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Joseph Williams from @puhsd
Fondest childhood memories were taking the RTD anywhere. To the beach or downtown. Getting off the bus and walking to Dodger Stadium or Griffith Park. I think I learned how to walk and then my second steps were onto the RTD.
A0: Jonathan Synnott, Tech TOSA for Perris Union HSD. Fondest summer memory was going to the Grand Canyon with my dad and picking up a puppy on the way back (she was ours for 15 years afterwards) #IEedchat
Robert Guzman
Tech Coach @CMIPerris in @puhsd
Oasis Camp in Lancaster back in the 1980's, my entire family would go camping every summer. It was awesome #IEedchat
A0: Tom Ashley, Tech Coach TOSA @PalomaValley. One of my favorite childhood summer memories was going to Tastee Freez in Perris w/my dad & brothers and collecting every Major League Baseball team helmet that they flipped upside down and served ice cream sundaes in. #IEedchat
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Jed Tech TOSA / math geek @puhsd@HeritageHSPats
Summer memory: semi-primitive camping up in Frasier Mill (https://t.co/azV9e8mt2I…), southern Sequoia Forest. Hope to pass on the tradition to my kids.
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A1: I personally have no experience with summer camps. But as a teacher and #solarcup advisor, i've known a few students who were camp counselors. These were great kids. So much fun, kindness, caring, and very inclusive. We need more students like this.
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A1: My daughter has attended summer basketball camps, a church camp, & a summer learning program at UCR. My son does the reading program at the local library. I want to keep them active. #IEedchat
A1: I think there are too many reasons why parents send their kids to summer camp. I never went to summer camp, but I got sent to a bunch of basketball summer camps and loved them. They were never overnight though... #IEedchat
Q1B:Quinn and Pollikof discuss the issue of summer learning in this article https://t.co/r7LHnJcJw4 why should we as educators take such claims seriously and what could be some detrimental repercussions in our schoosl? #IEedchat
A1: when I think of Education and camp I think of edcamps or makercamps - I went to camp as a kid and did all kinds of camping-al about the memories and special friendships you make #IEedchat
Q1: In many parts of our country parents send their children to summer camps, why do you think these parents send their children to these camps and what could be the benefits?
A1: Benefits are that the kids tend to learn about other things outside of school that will help them grow as individuals. But probably to give mom and dad more time to themselves #IEedchat
A1B: I liked the article and suggestions therein. Like the part about hands on - like w/maker camps - and of course reading ideas yes we should take seriously #IEedchat
A1B: If what Quinn and Pollikof mention is true about Ss losing half of what they learn in the summer, then we need to create some program to have students retain and learn over summer #IEedchat
A1B: I worry about the economic class discrepancies in reading loss more than the math losses, which are even. We can't bang on these students all year round. They need a break. #IEedchat
A1:
Lots of experience at camps.
Attended them from grade 4-12, every year, and for two summers following I worked at them. I LOVE SUMMER CAMP.
Two camps I spent these years at:
Camp Oakhurst just outside Yosemite, and Hartland near Three Rivers
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Q2: Consider your current students & list possible suggestions to promote summer learning and content retention in order for them to be better prepared for the next school year? #IEedchat
A1 cont'd....
Learned a ton working my way up from dishes in the kitchen to being head dinner chef at age 19.
Second year I worked on the ropes crew. Big impact on how I collaborate, support and challenge both myself and peers.
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A1B: We should take the claims seriously because the Ss affected are the Ss we mostly teach in the Inland Area. Maybe there is a way to give Ss a break but still engage them educationally, keep their brains on learning. Thinking of our MakerCamps in @puhsd as an example #IEedchat
A1b:
This article has a big focus on what schools and school systems can do (in terms of programs). I agree with a lot of it.
It mentions that math showed bigger decrease than reading.
