#satchat Archive
#Satchat is a weekly Twitter conversation for current and emerging school leaders that takes place every Saturday morning at 7:30 EST. Co-founders and co-moderators are Brad Currie, Scott Rocco, and Billy Krakower. #Satchat's mission is to expand educator's Personal Learning Network (PLNs) that in turn will promote the success of all students.
Saturday December 12, 2015
Yes. Following our passions allows for innovation and creativity.
Find an excuse or Find a way. We must have the courage to lead & change education. satchat
A4 minimally school design should say the adults care. A poorly maintained school says learning is not a priority. It's pride
Thanks all! I've personalized my own learning with you!
Thank you to and all this morning! Good talk.
If you are not connecting curriculum to your community (e.g. public audience) & things Ss care about, it's not relevant.
Breaking! will be guest moderating the final of 2015. Connecting Your Students with The World.
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choice is important! It's the intrinsic motivation catalysts!
Powerful tweets from great minds today! Thanks https://t.co/I68MPzzxRU
Thank you to and all of today's participants for moving the education convo forward. Keep fighting the good fight!
Lukaku
Good Saturday
Beat Army
Long Live
Fabius
it's why limits on tech remove kids from the learning.
Thanks for a great chat this morning - great, engaging questions
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great questions. I think they have started to....
or at least their parents have and they are going elsewhere.
Thanks for sharing this morning! Great to learn with you!
Thanks, , for another great conversation.
Good morning. Tom H.S. AP from Massachusetts
Great chat! I need to make it here more often.
Thanks for the great thinking Now of to casually seize the day (and watch lots of hoop & soccer) https://t.co/j7OriCuLDZ
And what do I know? But, I think if we always focus on the people, it works best. IMHO.
Ss are so observant now. They look for how they dress, listen for accents. So much fun.
A5 As a special Ed teacher all I do is individualize! The SMART BOARD is much used.
great question. I have found it tough breaking Ss away from the idea of grades. They are programmed.
A6: Try to link learning to real world experiences and spread your own love of learning while modeling for your Ss!
Thank you, moderators and guest , for a fast-paced chat! I couldn't hardly keep up today w/coffee prep. :)
A6: engage them by providing learning experiences that are tied to their and . Allow them to to
Our school is having an AMAZING YEAR! Culture/climate -never been higher so far over 20 schools visit us this yr
Hello from Philadelphia! K-8 specialist here.
A6: True in a competency-based / growth learning framework. Connect every topic to real world applications Ss care about.
Thanks for a great Enjoy your day!
Would love this in district. Thought of suggesting it but not sure it will be received.
We love to play . Ss love to check out places using google maps.
A6. Relevance enters where need, curiosity, curation , collaboration & communication intersect!
A culture of "Acceptable Failure" builds Ts comfort taking risks. Nothing works perfectly the 1st time. https://t.co/MadflfyG15
. see leaders that think they supp growth but don't encourage risks bc involves failure,how can Ts grow if they don't lrn
Thanks for a great start to my Saturday! Have a great weekend! Happy Holidays to all!
Thanks team! Off to annual chocolate sample day at store then 20 team middle school wresting tourney ahhhh https://t.co/K3MrXFmAel
A6: Connections to make learning relevant on a personal level is a huge piece of engaging with it without tech.
A4 Bldg codes/regs important. Need to bring vision to transform any space into a great place. Best orgs do this.
my kid works in NYC digital media design company - BYOD - high end graphic device nonnegotiable
. I understand compliance can distract. Still, innovative mindsets don't rise and fall with whatever ESEA looks like.
what a fast hour! great conversation again
Enjoy the spring like weather today!
Bingo! What if students voted with their feet?? Or have they?? https://t.co/aAd9PdCFCe
A6: In business world, if you do not work hard to stay relevant to your customers they go somewhere else. Is this happening in edu?
Best place to find digital locker resources?
You're right about ease of customization, as long as Ts are supported in really understanding how to leverage tech.
thank you for facilitating .. i love ideas flowing around the ether. Thank you PLN
if we truly valued growth-mindset in edu our school and district policies would reflect that.
see u next week have to go pete moran
Connections to make learning relevant on a personal level is a huge piece of engaging with it without tech.
