Many successful people I know say school was a horrible experience for them except there was this ONE educator (who they still can name without hesitation) that believed and encouraged them to pursue their dreams. In 2018, be that educator!
#edchat
#education
#teaching
No teacher can "personalize" instruction if they don't have a deep enough relationship with a student to know what is really going on with them personally and academically to trigger their curiosity and light their intrinsic motivation fire to excellence.
"A new study shows that drawing is superior to activities such as reading or writing because it forces the person to process information in multiple ways: visually, kinesthetically, and semantically." (via
@edutopia
)
Do flexible classrooms work? "[They] are successful because they go hand in hand with a change in pedagogy...Changing the layout of your classroom will almost certainly have no impact at all—if you don’t change your teaching too."
I’m a huge fan of having a first period advisory that focuses exclusively on restorative circles. It may be one of the most high leverage/proactive/preventive things a school can do to transform performance. Building Community With Restorative Circles
Maybe schools need to revamp their student presentations too! Narrative memos have replaced PowerPoint presentations at Amazon. Here are three reasons why.
Nothing about my traditional schooling made me curious only learn how to play the system. The brain's chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information
#edchat
New Stanford Study: A Positive Attitude Literally Makes Your Brain Work Better - A new brain scan study has revealed exactly how positivity affects the brain (and it's impressive).
Relationships drives success. “Every student needs to belong and connect to at least one teacher or one adult in this building every day.” The power of being seen:
IT’S NOT STUDENTS WHO ARE DISENGAGED, IT’S US! The next time a kid says “I don’t care,” what he or she really is saying is, “You haven’t given me sufficient reason to care. You’re not talking my language. You’re not listening.” via
@edu_post
#edleadership
I’m a huge fan of having a first period advisory that focuses exclusively on restorative circles. It may be one of the most high leverage/proactive/preventive things a school can do to transform performance. Building Community With Restorative Circles
I’m a huge fan of having a first period advisory that focuses exclusively on restorative circles. It may be one of the most high leverage/proactive/preventive things a school can do to transform performance. Building Community With Restorative Circles
Schools are beginning to recognize that arts education is not merely a nice addition to the learning experience, but rather an important vehicle for kids to learn skills that can also be applied to their other academic studies.
#artsed
#edpolicy
Schools are beginning to recognize that arts education is not merely a nice addition to the learning experience, but rather an important vehicle for kids to learn skills that can also be applied to their other academic studies.
#artsed
#edpolicy
I’m a huge fan of having a first period advisory that focuses exclusively on restorative circles. It may be one of the most high leverage/proactive/preventive things a school can do to transform performance. Building Community With Restorative Circles
Why is it that so many amazing teachers I know spend so much of their energy flying under the radar or fighting the system to be the exception to the rule? Anybody looking to transform education needs to look at creating system coherence to support the very practices we promote
Schools are beginning to recognize that arts education is not merely a nice addition to the learning experience, but rather an important vehicle for kids to learn skills that can also be applied to their other academic studies.
#ArtsEd
#edpolicy
Nothing about my traditional schooling made me curious only learn how to play the system. The brain's chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information
#edchat
New Stanford Study: A Positive Attitude Literally Makes Your Brain Work Better - A new brain scan study has revealed exactly how positivity affects the brain (and it's impressive).
How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity - Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely. Over time, you find it’s easier to be negative than to be positive, regardless of what’s happening around you.
More Physical Activity Each Day Could Improve Academics For Children, Teens. In my experience, it also is essential for critical thinking and creativity---even for adults. My best problem solving comes when I'm pacing and walking.
#suptchat
#edchat
Beautiful article by
@johnlegend
of his belief in what education is capable of doing for young people in this country. By Empowering Teachers, We Can Level The Playing Field For Every Student | HuffPost
Relationships must come 1st before relevance and rigors. Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning
#edpolicy
#deeperlearning
#edchat
Relationships must come 1st before relevance and rigor. Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning
#edpolicy
#deeperlearning
#edchat
I've observed the highest performing schools not only have high trust of their school team but they also have a high trust of their students and treat them like treat people like responsible people.
#science
#culture
#edleadership
#edpolicy
The brain's chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information. In my experience, it is also what helps us innovate--questioning the status quo and finding new and better ways to do things.
#edchat
Formal schooling in Finland does not begin until age 7 when children are ready and eager to learn. Childhood, play and playful learning are valued in Finnish education. There are no standardized testing or school inspectors continuously checking
#edpolicy
"Introverts often are really amazing, talented, gifted, loving children, and they feel like there's something wrong with them. And our mission is to make it so that the next generation of kids does not grow up feeling that way"
@livequiet
#edchat
#parents
Strong positive school cultures don’t happen just by setting the goal and good intentions-it requires creating intentional and routine time, space & facilitating protocols to bring people together to form relationship of trust, respect, responsibility and commitment to excellence
Formal schooling in Finland does not begin until age 7 when children are ready and eager to learn. Childhood, play and playful learning are valued in Finnish education. There are no standardized testing or school inspectors continuously checking
#edpolicy
Building a Metacognitive Classroom
Teaching students about neuroplasticity and the brain’s potential can have a positive effect on their self-perceptions and expectations for success in school.