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Q1B:Quinn and Pollikof discuss the issue of summer learning in this article https://t.co/r7LHnJcJw4 why should we as educators take such claims seriously and what could be some detrimental repercussions in our schoosl? #IEedchat
and yet it was a good reminder for me-since we are 1:1 our kids can benefit from many online apps etc. Our Read 180 Ss can get online and read anytime and all summer if they want. I will be talking that up! #IEedchat
A2: Best thing we can do for students for summer retention: Give them customized recommended reading for enjoyment over the summer. After having them for a whole year, we can try to tailor the list for individual students. #IEedchat
A2: Promote the Summer Reading Program out of the city library. Perris has a pretty nice library; it would be great to see more Ss take advantage of it. And it's free! #IEedchat
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Lack of practice will cause fall back.
I'm not saying students need to "practice" math over summer. But there's plenty of ways we can try to get families in on it too.
Couple of easy examples:
@TableTalkMath@MathOnAStick#tmwyk (talking math with your kids)
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A1b: Local libraries offer summer reading programs with special events and learning opportunities. Plus, it's free. I also agree w/ @judykaylane about MakerCamps. #IEedchat
A2B:We do a maker camp and last year we did a mini robotics camp, this year we plan to have a maker camp and a chrome book camp to help with culture on campus #IEedchat
A2B: As a school, we have summer school and we have our makercamp. But I think many of our teachers promote summer learning to their exiting and incoming students. #IEedchat
Yes, or at least providing a list of available books so students can see what's there. There is so much more to libraries then just the fiction section, but I think students think that's all the library has to offer, which is far from true. #IEedchat
Q2: Consider your current students & list possible suggestions to promote summer learning and content retention in order for them to be better prepared for the next school year? #IEedchat
A3: Here is a start. If your family has tech tools and you want to promote summer learning, have your kids read and talk to them about their reading. Maybe use https://t.co/IA9H331pB1 or other online sites.
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A2b:
I'm sure others from @puhsd have mentioned -
There's of course summer session for credit recovery or acceleration
We also do @MakerCamp.
And one big move of #scholarplus has been that students registered to return in the Fall get to keep their device over summer
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A3: I think Ss could continue reading articles with NewsELA this way they can get content within their reading level and not lose any of that knowledge #IEedchat
A3: I think this is the key question. We should give parents & students access to great self paced programs like Khan Academy for math to help reduce summer loss. @puhsd allows Ss to take their Chromebooks home for the summer so there is really no impediment to access. #IEedchat
A3 cont.. Simply using google docs to do a synopsis of every page in a book that a student reads in the summer. This way they have their own cliff notes #IEedchat
A3: like I said Read 180 Student Apps for those enrolled. There are also fun reading apps for YA. I just got amazon audible for road trips- kids can take advantage of some free ones even. #IEedchat
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Many students depend on school structure to meet others for the social part of their learning.
Now technology easily allows for video/audio/other interaction to collaborate and learn together when not meeting in person on the daily.
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A3: My step-daughter uses Khan Academy; her teacher challenges her to reach a certain percentage of completion by the end of the week. I can see this being something parents could have their kids do over the summer, such as reach a certain percentage each week #IEedchat
Q3B: What are some resources or tools that could be used to help students with Math over the summer and what could be the expected growth from this? #IEedchat
A3B: From the sounds of the article in Q2, we need to focus on providing continual growth for our students in Math. The tech allows us to reach them more easily, but we need to create that culture of continual learning #IEedchat
I mentioned some earlier (https://t.co/zK4sHdLlwr)
Still, the big idea = you can do @mathanywhere
Get kids to look at patterns, #noticewonder (share what they observe and what questions they have).
You don't have to practice calculations. Math is more than that.
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Q3B: What are some resources or tools that could be used to help students with Math over the summer and what could be the expected growth from this? #IEedchat
FT: We need to put energy into creating some support for our Ss to continue learning even if its without their teachers. Keep it going on your own, do because you want to #IEedchat
