…makerspace? Did you know that you can use your makerspace for instructional shifts? This includes shifts to: project-based learning; more constructivist learning; learner-centered learning; more student voice and choice; universal…
Read more…“It reminded me that student voice needs to factor in much more than it currently does in our plan. We need to revisit what are our non-negotiables. Can we let…
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Read moreOn exploring flexible pathways to learning This past August, Vermont Secretary of Education Dr Rebecca Holcombe addressed the 2016 Amplifying Student Voice & Partnership Conference on the topic of equity…
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…can be the best time and place for families to hear the pride in their student’s voice. What happens when the whole school exhibits work on one night? We…
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When we talk about a student in an intervention meeting, we often start with what is amazing about that student. Teachers and caregivers who know the students deeply rattle off…
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…in routines. A good example is Team Quest at Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury, Vermont, who revamped their schedule to increase student voice and choice. The two-person team transformed…
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…the object at left? Does it look like a comfortable learning environment for a student? Does it look like the type of learning environment a student would choose for themselves?…
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…progressive education: lots of socialization, student choice and voice, and real world relevance. I have personally found This We Believe incredibly helpful and have used aspects of it to drive…
Read more…Adobe Voice to explain how her students used Adobe Voice to write additional soliloquys for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: How can you think of using voice recording tools with your…
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Need more student engagement and wellbeing? Join the club! Educators are always looking for ways to get students more engaged with school. In this third school year impacted by the…
Read more…of doing what you would normally do.” Screencasting to lower anxiety at student-led conferences These sixth graders, like many in Vermont, participate in student-led conferences. One common advantage these kids…
Read more…guided the work as the team collected and analyzed survey data, looked at student work, shared thoughts on specific student projects/progress, and generally used data in the best way possible…
Read more…impressive. At one point the issue of student voice came up, and several students provided passionate and convincing rationales for the benefits of giving students more control over their education….
Read more…app very helpful because you can go find books you didn’t know were in the library.” Using Quest to capture and showcase student voice This year, we’re collaborating to…
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…sanity, but I needed things to look forward to, and moments to build up to, and moments of performance that we’re both engaging and fulfilling for the student, and as…
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…the heart of so many of his stories. Student #1: Today’s podcast is about… ME! Student #2: I think Harriet Tubman should be on the $20 bill because Andrew Jackson…
Read more…increase student voice in their school. One last thing: this is John Craig, the principal. Some of you may have noticed that in the video, the student had a self…
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…their students?” *Melissa Rice “How can social justice be a lens for personalized, student-designed learning?” *Sam Nelson “How can a focus on Digital Badging for transferable skills increase student engagement…
Read more…goals for child & questions for you) Student Collects Evidence and Builds Reflection Teacher Monitors and Guides Student Evidence Set Agenda for Students’ Use at Conference Student Practices for Conference…
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…in the week; goal time and a passion time, that are completely student-led, student-directed. The students decided what their SMART goal is.They decided how they’re going to reach that SMART…
Read more…doing so, they will know you are serious about student leadership and voice in the classroom. What are your ideas for creating flexible, open spaces for student learning and living?…
Read more…her student-led conference. Preparing a screencast that shows the particular elements of Lou’s learning that she’s most proud of provides a structure for the student-led conference. Lou talks about her…
Read more…revolutionized student research with Padlet Mrs. Michael’s journey exemplifies the way that a relatively simple tech tool can help a teacher make her classroom more student-centered. After Michael was introduced…
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…Their goal? To increase student engagement through student-led conferences. (Click or tap to enlarge) The Process Start with identity. Middle school students began the year by focusing on identity. Educators…
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…he’s co-written. He’s written one voice, which is the voice of Rashad, who is sort of the victim of some police violence. He’s an African-American kid. Then there’s another voice…
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…Burke Town School district board chair Tony DeMasi encourages this kind of student voice at school board meetings and beyond. He helped bring in a student advisory group to the…
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…for the possibility of seeing this fundamental disruption to school as we know it, as an opportunity to explore and create new ways of learning. Ways that honor student voice…
Read more…their middle level classrooms. I was fortunate enough to be part of their careful planning process, and witness important and thoughtful commitments to details such as student voice, equity, family…
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…along the way by a school that truly values student voice and choice, has embraced proficiency-based graduation requirements and has taken the concept of the student-led conference to new heights….
