#Edchat is a hashtag, a movement—it is a weekly organized Twitter discussion of educators and people interested in education that meet virtually from all over the world. #Edchat serves as a conversation thread on Twitter and is also used for organized weekly discussions.
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I don't buy the premise this evening. "Content is king" is a saying in the media industry, not education. Teachers know that skills and habits of mind are as important (more important?) than content. #edchat
Hi folks. George from Japan here, going to be popping in and out. I teach secondary English and Humanities. Blogging at: https://t.co/HVCqyGmhNd#edchat
True, but we need a basic set of information/ content to process what we need to do. EX. kids can't do physics problems if they learned algebra through passive learning. #edchat
There is a need for authentic content, but that would require input from kids as to what is important and relevant to them. That gives power to kids. #Edchat
It’s a combination of content and skills. We need a basic understanding of information, yes. But also how to form individual opinion based on this information. #edchat
I think that how kids interact with content is what should be emphasized; it sets students up to be able to interact with new content and information for the rest of their lives. But the content we use to teach them how to interact with new info is just as important. #edchat
students need to learn how to find answers for themselves. Content can be taught, but if they don't know how to find it that will be unsuccessful #edchat
An important aspect of tonite's Q is that it is not an either/or: content OR students. The point is critical: it's about students interacting with the content. Yes, that should be a priority as long as the content is relevant, meaningful. #edchat
I'd like to gently challenge the word "still" here. I feel like content in many ways has taken a backseat to more student centered, discovery types of learning. Ts saying they teach kids not content, and folks saying if you can google things they aren't worth remembering. #edchat
Not saying this is a bad thing! Just from what I've observed the pendulum has perhaps swung a bit away from the direct style teaching that I think of when I think of "content." #edchat
"Most students record only approximately one third of important lesson
ideas, leaving them with woefully incomplete notes for review." Learn more in Note This: How to Improve Student Note Taking - IDEA Paper #73 #edchat
Love how the #students get to read positive feedback about not only their work but others in the class! Great and easy way to build a #positive school environment and build student confidence! #edtalk#edchat#ctschools
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So, the real challenge of the Q is: Is the content relevant? Is the content meaningful to the lives of our students, and will the content make a difference related to student success? #edchat
How do you choose your content if you are focusing on practices? NGSS uses natural scientific phenomena. but then your students could spend 5 weeks learning about caterpillars... seems like "unit studies" all over again
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I think that how kids interact with content is what should be emphasized; it sets students up to be able to interact with new content and information for the rest of their lives. But the content we use to teach them how to interact with new info is just as important. #edchat
How do we move from the place where including student voice is an exception to a place where it is an expectation? Read seven other questions for reflection on your #SEL practices in this blog post: https://t.co/5zGKEZpk9w@PrincipalKafele#SELChat#edchat
As a future teacher and current student, I personally think interaction with content is more important than the content itself. I know I learn and remember the material better when i am able to interact with it in multiple ways vs a more contact focused approach #Edchat
An important aspect of tonite's Q is that it is not an either/or: content OR students. The point is critical: it's about students interacting with the content. Yes, that should be a priority as long as the content is relevant, meaningful. #edchat
I think its all in how the Ss use the content. Ss need to be passionate and make the content meaningful to them. Both are equally important #edchat#SBUITL2018B
An important content Q is also: are we as teachers effective "delivering" or "facilitating" the content so that students successfully interact with engaging ideas, and enrich the ideas with their insights and "ahas." Additionally, should the content inspire? #edchat
Wouldn't it be great to find content based on our students passions and interests. What a difference that would make. They would own their own learning. #Edchat
We think that if a question, task, or project is not related to some aspect of our students’ lives then they will somehow be less engaged and won’t be grounded in their learning as much as if they had a task that was “relevant” to them. Sorry to say, this logic is flawed. #EdChat
Content knowledge alone does not prepare Ss for their future. We need to assist in their formation/growth by honing skills, instilling confidence and resilience #edchat
