Happy Saturday! Welcome to #BookCampPD I am Meredith Johnson @mjjohnson1216 your moderator today. @teresagross625 is busy at her school with writing curriculum writing and will return next Saturday. Please introduce yourself and share the age you began loving books.
Thank you for joining #BookCampPD this morning! Please welcome our monthly guest author, Steve Wyborney - @SteveWyborney who wrote The Writing on the Classroom Wall.
Hi #Bookcamppd! Katelyn Callahan, fourth grade teacher. I've always been a reader, but I remember falling in love with books in Kindergarten when my teacher made us Green Eggs and Ham!
Good morning #BookCampPD! I'm Sara from MT. I can't remember a time that I didn't love books. At age 2, I memorized Are You My Mother? and tried to convince others that I could already read.
Professional learning Tweetstorm brewing at this hour thanks to #nt2t, #edugladiators, #BookcampPD. In eye of storm, I'm Brian. I teach MS students English in CO.
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
Hi all. Stacy, from NJ. I remember being deeply moved by Corduroy. I couldn’t tell you what age that was, but man did it open my eyes to perspective #BookCampPD
a1| I'm a parent, but I TRULY believe that reading is essential for children, esp when they are little, make sure they're always reading something, if not a book, periodicals are a way to get in small doses. #bookcamppd
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
A1 Reading can open unlimited doors to information for anyone . If you need an answer to a question, reading is the key. It is also a skill that once learned, is with you forever!!! #BookCampPD
A1: It is personal in the sense that I get to choose what I want to read and what I think it's interesting.
For my students, it becomes personal when the text is compelling and interesting to them #BookCampPD
A1: When I talk to my students there is a "no wrong answer" policy on reading reflection but I ask them to back up their thinking. Our personal experience will change our thoughts on a text so we need to make room for that. #BookCampPD
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
A1 Reading can open unlimited doors to information for anyone . If you need an answer to a question, reading is the key. It is also a skill that once learned, is with you forever!!! #BookCampPD
A1 Why are there so many genres, so many ways. Becuase people engage in reading with different life experiences that connect them to the words. That connection drives interest, drives wonder, drives engagement. Choice in redy is important ifwe want to engage readers. #bookcamppd
A1: Reading is personal bc we take what we read and see how we can apply it to our own lives & what we already know. Trying to teach Ss to be responsible and responsive readers. We don't just read to pass a test. It's a life changing skill #disruptingthinking#bookcamppd
Very true! The sad thing is that in many occasions, students are told what to read! Why?!? they should also be free to choose what to read! #bookcampPD
A1 We all bring a different skill set and set of experiences to every text ... therefor we read/interpret the text with a different mindset - very personal #BookCampPd
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
Great point. When students - and learners of all ages - make those deep, personal connections - they want to share with others. Those rich personal connections often call out to become shared publicly. #BookCampPD
A1: It is personal in the sense that I get to choose what I want to read and what I think it's interesting.
For my students, it becomes personal when the text is compelling and interesting to them #BookCampPD
A1 I have always felt that reading takes me someplace. This could be the setting, empathizing with the characters or relating to the story. I was always a huge NF reader as a kid which helped me learn things and continues to do so today. #BookCampPD
A1: Reading allows you into someone else’s reality, thoughts, feelings, worlds. We all interact with a text differently, and that’s the beauty of it! What a gift to be able to “see” something else for a change. That all makes it personal. #BookCampPD
A1: Reading is personal because it takes place in each individual's mind. We pull in our memories, our experiences, our biases and relate them to the text. However, it is also a collaboration between the author's words and how we peronally interact with them.#BookCampPD
A1: Personal interests, personal meaning. Any given book might mean something different to me than it does you, or my students. Also, all readers have different interests and likes, and that should be honored! #BookCampPD
My coffee is sitting next to be, and as I read your tweet I realized I haven't even taken a sip yet! #BookCampPD is moving quickly - filled with so many great ideas!
