers need to model responsibility. Part of leading is knowing when to back off too!
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Cool idea and love the common language and practice!
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A7 ss need to take responsibility for their learning. We need to guide, encourage and trust them as they make their choices.
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A8: Both support and empower those we serve.
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the community, custodians, and lunch ladies!!! Everyone in the edu community
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HW: Try and post of picture of your Ts or Ss using one or more of the skills discussed tonight before next week. remember the #
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A8: Great leaders allow the opportunity to give others opportunities.
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Let's do this I'd love to see what all of your Ss & Ts are doing! https://t.co/4rM9Fy4sdU
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HW: Try and post of picture of your Ts or Ss using one or more of the skills discussed tonight before next week. remember the #
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Phew! You challenged me tonight ! I tried to find videos/resources for each pic. Time to watch TV & rest! Gr8 chat tnx
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Thanks for signing in and chatting tonight! I enjoyed learning about your thoughts on these skills.
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A8: Listening to one another and finding strengths so we all have a voice and all can lead
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A8: A good leader takes blame and responsibility...doesn't dwell on what happened but figures out what needs to happen next.
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How we use our language reflects how we think. It also affects thoughts of others. https://t.co/olgxv7dNwI
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A7: Collective responsibility and accountability for Ss learning...No one says "my kids" or "your kids" anymore.… https://t.co/kgq2S6159D
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YOU were a great leader for us tonight! Thanks for your ability to always
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another fast moving chat tonight! Thank you for moderating! Thanks to all for your gr8 thinking you make me better!
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Nice job I liked the unique format!! Love connecting with peeps always https://t.co/o3YOVjsmFQ
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Thanks for signing in and chatting tonight! I enjoyed learning about your thoughts on these skills.
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A8: Leadership means supporting those you lead. It is always about support, with a focus on students.
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Great job by moderating tonight's .
The pictures ideas was awesome!!! Well done and a huge thanks!
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Students learn by watching not by listening. https://t.co/Owum2Bpp1W
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A8 teachers need to model responsibility. Part of leading is knowing when to back off too!