Hey Harvey! Honestly, I think a good amount of the content in ES isn't relevant for Ss, ESPECIALLY when I see Ss "learning" the same content every other year--just "deeper", but still the same. #Edchat
I might be a question behind, but in my experience, attempting to engage in an intelligent conversation when enmeshed in ignorance does not build much in the exchange of ideas. #edchat
I think that there should be a good balance between the two. In my high school chemistry class, we had a project where we could pick a topic and explain the chemistry of it. It was cool because we got to apply content we leaned to a topic we love #Edchat
I think how we interact with the content. This implies more than solely knowing the content. Today's students need to know the skills associated with content areas and how they connect to one another. #edchat
In order to think deeply, one must think deeply about SOMETHING. In order to synthesize and apply, one must have some amount of knowledge to synthesize and apply. Yes, content is still king....and necessarily so. But it has a more full court alongside it. #edchat
Content needs to be facilitated and not merely delivered, but a foundation in knowledge sure can be a springboard for thought & thoughtful exchange. #edchat
I think is is also very applicable to the more challenging subjects such as chemistry for example. I am studying to become a high school chemistry teacher and I’m already looking for multiple ways to expose and explain the more difficult subjects my future students #Edchat
Interesting points about content compared 2 practices & skills. If content, practices & skills r ALL part of the curriculum, then why not broaden the Q 2 kids interacting w curr. Ex: Is teaching how to collaborate content or skills, or is it just part of the curriculum? #edchat
Yes, but it is a push/pull. Not all content suggested by kids will be meaningful, just as not all "official" state curriculum is meaningful. It's challenging! #edchat
There is a need for authentic content, but that would require input from kids as to what is important and relevant to them. That gives power to kids. #Edchat
We have become obsessed with testing and test results.We are almost teaching to the test.Lets teach from the heart and not from the book or to the test.Leads to lifelong learning #edchat
Ss who come back to me reminisce, don’t talk @ the tests we had(By the way now I don’t give any unit tests). They talk about long term research projects that gave them opportunities to hone skills in research, synthesis...#edchat
Yes, but it is a push/pull. Not all content suggested by kids will be meaningful, just as not all "official" state curriculum is meaningful. It's challenging! #edchat
There is a need for authentic content, but that would require input from kids as to what is important and relevant to them. That gives power to kids. #Edchat
As a high school teacher , I know relationships were profoundly important to my Ss learning but I hope the lessons and the process of learning persists long after the relationship ends. #edchat
If you consider the exorbitant cost of commercial textbooks, then you could conclude that content is king. However, when you consider the pedagogical impact of #OER, you realize that content is a living thing created and shared in the learning process. #edchat
Our pupils forget most of what we teach them.They will however remember us their teachers forever.Lets be good and kind to them.A kind word can last a lifetime.I know. #edchat
If you consider the exorbitant cost of commercial textbooks, then you could conclude that content is king. However, when you consider the pedagogical impact of #OER, you realize that content is a living thing created and shared in the learning process. #edchat
A big thank you to the educators at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary #School in #Surrey for the warm welcome yesterday. What a terrific group of caring, committed professionals. {Teaching, what a great way to spend your life.} #edchat#bced
I don't know. I keep trying to understand why GA 3rd graders need to know the difference b/w loam, clay, and silt..... We can teach compare/contrast in more relevant-to-them ways #Edchat
If content it "King", what skills do students learn? Are they different in each subject area?
If relationships building and process reflection is king, students are forced into problem solving regardless of content. The content is secondary to the 'how' of learning.
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At the end of the day, I want my Ss to like science not dread it. If it means I cut out some of the extra stuff and spend time on process and skills and not bug them down with memorization and test taking strategies I think I win #edchat
When content controls the learning experience for Ss and the pedagogical approach for Ts, then we must be wary of its influence. Instead, content should filter into the background, serving as the base for what Ss ultimately create from mastering the course objectives. #edchat
Many years ago as a new #teacher my principal asked me to write down what I remembered from my 6th grade teacher (the grade I was just hired to teach).