Lana, a math teacher, from Saskatchewan. I have been thinking lots lately about how many effective instructional practices in reading & writing can be applied to math. #BookCampPD
A1 Reading is personal because I choose what I want to read and it connects to my own experiences and thoughts; yet connects me to others when we talk and share! #BookCampPD
A1: Reading allows you into someone else’s reality, thoughts, feelings, worlds. We all interact with a text differently, and that’s the beauty of it! What a gift to be able to “see” something else for a change. That all makes it personal. #BookCampPD
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
A1: Reading is unfiltered access to one’s mind. Every word, every description, every idea is manifested in a private space between the two ears. Reading is a direct access that the movie we utilize the better begin to understand ourselves and those around us. #BookCampPD
So true! As we share those experience with each other, we contribute to each other's learning and perspective. It's amazing how much all of our learning can impact one another. #BookCampPD
A1 Reading as 1 fundamental form of communication: dance betw readers, writers, texts. Moves are individually meaningful while also ripe w/collective, social potential. Key for me as T is how to guide Ss to recognize personal power they come to value intrinsically #BookCampPD
A1 reading opens doors that may never be opened, it has a power to take you places you wouldn't be able to go. The key is to find the right book. #BookCampPD
A1: that’s why CHOICE is so key...I expose & immerse my Ss in many genres...but as a reader myself, I understand & respect what they’re naturally drawn to and encourage that interest #BookCampPD
A1: I completely agree! Books awaken the imagination and take you to new places and new experiences. If students do not have an interest in the subject or if reading is only seen as the way to get a grade, then they aren't going to truly understand what reading is. #BookCampPD
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
A2: Yes. Sketchnoting is just visual writing. It's a different outlet for Ss and especially speaks to those doodlers. Who cares how they're getting their thoughts down on paper as long as they're getting them out? Reading=inhale Writing (sketchnoting)=exhale #bookcamppd
A2: I have honestly never used sketchnoting, but I have seen others do it and I love how you can create flow on the page through visuals, 4 Ss it creates a way to get their thoughts down even if they can't put it into exact words yet #BookCampPd
A1: Reading allows you into someone else’s reality, thoughts, feelings, worlds. We all interact with a text differently, and that’s the beauty of it! What a gift to be able to “see” something else for a change. That all makes it personal. #BookCampPD
A2: This is really interesting to me because I was always the type of student who would spend a lot of time thinking (usually while driving) and then finally sit down to write. Sketch notes, though, I do throughout the reading/thinking process! #BookCampPD
A1) Reading is personal b/c each person reads through their own special lense: the lense of their knowledge, experiences and beliefs. As such, each person will understand it a little differently. #BookCampPd
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
A2: I feel like this question can be transferred to math. In the pic, S clearly understands Pythagorean theorem...lots of thinking happening. S lacks the mathematical language/conventions to fully communicate understanding. #BookCampPD@SteveWyborney
A1: An author's message can be interpreted differently depending on the lens of the reader. That demonstrates the beauty of the written word. Learners must make connections with the author or else reading just becomes a compliant and passive activity. #BookCampPD
a2| I peeked at what sketchnothing is, and I think, merely as a P, encouraging Ss to share visions though writing/drawing isn't a bad practice, but starting early with good habits is key. #bookcamppd
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
Q1. Steve believes, “Reading is about making meaning. It’s personal.” Reflect on this statement and share how reading is personal for yourself or your students. #BookCampPD
A2 💜sketchnoting... it is definitely a strategy that would help students ... we take very few notes in my class, but I think I’m going to use it for our poetry unit #bookcamppd
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
A2: sketchnoting is definitely an area of growth for me!
