#akedchat Archive
#akedchat is a great way for Alaska-based educators to share teaching strategies, educational resources, and more.
Monday October 3, 2016
11:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to share your location, role, & a current event you have been following!
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Sue. 3rd grade in Fort Yukon. Been following The North Dakota pipeline, so cool Juneau canoe went to support!
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Good evening ! I'm happy to attend from Nunapitchuk tonight!
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Nathan Pitt, principal at Tri-valley school in Healy. Current events are all local! (Strategic planning, MSBB tournament, soccer!)
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Home base is Juneau. I'm an independent ed tech consultant, so I wear many hats. School Improvement Coach is currently on my head
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Local news is great! Makes it relevant place based learning!
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Samantha, K-12 math mentor for special education in Fairbanks, enjoyed the news that West Valley High School girls won XC state
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Hey, Nicole! Glad we made it to the same this time!
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I work for and I love , teaching virtually, and long sits on the couch.
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I know, right? I never make it to these things.
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Question 1: Do you have a school newspaper? If so, what do you report on?
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A1: 's Kodiak High School has a great daily video news broadcast that students write, create, & produce.
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Congratulations, That is awesome! Sports & Entertainment are also great ways to incorporate news.
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A1 no school newspaper. Strategic planning just identified communication an issue so perhaps we have a partial solution!
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Bear maulings are more interesting to me right now since this visitor was across the street on Thursday! https://t.co/G2MUDQBFSL
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No school newspaper in Nunap right now. I have sent home an info sheet on a relevant topic, though.
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I saw that on your Facebook page! Oh my goodness!
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I keep reading that newspapers are a dying medium... School newspapers are a great way to help revive interest!
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LOVE video news! Do you also do printed/digital text version of news sometimes? Seems like that would hit 2 kinds of Ss.
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Great timing for the suggestion of a school newspaper, then! https://t.co/uNNzv0evH0
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A1 no school newspaper. Strategic planning just identified communication an issue so perhaps we have a partial solution!
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Yikes! There always seems like a couple, but they always seem to happen in remote locations!
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It's a student broadcast by and for students.
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Question 2: What cross-disciplinary lessons can you engage in using current events?
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That is so great! A lot of production value goes into that... future Anchors, cameramen, and writers!
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Kinda concerned Juneau Empire seems 2b suffering. Experimenting w/deliveries & inclusion of USA Today 4 p… https://t.co/yEbt6UjoxL
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I keep reading that newspapers are a dying medium... School newspapers are a great way to help revive interest!
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Mostly remote locations but if not careful could happen in nborhood. Teach grandkids 2 look around b4 walking outside.
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Q2: Current elections=springboard for stats & great math
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A2: Love to allow Ss to read newspaper during independent rdg time. So many kinds of articles, kids can find what they like.
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I love reading historic fiction! Wow, had not hear of bodyhacking... Always learn something new!
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Electoral math. How polls work.. Lots of great numbers in there!
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It's real and a great discussion to pair with genetic engineering which is another part of R&J: The War.
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;) Zipping aheda of Q3: What websites/resources do you use to discuss current events in your classroom?
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Have you heard of https://t.co/2WgGqId9mi? It is fantastic. News with differentiated reading levels, questions & quizzes too.
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Have you seen romeo & juliet in emojis or as facebook posts? Unintentionally hilarious.
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Yep. We use Fakebook to create their own R&J social media posts and we've also read R&J as text messages.
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It's real! I totally want to modify my body with computer parts.
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Question 4: Do you have a classroom newsletter? What could your students report on?
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Ummmm .... I'm pretty sure you're geekier than I am! :)
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A4: No classroom=no classroom newsletter. Have a dusty blog though. Want Ts to have Ss blog about daily events.
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The students really wanted to get a pet. Had to discuss what pet, what they need, cost. Write up process for parents to read about
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A3 with newspapers in schools is great print news source. I'm a google news user. Classrooms use variety of sources.
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A4: We've done blogs, websites, and a long time ago I did newsletters.
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I like to think that is what the process of news is... Daily events that get a wider audience! What can S report on?
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A4: Would do S led newsletter if still in clsrm. What I did do was put S in charge of wtg 1 event frm day… https://t.co/XcKarqUNBY
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Question 4: Do you have a classroom newsletter? What could your students report on?
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A4 all classroom newsletters are teacher generated. This chat is helping me generate ideas for our school!
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Question 5: Have you ever led a discussion on what are opinions & bias? Sources & factchecking?
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A4:I suggest feature on cls website 4 Ss 2 post info frm day 2 or 3x wk.B flexible.S type somewhere else & paste in after approved
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A5 teacher last week after the debate lead discussion on fact checking and gave resources and had students fact check debate.
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I need to reframe future discussions, seems like a lot of people are not in the classroom. Lets share ideas!
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We just need more people in the classroom on ;)
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Would love to see the result of that! https://t.co/I9i4QJGmkh
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A5 teacher last week after the debate lead discussion on fact checking and gave resources and had students fact check debate.
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That is awesome.What grade level? I think it should be done in Elem too. Kids know the difference between truth & lies
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Agreed - these are great questions - need more classroom teachers on
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Haha yes! I know I was hesitant to twitter & dont know why. Maybe write an article for ?
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Question 6: What are some ways you can connect current events with things that happened in the past? Local or global :)
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Yay Welcome! Did you see the suggestion about stats & math with current events ;)
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We talked to elders about what it was like growing up in Fort Yukon compared to nowadays. Global warming has affected a lot!
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I love the idea of the including elders. I wonder how I could do this for 6th grade math..
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sorry I missed the chat tonight, was busy with open house
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Invite some parents in... they always love to say "back in the day, we did math this way" would be fun to compare!
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We talked a lot about voting & gender equality this week. Woman coudn't vote once upon a time... So important that they can now!
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A6 election cycles always good opportunity to review relatively current history.
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My students were struggling with "arrays" so I brought in graph paper & bead designs. They got it after
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Bringing parents in this way could help them understand the new approach too! Great idea. https://t.co/iCJYGUiQ3m
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Invite some parents in... they always love to say "back in the day, we did math this way" would be fun to compare!
