…ELA, and Social Studies classes. The podcasts are short, current, and include thoughtful questions for reflection or discussion. Like audiobooks, podcasts bridge content for students who struggle with reading while…
Read more…When other students ask about boat-making, they can click on that digital badge. They’ll see the class content, and the reflection they’d need to do to earn the credential. The…
Read more…about their ability to collaborate. Upon completion of the tour, each student had to identify where they thought they landed on the rubric and share a short written reflection explaining…
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…until eighth grade. The Core values of the school are: Inquiry Research Presentation Reflection Collaboration This is rooted in relevant project-based work with community partners. Students sign up for mini-courses,…
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…the day? Courtney: Each lesson has time in the meeting area for learning, sharing, and reflection as a whole group. Then, students choose a space to pursue their learning. Students…
Read more…reflection will preserve the integrity of the routine, showing students that you mean what you say, and you believe smooth routines are the foundation of success. It takes courage to…
Read more…help them better understand the constraints of the problem. Another great authentic audience for students is their peers. Engaging students in peer reflection and evaluation and be powerful. As teachers…
Read more…their questions were pretty similar across the cohort. Scaffolding student reflection We know that reflecting on experiences is often where the deep learning and perspective taking can take place, and…
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…learn about their outdoor education programs. Reflection and dotstorming After the event, students helped clean up the gym for others to use, like a fine working machine. Then they headed…
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…at Burke about their project’s rationale and plans. So much of the learning in PBL is about the process of creation and reflection. Integration with project-based learning Most teachers think…
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…if you have a project, or project-based learning approach. Project-based learning final product at Cabot School: evidence of learning, research, reflection, growth, creativity during the project. Is the project at…
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…more and more common for reflection, a key skill for students is getting comfortable on camera. 2. Currier’s innovation: The Ingredient Montage Giving students the tools, the purpose and the…
Read more…several rounds of reflection to others, I began to narrow in on the precise nuggets of understanding and next steps for my group. The iteration of the reflective and communicative…
Read more…a simple 3-column rubric to quickly assess substance of their reflection, connective thinking, and timeliness of their blog posts. Finally, this blogging led to an efficient, comfortable process for sharing…
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…Luckily, their teachers were nearby to help coach them on. This slideshow requires JavaScript. When the projects concluded, the team held time for group reflection and synthesis. So, they…
Read more…detailed goal in one of the areas and created a plan. See a sample here. 3. Reflection and assessment At Crossett Brook, students self-assessed on their engagement and focus at…
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…on how it all went. Students marked up butcher paper listing three guiding principles, or they hopped on Flipgrid and record a video reflection. Or both! How we did it…
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…doing all this reflection and sharing vulnerability. It makes me think about how uncomfortable that can be in schools because we have so much to do, we feel like we…
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…to take his learning next. Here’s Herzog’s candid and courageous reflection, which reminds us how vulnerable and thrilling this journey can be. –Susan Hennessey & Bill Rich But There…
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…teams met back in homeroom to close the day with reflection and offer feedback on the day. A closing circle is an important part of instruction so we @ProctorSchool are…
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Starting with strengths Imagine you’re reading a written reflection from a student. This particular student writes so beautifully of the lines on his grandfather’s face, and of the time they…
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…assessment as a resource. But for two, it’s gross. 8. End your blogpost with a question to spur reader reflection. This works especially well if you frame the question in…
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…whether it’s to me about the class, to a peer about some of their work, or about their own reflection on work are all great ways to help them get…
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…interesting that that was only student that she was unable to do a home visit with and for. And I think that is a reflection of the mistrust of how…
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…to take his learning next. Here’s Herzog’s candid and courageous reflection, which reminds us how vulnerable and thrilling this journey can be. –Susan Hennessey & Bill Rich But There…
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…feel stretched’). Short on time? Close with a one-word reflection, or ask participants what went well about the meeting. Whatever you do, make sure to end on time. That matters….
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…Teachers become collaborators, guiding students to resources, helping connect them with mentors, and prompting frequent reflection to help students make meaning of their learning. We also have a snazzy toolkit…
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…Grace makes sure students know what “on track” means at any given time. This slide explains to students how to add a new page to their reflection journal. As mentioned…
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Tasha Grey’s Learning Lab Reflection: As much as I love division with fractions, and think it makes perfect sense, no matter how much time we spend and how many…
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…about going back and managing a middle school classroom again. It just gives you that reflection time to think in advance of the power that your actions have on students….