I do believe though that writing fuels thinking! When I read, I always highlight and write on my book along with note-taking
I'm sure this is a helpful process that would benefit my students #BookcampPD
A2 I just tried #sketchnotes in class last week. A lot of the students really responded positively. They all got to work instantly, with no complaining. #BookCampPD
A2: Writing is the opposite direction, but same direct access to the mind. The more students write, sketch, explore they mind through written expression, the deeper and more significant the learning and understanding. #BookCampPD
A2 Yes & no. I think it goes back to choice. Sometimes I need to write out thoughts completely, other times sketchnoting captures highlights. #BookCampPd
I enjoy talking about the books I have read with others who have read the book too. Always interesting to hear their thoughts/perspective - can be revealing! #BookCampPD
A1: An author's message can be interpreted differently depending on the lens of the reader. That demonstrates the beauty of the written word. Learners must make connections with the author or else reading just becomes a compliant and passive activity. #BookCampPD
A2 I think #Sketchnoting is as powerful as writing in generating deeper thinking as Ss or Ts are processing their thoughts to organize them in images on paper. Yes, we should be using it w/ Ss! #BookCampPd
Q2. “Writing does not happen after thinking. Writing fuels thinking, generates thinking, and leads to more and deeper thinking" are more of Steve’s thoughts. Apply this to sketchnoting. Is this something we should be encouraging with students? #BookCampPD
A2: I’ve been trying out sketch noting with my kiddos a bit this year. It’s great, but a challenge is that sometimes sketchnoting moves into the art realm and they get too into the drawing part #BookCampPD
A2: I think sketchnoting is an amazing way for some students to learn, think, and record their thinking process. I feel like I need to explore it more myself before I teach it, but yes effective strategies for thinking should always be encouraged. #BookCampPD
And my counter would be that the author makes the choice in words, but we choose how we interpret. Hence why two individuals can interpret to sentences differently. Our brains directly process those words individually. But great point on authors! #BookCampPD
A2: I see Ss who are naturally drawn to “doodling”...as they listen, think, read...sketchnoting is such a purposeful way of connecting readers and they’re thinking...it’s a glimpse into the Ss mind #BookCampPD
A2 I think that anytime we can get students to express their ideas in a way that engages them in the process and allows them to connect learning with big picture we shoud do it. @HeckAwesome has some great thoughst on this. There is no one way to write, read, learn. #BookCampPD
A2) I have been trying to incorporate + sketchnoting & learn + about it. My Ss r young learners, so in terms of writing that fuels more writing,I do feel they need thinking time.We use a workshop model,so they decide what they want to write, when to start a new piece. #BookCampPd
If this is the case (and I believe it to be true) no piece if writing would ever be complete because thinking never can be. Therefore each draft is just a current iteration of thought. #BookcampPD
A2: sketchnoting is actually uncharted territory for me. Not that I’m not a fan of visuals—I use them constantly. I’d love to hear from experienced users on its ability to help fuel the thought process, or possibly distract from it? #BookCampPD
Q2 I really like the insights here as there is much discussion about sketchnoting as a #writing strategy or as a #reading strategy or even as a #listening strategy. So many great insights on how to look at this from many vantage points. #BookCampPD
A2b As a science teaching I always talk about how writing is essential to communicating ideas and making connections. Don't worry about spelling, punctuation and grammar right away. Just start! #BookCampPD
A2: Absolutely! This is not taught too often in school but it's what we Ts do. When i start a paper, I have to break the blank page with ideas and thoughts.
Sketch note is fantastic for providing students with visual images to understand and remember concepts
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@EdTechAmber teaches sketchnoting and she allows no erasers and only 1 color (at first)... every most mistake is a new creation, color at home while reviewing your notes ... maybe that will help? #bookcamppd
I have not explored sketchnoting yet. I bought a notebook and some pencils/pens/markers but it all still sits on my shelf. Very intimidating past experiences in elementary art classes that still live in my head today! #BookCampPD
a3| Hmmm, encouraging communication whether it be talking, writing, any interaction with peers even staff. Discovery is satisfied through being inquisitive. #bookcamppd
A3: Establish a Wonder Wall in your classroom for students to write down ?s they wonder as they're reading something in class. Use later for #geniushour topics. Consider a #pbl approach to your lesson w an essential question instead of telling Ss what you're doing #bookcamppd
A2: sketchnoting is definitely an area of growth for me!