Q4 furniture should be designed to allow and invite flexible grouping, the room should say, " pull up a chair and let's learn"
A6: Tying classroom learning to things Ss are doing in personal lives adds relevance: tech, language, sports, hobbies. games
A6 - We are using NEO(formerly edu2.0) to award badges for transferable skills. Not ideal, but a start.
Gotta head out, thanks for the chat everyone!
LOL I was thinking the same thing! "Wow, they are fit...I feel a little lazy right now!" Will have to get moving soon.
We all need these things-- should be a priority in classrooms, schools
Precisely - out the window Look at the Charles River as a scientist, as an artist, as a mathematician, as a . . .
This would be wonderful. Hate questions like "Does this count?" https://t.co/MqPXvaWW41
A6 - More of a focus on learning as opposed to grades would be a good start
b sure to follow and engage with folks to continue ur converstaions, thanks !
.Q6 I think it still goes back to Ss ownership and choice. Learners have to be focus of design processes. In all aspects and stages
Thank you to and all of today's participants for moving the education convo forward. Keep fighting the good fight!
These spam tweets are getting hard to spot. Too many!
Many layers of convo here..complete overhaul in thinking processes
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Technology is not the foundation of creative and innovative thinking and ideas…but it does serve as an accelerator.
I agree. It is our responsibility to broaden horizons & bld und. Differentiated pathways to showing und is needed
A6: In business world, if you do not work hard to stay relevant to your customers they go somewhere else. Is this happening in edu?
My Ss engage in Genius Hour every week and sometimes even more! This week we are sharing finished projects through a Gallery Walk.
That's the question I struggle with. How do we have "learning targets" and still make learning as personal as possible.
Agreed! Start early with GH! My 5th graders couldn't figure out what they were passionate about. No one ever asked them😞
A6 Learning how to play marbles as a kid involved losing a lot of marbles. Watching TV (60s ) to learn was .
Focus on teaching 21st century Ss. Ts need to know+ see "why" before transformation.Changing the physical won't transform.
not if risk taking& innovation are promoted by proper leadership
A6 I'm interested 80 major universities new coalition of access "digital locker" portfolio option to common app
Agree. When Ss know we care about them regardless of academics, they're open to inspiration we can provide.
A5: Personalized Learning ensures Ss & Ts get resources, support, knowledge & understanding what, when, &how they need to grow!
We need more opps to observe/discuss/create/reflect on student centered classrooms. They need to be the end all be all.
I see Ss learning in their own time, bridging on what we have learned in the classroom, in a flipped way.
You still provide guidance, but it becomes more focused, yet more open ended, because Ss pick portions to Ecole deeper.
Spend time getting to know your Ss then incorporate their interests in your classroom https://t.co/XuDOGOMdfL
Q6 In what ways can we make learning more relevant for students both with and without technology?
Great point Tammy! Good is the enemy of great as Jim Collins puts it -
Creative and innovative thinking and ideas and thinking does not come from a device…it comes from a curious mind.
A5 p learning hard to implement but necessary shifting the structure of lessons from delivery of knowledge to PBL makes it possible
We start w/learning targets &create scales for showing mastery(1-4). Form.assess to check before moving on.
A6: This type of system allows for the instant gratification many Ss seek. It also fills a competitive need-like the real world
Yes T tend to ask fr feedback concerning curriculum at the end of a course rather than @ the beginning.Time fr change
A6: There are relevant learning opportunities in front of us, or outside our window. We need to be open and make connections.
That's an interesting distinction. I'm going to have to think more about that.
Absolutely agree with your thinking!
Perhaps Ss need more movement within their minds, light to start seeing not just looking and fresh thought https://t.co/uCWJ7hIbjo
play all day .. Movement options sustain attention.. Humans need natural light, movement, fresh air 2 learn
A6: relevance&balance are key, tech sld be used to supp&enhance lrng goals not just bc its tech
"personalized learning" becoming a buzzword. How long until school cafeteria's have "personalized eating?"
one step at a time. Tough to break Ts that were very good at one time that they need include some new strategies.
All the spammers w the beautiful photos are inspiring me to eat healthier these holidays to keep up. So, thank you:)
We should resist the urge to do for learners what they can do for themselves. Encourage them to BYO_. Make it fit.
A6 since relevance is different for each student, allow for many pathways to learning and showcase/ assessment.
