#ISEDchat Archive

Independent School EdChat.
Thursday January 3, 2019
9:00 PM EST
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:03 PM EST
    We are not going to be using the Q and A form tonight. Tonight, let’s just chat about integrating specials. #isedchat
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:03 PM EST
    Hi, Shari from Orlando, Florida #isedchat
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST
    Hello Shari! Welcome to #isedchat!
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:05 PM EST
    I think for integration to occur planning times must be arranged for teacher to teacher conversations. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:06 PM EST
    I would 100% agree. Our struggle is that we our specials teacher teach across divisions. So how do we plan to have those conversations? #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:07 PM EST
    I have tried at pre and post planning times and at faculty meetings to do team ups. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:09 PM EST
    Another part is buy in. I have some specials teachers who want to collaborate and those who are more like boulders than rivers. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:09 PM EST
    Great analogy! #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST
    I have done everything from finding common time to coming in early, taking a different lunch duty, staying late, etc. to try to find those common times. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST
    Sometimes admins need to do a bit of encouragement & maybe facilitate with an idea. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST
    Thank you. I got it from my friend @kruth14 today. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis, @kruth14
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:11 PM EST
    Admin support is vital in making this happen. #isedchat
    • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST
      Sometimes admins need to do a bit of encouragement & maybe facilitate with an idea. #isedchat
      In reply to @gephillip
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:11 PM EST
    Scheduling is always an issue. Don’t have great answers except to plug away. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST
    What are some ways you have integrated with your specials teachers? #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST
    Art teachers are often on board to integrating. One art teacher asked for updates on curriculum & would coordinate art lessons with the curriculum. Shape exploration with geometry, looking at art work with fractions in mind. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:16 PM EST
    Graphing PE activities. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST
    Our Middle School Art teacher does these things as well. Does the math teacher integrate art into their lessons too? #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST
    Could you expand a bit more? #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST
    Having kids use fitbits to record steps and heart rate and then the math teacher has the kids use as data in graphing lessons. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST
    That is awesome! #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST
    Another way is kids can video a PE activity then narrate after writing the script. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:22 PM EST
    I am digging all the great ways you are integrating with specials. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:24 PM EST
    I believe that kids need to be introduced to the idea that life is integrated and so education should be too. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:24 PM EST
    We have maker days in our Middle School Art class once a week and it allows those those students to think differently #isedchat
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:25 PM EST
    100%!! I have kids that struggle with transference of skills from one subject to the next. Doing more integration is helpful for them. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:26 PM EST
    Bots that paint and draw, T-shirts, what ever else they wanted to with Little Bits. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:27 PM EST
    My struggle is getting the core teachers to buy into integration. Many of them don’t see the value I think. #isedchat
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:29 PM EST
    My struggle is getting core teachers to buy into specials integration. #isedchat
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:31 PM EST
    Love littleBits. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:32 PM EST
    We do great work in grades 5 and 6 at the end of the year with a capstone like project that bring together all subjects. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:32 PM EST
    Have also seen Sphero paint too but have not tried it yet. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST
    Yes, I have been trying to get my geometry teacher to do this. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST
    Do the kids choose the project? Is there a list to choose from? #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:35 PM EST
    In 6th grade they create civilizations from scratch and we partner with a lot of local community business, gov’t, and organizations to help the Ss. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:36 PM EST
    In 5th grade, they used to do something called Innovation Alley where they traced an invention throughout time that had a positive impact on man kind. This year, I think I am going to have them invite something to solve one of the UN Challenges. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:40 PM EST
    Hope you don’t mind if I take the invention idea and suggest it to some of the schools I consult with. That one resonated with me. #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:40 PM EST
    I am also trying to work more story telling into my Computer Sciences classes 3-6 #isedchat
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:41 PM EST
    Not at all. I was taught sharing is caring!! #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:42 PM EST
    This is what I love about Twitter & these chats! #isedchat
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:42 PM EST
    Me too. #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
  • swladis Jan 3 @ 9:43 PM EST
    I am going to say goodnight. Thanks for the talk and for leading the #isedchat tonight! Till next month...
    In reply to @gephillip
  • gephillip Jan 3 @ 9:44 PM EST
    I think I will wrap up it too. Till next month! #isedchat
    In reply to @swladis
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