I do believe though that writing fuels thinking! When I read, I always highlight and write on my book along with note-taking
I'm sure this is a helpful process that would benefit my students #BookcampPD
A2:for young students, drawing is a developmental stage to express their thoughts. Sketchnoting is a natural way to process thoughts and share. I’ve not explicitly taught sketcnoting to my Ss, but I see it happening all the time. #BookCampPD
A2: Sketchnoting is a great way to increase student engagement since S's can further connect with ideas by transferring content to a medium that makes sense in their own world. #BookCampPD
A3 questioning is the only way to get answers. We need to encourage questions and instead of just giving kids the answer we can lead them to the answer with questions too. #BookCampPD
A3: modeling, modeling modeling, I model asking questions as I go, and it doesn't happen at first but the kids mimic you at first with the same question frames and then move into asking their own questions, it is a process #BookCampPd
A2: some beginning work around sketch noting in grade 2...Ss read about historical sites in our town, then visited those sites on a walking trip...while there, they sketch noted around “then and now” comparisons #bookcamppd
A3: Before we read I encourage Ss to ask questions about what they want to learn. Ss also set reading and writing goals for themselves, and are given choice on what they write and what they read. #BookCampPD
Hello, #BookCampPd. You had me at #Sketchnote! Please allow doodles and sketches. Teach them, even. So much deeper connection. This is a great way to use with traditional notes. https://t.co/UClbVL0I7W
I use the UbD model to plan units. Essential Qs r at the heart of unit planning. I have spoken about this, worked w/my team on this kind of design, & done podcast episodes on it. #BookCampPD
A3 A very simple strategy:
1. Ask students to number 1-5.
2. Ask the to write 5 questions (about the topic you are focusing on).
3. Have each student draw a star next to the Q they most want to share and/or explore.
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Had my Ss do some sketching this week to show what they remembered. A couple of Ss only had one pic on paper because they were making it a work of art! Had to remind them that quantity over quality in this particular activity! #BookCampPd
A3: In order to build a culture that values the discovery of questions, we (educators) need to decrease the amount of talk and let Ss do MORE TALKING.
Increase SS collaboration and opportunities to engage in conversations
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Would our interpretation be externally “filtered” if we were not given all the facts or only one perception? Yes two people can interpret what they read differently but that would be influenced by background knowledge as well. #BookCampPd
A3: I run a PLN in for my fellow teachers to explore new and effective ways to expand opportunities for Steve and growth. The struggle in high school is getting buy-in from the variety of teachers and the obsession with test scores. #BookCampPD
If sketchnoting feels like a risk that you want to try, remember that it may soon become the strength that you stand on to reach for a new risk/future strength.
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A3: I have told students in the past that I have no idea what the answer is, but that I just liked the question. They love being able to school me on what the answer is, rather than aiming to get mine. The less talking I’m doing, the better #BookCampPD
Less teachers picking the questions. NGSS has introduced me to the awesomeness of using phenomena to introduce concepts. The questions flow to start our units! I pick the phenomena that will spark the questions/area I’m hoping for #BookCampPD
Please thank our guest author @SteveWyborney for joining us this morning, showing such leadership by writing this book and his ongoing support in the area of mathematics - SPLAT and Cube Conversations! One VERY busy educator!!
A3 I am fortunate that in science, everything starts from a question. I want to try and focus more on getting the students to ask questions instead of me feeding it to them. #BookCampPD
Hey, #BookCampPD Here’s an example of one of my #sketchnotes created while reading an article. Helps me engage with the text, organize my thinking & remember what’s interesting. #ReadSketchThink
A3: questioning and inquiry have become an integral part of all content areas...reading, writing, research, science, social studies, math...there’s something powerful about closing a unit of study by having Ss recognize they STILL have more wonderings! #BookCampPD