Read more…could use a check in about student voice, choice and preferences. In the Charlotte Danielson teacher evaluation model teachers at the Distinguished level are encouraged to co-create projects, rubrics, assessments…
Read more…me that student voice needs to factor in much more than it currently does in our plan. We need to revisit what are our non-negotiables. Can we let students choose…
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…is unique, yet it taps into the universal intersection between student voice and democratic practices. Why Town Meeting anyway? Town Meetings have happened in Vermont for over 200 years, since…
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…Robin Bebo-Long “How can we empower student voice and facilitate student-centered learning while exploring themes of social justice and equity?” —Andrea Gratton & Kyle Chadburn “How can goal setting happen…
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…learning show up in that little vignette? student voice co-designed curriculum project-based learning service learning team teaching. It’s everywhere. A garden can be so much more than a garden. It…
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…beast. It’s too relational to be unstructured; too intimate to be unplanned. And, with a huge decline in student social skills and a rise in problematic student behavior, it’s no…
Read more…student surveys. A 2014 report by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) looked at the “aspiration gap” of student groups. Unsurprisingly, student groups varied widely on average as to whether…
Read more…student organized may not work for the rest. But maybe it could work for one other student. One way to find out: share those organizational strategies! Make videos Check out…
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…mean I can post a picture of my hockey team?” There are student comments I have heard in the last two weeks, in schools I have been working in. The…
Read moreStudent leadership at a school Open House? You betcha. You’ve heard of student-led conferences, but how about a Student-Led Open House? An idea so strange it just might work. When…
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…that students themselves feel celebrated for their achievements? We know student-led conferences push our school systems in the right direction, to a place where students demonstrate agency and voice in…
Read moreStudent reflection with Adobe Voice and Explain Everything Students at Fayston Elementary School worked hard this year with their team of teachers, not just to implement personal learning plans (PLPs),…
Read more…clearly explain what this has to do with the power of voice. What is the message that we are being told about the voice? Why is it important? Do you…
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…school community. In this school, the only public democratic school in North America and one of the longest running brick-and-mortar free schools in the world, any student who experiences harm…
Read moreWelcome to the 21st Century Classroom Full list of episode descriptions here. Episode 41: What Orleans students want you to know about student voice Episode 40: On the cutting Edge…
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…jokes! Here is your hook: Voice 1: Knock, knock Voice 2: Who’s there? Back to Voice 1: (name) Back to Voice 2: and (name) with the Knock Knock Cast where…
Read more…to follow #RESreads, for instance. You can also see some other popular hashtags such as #stuvoice, which celebrates student voice in the classroom, and #nerdybookclub, which does what it says…
Read more…to give feedback on the course before it even begins, and shows students that the teacher is interested in shared responsibility, student voice, and collaboration in the classroom. Why…
Read more…Queer Straight Alliance at Crossett Brook. They show us how to be brave in the face of bigotry and stereotyping. Teachers are brave when they privilege student voice, especially those…
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…be using Google classroom or any other LMS. It’s hard to hear your own voice Our goal here was to get students beyond the struggle of hearing their voice. To…
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…intentional supports for project time, while allowing for student voice, choice and creativity, we can support students in being purposeful and self-directed during this time. What structures work in your…
Read more…What, How and When of student reflection* Why is reflection so important? Reflection is has a well documented association with student outcomes, with deeper reflections related to higher achievement. It…
Read more…is the examples and workflow he uses, which includes student-made videos and student-written blog posts for project sharing. Another tidbit: students should be given enough time to do the project…
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…so I built one. For me, I’ve been thinking about how one of my catchphrases might be: Student engagement yields student achievement. That engagement is central to good learning. And…
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…for example, used student self-and peer- assessment to create a feedback rich environment where reflection on data and evidence was the norm. Trevor McKenzie sees student ownership of assessment as…
Read more…Chadburn, Orleans Elementary School, Orleans VT 5-8 Humanities Inquiry Question: How can we increase student voice and extend opportunities for personalization through project-based learning? Presentation Slides Lab Report Journal Article…
Read moreSupport for visual, attention & motor control challenges Remember training Dragon Dictation to recognize your student’s voice? That technology was pretty profound in 2004, but the options now to support…
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…Kimmerer does those three things that she put out there and she gives voice to simply being? As well as the value of Indigenous knowledge. And weaving a contemporary perspective…
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…Ivy is nine years old and just the voice originally kind of came to me as third person. I wrote it and then, my editor gave me comments. And I…
Read moreCollaborative blogging puts students’ voices out front Hazen Union School 8th grade student Elijah Lew-Smith shared the first student post of the school year on the school’s shared Middle Level…
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…are some moments of the book that would work for this particular white student and other moments that would work for another white student. Now, I clarify that by saying…
Read moreDeliver the goods! Rather than creating a unit on the Civil War, imagine working with an individual student or small group on a topic that fully engages them, but might…
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…for each student to feel like they know themselves a little bit better. Jeanie: A lot of his stories wrap again and again around this idea of pilots. And building…
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