#edchat
#deeperlearning
#pblchat
When I have a project that requires a lot of creative thinking, I have to break up my day with walks, showers and naps. Creativity can be physically exhausting. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
#creativity
#deeperlearning
Waiting for daughter Shannon’s
#Covid19
test results. She is an ENT physician resident. She had symptoms lst wk & fit criteria 4 test bc she had 12 mo ago-lung collapse. She & husband are physicians-it’s starting 2 feel like they are troops on the front line in a war. 😳🙄🙏
Curiosity is powerful. The most desired employees, entreprenuers, innovators, educators are driven by it! Schools need to develop this in students. Curiosity Is a Unique Marker of Academic Success
#deeperlearning
#pblchat
#edpolicy
#edreform
Relationships must come 1st before relevance and rigor. Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning
#edpolicy
#deeperlearning
#edchat
My best learning/thinking/creativity comes from talking while walking—wouldn’t work in most classrooms. How can schools fix this? Researchers continue to find connections between movement and learning
#edchat
#embodied
#teaching
#edpolicy
The brain's chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information. In my experience, it is also what helps us innovate--questioning the status quo and finding new and better ways to do things.
#edchat
Beautiful article by
@johnlegend
of his belief in what education is capable of doing for young people in this country. By Empowering Teachers, We Can Level The Playing Field For Every Student | HuffPost
Curiosity is powerful. The most desired employees, entreprenuers, innovators, educators are driven by it! Schools need to develop this in students. Curiosity Is a Unique Marker of Academic Success
#deeperlearning
#pblchat
#edpolicy
#edreform
We have to be very careful about the design of early childhood education. Task based activities literally shuts down the default network mode side of the brain where creativity, awareness, empathy live. The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids - The Atlantic
Beautiful article by
@johnlegend
of his belief in what education is capable of doing for young people in this country. By Empowering Teachers, We Can Level The Playing Field For Every Student | HuffPost
New Stanford Study: A Positive Attitude Literally Makes Your Brain Work Better - A new brain scan study has revealed exactly how positivity affects the brain (and it's impressive).
If you were given a 3 year full-pay sabbatical, what would you work on? Doesn’t have to be something noble—just something that connects to your creativity, your interests, and the future. Interesting question for students too.
#creativity
#innovation
#edchat
#deeperlearning
Beautiful article by
@johnlegend
of his belief in what education is capable of doing for young people in this country. By Empowering Teachers, We Can Level The Playing Field For Every Student | HuffPost
Preschool lessons: New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. Of course it will! If we know so much about brain development, why does
#edpolicy
/schools want exactly the opposite for kids?
#earlychild
When I have a project that requires a lot of creative thinking, I have to break up my day with walks, showers and naps. Creativity can be physically exhausting. Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus
#creativity
#deeperlearning
Curiosity is powerful. The most desired employees, entreprenuers, innovators, educators are driven by it! Schools need to develop this in students. Curiosity Is a Unique Marker of Academic Success
#deeperlearning
#pblchat
#edpolicy
#edreform
Surgery went well, and while we will have to wait for pathology reports on the removed tissue, what the doctor saw looked good. There could be cells too small to see, but it is good news so far.
What does your school culture promote? Compliance or Engagement? Students suffer if they go to a school where compliance is valued more than engagement and/or the school cannot tell the difference.
#edchat
#edleadership
Too many educators I’ve worked with make be mistake of assuming that setting goals is what produces performance improvement. Goals are great but where most schools run into trouble is not having agreement about how to execute. Execution is everything!
I’m a huge fan of having a first period advisory that focuses exclusively on restorative circles. It may be one of the most high leverage/proactive/preventive things a school can do to transform performance. Building Community With Restorative Circles
Nothing about my traditional schooling made me curious only learn how to play the system. The brain's chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information
#edchat
Of course!!! An unexpectedly positive result from arts-focused field trips-students who received multiple field trips experienced significantly greater gains on their standardized test scores after the first year than did the control students.
#edpolicy
Stanford Study: A Positive Attitude Literally Makes Your Brain Work Better - A new brain scan study has revealed exactly how positivity affects the brain (and it's impressive).
Culture doesn’t happen by accident. Protocols are essential to set tone consistency and sustainably. Setting School Culture With Social And Emotional Learning Routines
Maybe schools need to revamp their student presentations too! Narrative memos have replaced PowerPoint presentations at Amazon. Here are three reasons why.
#edchat
#pblchat