She was funny
She had high standards
She made me feel valued
I loved learning in her class
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Let's not lose sight of how important the 2nd part of tonite's Q is: In many ways the beauty of teaching is watching & participating in how S r interacting w the curr. Is the interaction purposeful? creative? forced? inspiring? Will the interaction lead 2 a career choice? #edchat
I did NOT want to learn geometry or prove a theorem someone way smarter than me already proved...BUT I learned how to problem solve and how things connect and relate...would never have done if left to my choice #edchat
I'd like this to be true, and I've tried it. But colleges expect you to have a baseline understanding of high school content: biology, physics, earth science. please give them as much content as you can possibly squeeze in! #edchat
Same content delivered by different teachers does not necessarily produce same results. Teaching style, relationships, empathy all play more important roles than content #edchat
Agreed. We are Ts for a reason. We need to offer choice....but controlled choices. I'll ask my own children if they want peas or green beans for dinner.....I won't ask them to tell me what they want for dinner. I can only have mac & cheese so many days in a row.
Ideally, the content is a means to foster a love for learning and open the doors to a future of exploration, change, repositioning. Content is necessary to build on content, the synergy of coming to know. #edchat
It is how the content is taught in my mind that is important. Students need to be involved in the learning. No memorization, no just sitting and listening. Personalized learning, interactive and intuitive is key. #edchat
I'd like this to be true, and I've tried it. But colleges expect you to have a baseline understanding of high school content: biology, physics, earth science. please give them as much content as you can possibly squeeze in! #edchat
A: stretch thinking and practice with thinking to other disciplines. Ss need practice in exploring the connections among our fields. Without our support, science, history, language are silos on the prairie. #edchat
I think that giving kids the power to have a say in content is important. They will feel more invested in their education and will feel like their voices and desires are important. #Edchat
Not all content is relevant. With the rapid rate of change in a computer-driven culture, time is the enemy of relevance. We can't keep doing the same things. #Edchat
Yes, very true. And what about content related to the arts, or great literature, that may open up a love of learning, possibly for a later time. Why do we remember the ancient Greeks? #edchat
It is how the content is taught in my mind that is important. Students need to be involved in the learning. No memorization, no just sitting and listening. Personalized learning, interactive and intuitive is key. #edchat
I'd like this to be true, and I've tried it. But colleges expect you to have a baseline understanding of high school content: biology, physics, earth science. please give them as much content as you can possibly squeeze in! #edchat
Indeed, we need to empower the voices of our kids but had I not been forced to study statistical significance, I would not have known I had a proclivity in the field and a passion for grappling with the challenge. #edchat
There is a need for authentic content, but that would require input from kids as to what is important and relevant to them. That gives power to kids. #Edchat
Core curriculum is important in high school and college. Spending time on covering in the entire textbook in the course of the year will not prepare them for college with the proper content or skills. Our job as Ts Is today ignite passions in them and induce curiosity #edchat
One difficulty of tonight's subject is the increase in numbers of students seeking dual credit. While the content is the same, the core of what happens is in tension. What the student has by way of content "holes" and the time we have to "fill" in with lessons/tasks. #edchat
It’s very important for students to feel like they can go to their teachers for help, in and out of the classroom. When I become a teacher, I want to be the teacher who cares #edchat
Totally disagree. I remember the profound effect my Ts had in my life, not the content. I also watch Ss learn content simply to get a grade AND it’s not their choice to pick the content. #edchat
I introduced Irelands first and only Primary School STEAM Room.STEAM teaching has revolutionised learning in my https://t.co/wYx3ueB8lW has the potential to become a,n international model #edchat
Indeed! But sometimes teachers need to find a backdoor. As with so me adults, ideas are more palatable if they are their own. Know anyone like that? #edchat
If education is sharing, then content should never be locked behind a paywall or held captive in a textbook. It should be a flexible thing that reflects our ever-changing world. It should be accessible to EVERY learner who seeks it. #edchat
Today, I read in a book about advice given to the author that sounded like this, "You're striving but you're not arriving." This is the pursuit of points and averages while missing passion and agency. How do we get students to come to our content? Good question tonight, #edchat.
Our pupils forget most of what we teach them.They will however remember us their teachers forever.Lets be good and kind to them.A kind word can last a lifetime.I know. #edchat
How much TIME do Ts have/enjoy to locate the content that will change their Ss lives? Are school admins a conduit for this discovery, or do they value other things they deem more important? #edchat
Definitely. Great point @DennisDill My love of Lincoln is about how he inspires us to do better each day. The Gettysburg Address...272 words of inspiration, and content that students can interact with. Lincoln's life was an example of humility. #edchat
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Very interested in watching the future of education, as we progress down the individualized learning wormhole. What kind of culture is this learning style raising? Independence or Self-occupied?
