#akedchat Archive
#akedchat is a great way for Alaska-based educators to share teaching strategies, educational resources, and more.
Monday September 18, 2017
11:00 PM EDT
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I am Anna Marie Swoffer, hosting . Today’s topic is “What growth mindset looks like in the classroom.”
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Q1
Have you begun the journey to a growth mindset?
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I have begun, but I’m Italian, and I have how many characters to respond? I am also an ELA teacher. No punctuation? Seriously…
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A1 Yes!!! I read Dweck's Mindset book a couple years ago at the recommendation of
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Have you begun the journey?
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A1.2 Our school starts the year with Brain Week where we use the Mind Up curriculum with our K-12 students.
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Journaling is best when self-reflecting. Always a cheerleader (I wanted to be as close to the football field as possible).
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How do you motivate your students to realize “the yet?”
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A3 I try to watch my own vocabulary and how I refer to my own lack of skills or mistakes to model growth mindset for my students
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We start where you are, we work to get to the next level. Isn’t easy. It is hard work. You are worth it. YouTube: Kyle Maynard.
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What are your favorite resources?
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Carol Dweck (of course), anything by/with Carol Ann Tomlinson or David Sousa,
MindShift, KQED, & Thinking Maps, etc.
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Do you have go-to phrases, sayings?
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I love Peter Reynolds books like the dot, -ish, the line... all about the power of possibilities!
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"Practice makes perfect."No only snowflakes are perfect. Practice makes permanent. Brain loves patterns endorphin release!!!
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"Fall down 8 times, get up 9" "It takes 20 years to make an overnight success" "FAIL= First attempt in Learning"
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, thanks for hosting Join us next week when leads on Improving Students' Intellectual Safety in Schools!
