there's a diff between
change
and
change
and
stop talking about the tech and talk about what we do
check changes: creation research collaboration presentation networking - but stuff we've been doing
tell a better story: we must have vision
profound diff between
i teach math
and i teach kids math
i teach math
and i teach kids math
not about subjects we teach - it's about
what the kids learn
what the kids learn
inquiry driven - student centered
teacher - mentored
community based...
collaborative - christian long - about creating something that will last
schools should be places of
great passion...
where kids are working on things that matter
great passion...
where kids are working on things that matter
school isn't prep for real life - it is real life
know global solutions
and solve them
locally
and solve them
locally
days have to make more sense {fried, rework}
at sla classes for longer amounts of time
if we shoot for citizens
we will get the workforce
we need
we will get the workforce
we need
if we shoot for the workforce we get what we now have
idea for change from bishop catholic school in oakland
they don't have so much money - sees school moving off campus - to access businesses - internships
the box we're sitting in was built in 1950, no longer best place....
everything becomes very flexible
decentralizing the school
don't segregate by age
no one said - want them to become test takers or chronologically literate
how do we innovate
be humbled by this task
we're trying to ed kids..this job will smack you down and no one will come with
{godin, if it's your art, you will do just about anything to give it away, - won't survive without this mentality - has to be bigger than you.}
{godin, if it's your art, you will do just about anything to give it away, - won't survive without this mentality - has to be bigger than you.}
if school is about lifelong learning...
if you say you believe it then:
if you say you believe it then:
common inputs: core values inquiry research collab presentation reflection
sometimes the best tool is the tool we agree to use
used to be - let me figure out what teacher wants in that class and i'll do that work
common outputs:
if you give a test at the end of pbl
(project based learning) -
you're not doing pbl
(project based learning) -
you're not doing pbl
ilps and capstones every wed - soph/jrs go all over in the community over 100 sites in the city
sr capstones - innovation lab
schedules - classes fewer times a week for longer
{what if kids decide due dates for their projects... they learn to manage time... rather than being told due dates}
every system and structure in your school should relate to what you believe in
going to be more like a college schedule
{k-8 foundational via gaming, logic & programming; 9-12 quasi college, 12+ quasi career}
{k-8 foundational via gaming, logic & programming; 9-12 quasi college, 12+ quasi career}
steam - putting the arts into stem
keep asking questions
- can't settle for easy answers
best thing - really empowered kids, worst thing - really empowered kids
what's the worst consequence of your best idea:
goes against babysitting roll of hs - how do you do supervision
all behavior we're worried about is questioning authority behavior
making own curriculum
{why can't we let the kids do it}
it's their ed, let it be their world
slideshare/net/chrislehmann
{why cant kids determine their own shipping dates - for their projects..}
what will student's lives be like
if you dare them to do real work
if you dare them to do real work
do it for yourself first (willrich45)