Read moreTo be honest, there has been an even split of successes and failures to date. Let’s take a look shall we? So, reflection time. Trying to avoid the TLDR (too…
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…personalized learning: How might personalization through self-reflection, self-assessment, and flexible grouping and scheduling across grades 3 and 4 at Proctor Elementary School positively impact student engagement and achievement? Bright Spot:…
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…our humanity in vibrant ways.” In interviews, students validated Rajnii’s reflection on their readiness and eagerness to learn. From Abby: “Kids around the world and even younger kids should learn…
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…to know these remarkable Vermont educators, through their inquiry questions. Through their reflection videos and blogposts. Look at the places their work overlaps with — or inspires — yours. Then…
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…can adding personalization to project-based learning foster strong student engagement?” *Heidi Ringer “How might personalization through self-reflection, self-assessment, and flexible grouping and scheduling across grades 3 and 4 at Proctor…
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…we think of as the transferable skills: self-direction and communication being two that feel really important to this work. And metacognition and reflection. Like if you’re thinking about “who am…
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…goats, or sheep, or younger siblings, or websites) is a good start. But it goes hand-in-hand with having the expectation of some form of reflection (which we love to talk…
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…towards a competency-based system. Not easy. Emily: Not easy and lots of learning and self-reflection I think is the really big takeaway in this process. Jeanie: It requires a lot…
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…state that is so ethnically homogenous. Even in schools where there are no children of color, we still need to be reading diverse texts because that’s a reflection about most…
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…more just, joyful, and equitable. I want to share a recent moment of reflection, even as I just begin my learning journey at the intersection of trauma-informed classroom practices and…
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…great! But this is an academic presentation of learning. It’s a little different from relaxed, at-home sharing. Could your child need practice with public reflection and academic language? How do…
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…feedback on the assessment? Consider Google Forms. A form can become a self-grading quiz providing instant feedback that allows for review, reflection, and retakes. My colleague Scott Thompson walks you…
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…getting to know these remarkable Vermont educators, through their inquiry questions. Through their reflection videos and blogposts. Look at the places their work overlaps with — or inspires — yours….
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…do you aspire to? WOOP there it is! All of this reflection on self-direction has led to some pretty self-aware students. And self-aware students are primed for goal setting. Heidi’s…
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…today! A reflection about class norms is awesome, but if the PLP just becomes another instrument where teachers tell kids exactly what to do and how to be, it is…
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…student-centered, asset-based teaching methods. Such as Gloria Ladson Billings’ Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. For white teachers in particular, this would include reflection on their racial autobiographies, a deep dive into their…
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…learning emerges from reflection. During your teaching and after the unit is finished, spend some time considering what worked. What did you notice in your students work? What did you…
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…And also maybe going back to your reflection piece to help start to figure out like are there parts of this that I struggle with? Are there parts of this…
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…time. You could use the above format, but via phone on speaker. If the student doesn’t have a device home, they can still offer up a powerful reflection that is…
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…be anything! You could post a book club question. A math problem. A PE assignment and reflection. The whole is your oyster. But wait, back up. We are simplifying. And…
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…healthy. Bring in the joy https://twitter.com/scottlynch78/status/1243137683226050560 Everything is hard right now. How can online norms for faculty meetings encourage wellness, reflection, and joy? It has always been a challenge to…
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…CEOs, and other leaders of their fields! Or reenactments of a scene from your favorite books could get noticed by the author… Reflection and practice makes progress When finishing…
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…trying to meet? Or, are they people who simply have strengths that you may not have explored, who could lean in a little? 5. Choose a reflection. As you learn,…
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…overcome obstacles. Perhaps the teacher asks questions to deepen reflection, or suggests other ways to deal with barriers to reading, helping students grow as both self-directed learners and as readers….
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…personal needs and societal needs, community needs we will be doing the work. We will be much more likely to do work that engages people in personal reflection and knowing…
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…for two full years: learning how to communicate and organize events (transferable skill), figuring out a manageable schedule (reflection), determining what to say about the pieces they learned (transferable skill)….
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…had, though it did leave me with plenty of questions and deep reflection. I found listening to Dr. Kendi reading this book to be utterly compelling and helpful. I need…
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…far more concerned about the disappearing opportunities for young adolescents to learn how to get along with others, to cultivate empathy for those different from themselves, to engage in self-reflection…
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…distancing (flatten the curve!). But The Warren School, in Warren VT, took it one step further when it came to their graduating sixth graders. The students traditionally prepare a reflection…
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…Finally, one last thought: last spring, my family sprinted out of the gate with some fantastic school-at-home projects. Any of these projects could easily become the focus of student reflection…
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…reflection of our limitation on time, and how we can see the time. So she talks about the plantain as becoming indigenous over a 500-year timespan. And that’s just something…
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…student self-direction and agency at the center. The district’s recently developed Learner Agency Teacher Rubric is being used for reflection and collective implementation in a way that is beyond where…
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…how they could be supporting that and influencing that. And then, hopefully, with all of those things, there’s some chances for reflection and documentation through a PLP or otherwise, where…
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…maxim that health and happiness depend on never ever reading the comments section. But what if that wasn’t true? We encourage students to blog as part of reflection. We encourage…
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