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I agree. I remember reading textbooks every night for classes in high school and middle school, and I think I would have retained a lot more information and been much more involved and engaged in the subject if we had been given a more interactive approach to the content. #Edchat
I personally remember the content because of the teacher. I could tell you what we learned in my high school French classes because I loved my teacher. The classes I remember the most from are ones where I had a good relationship with my teacher #Edchat
We wouldn't be in our billet if we didn't know content. And I think this is a quietly-affirmed nod to our sense of ethos. Just as quietly, our students want to know that we like them. What does our pathos look, sound, feel like to students in the room. To THAT student? #edchat
6. Allow students to solve school and real-world problems. This is just one tip mentioned in the @Getting_Smart article on cultivating creativity...check out the others! https://t.co/y4SnQYRLn4#edchat#PBL
The choice is not a dichotomy. Both knowledge and skill at working with and around knowledge are life skills. Whether a theoretical or practical discipline, the combination of knowing and doing is the source of empowerment. #edchat
Today is the last day to obtain a copy of @JoySunBear's free ebook: The Adventures Of Joy Sun Bear The Blue Amber Of Sumatra. Don't hesitate grab it today from @amazon. Ss of all ages (as well as adults) will enjoy this magical story. #edchat#educhat#edugladiators#SDGs#pyp
Wednesday’s Teacher Challenge -
Give a student who messed up a second (Or third. Or fourth...) chance.
I’ve never regretted giving Ss a chance at redemption, but I have regretted NOT giving them that opportunity.
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I like what @dbuckedu is saying tonight about emotionally-based instruction. If data is to drive our instruction, part of this would be that "survival data." Does the student feel safe and secure in that room? How is that feeling achieved by teacher and student together? #edchat
I like what @dbuckedu is saying tonight about emotionally-based instruction. If data is to drive our instruction, part of this would be that "survival data." Does the student feel safe and secure in that room? How is that feeling achieved by teacher and student together? #edchat
I hope everybody has a chance to snag their free ebook today, @JoySunBear . What a treasure! Joy and his friends have transported us on a wonderful adventure together! We cannot wait to see where the next chapter takes us on this magical journey.🧸❤️🧸#inspire#edchat#globaled
Today is the last day to obtain a copy of @JoySunBear's free ebook: The Adventures Of Joy Sun Bear The Blue Amber Of Sumatra. Don't hesitate grab it today from @amazon. Ss of all ages (as well as adults) will enjoy this magical story. #edchat#educhat#edugladiators#SDGs#pyp
Yes, definitely. Collaboration, celebrated as a 21st century skill (also celebrated in ancient Greece!) is one of the most critical aspects of the curriculum because it helps everyday in class AND translates later to success on the job. #edchat
In a purposefully-planned text set this morning, we were able to come out of @MitchAlbom's TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE into @mattdelapena and @lorenlong's picture book, LOVE. And then into Chapman's "love languages." Text set with "love" as subject/theme/content. Essential set. #edchat
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible. ~ Howard Schultz
Graphic ~ @sylviaduckworth#JoyfulLeaders#TuesdayThoughts
Content is very much King in most schools that I visit. But to generalise 'most' schools are trying to shift their practice. What content needs is context to suppory interaction. #edchat
I have seen brand new Ts cultivate relationships and veterans who don't care to do so. Not sure it's about being taught as much as T interest in S-T relationships. #Edchat
Through my words and actions in my daily interactions with my students, how have I inspired my students? How have I influenced them to want to be better than what they are now? #edchat
“I legitimately believe that I learned significantly more in my first year of Innovation Lab than I learned in my freshman year of standard #education.” https://t.co/WBIuvn9r1n#edchat
Teaching is so complex, an art and science. We spend a lifetime trying to improve our skills in the classroom, and inspiring students. As Danielson has said, "Teaching IS rocket science!" #edchat
Content is still King but many schools are trying to shift away from delivery of content to allow Ss to construct meaning in social ways. It is a difficult shift for many. #edchat
Just had to share this for all of the educators out there. Rarely will there ever be a student in your class that is like this. Sure they may be rude, but you cannot deny their sense of humor. #Makeachange#engagechat#edchat#educacion#educators
