ie: we are all learners... so what i want for my kids, i should be doing, etc
getpivot = ability for a very sophisticated zoom in and zoom out to bring together things you might not otherwise see about what you are learning/doing/noticing/imagining
and now mindset = seeing everything as an opportunity for growth
dang - it blew up, cool, what can we learn
wow - i have no idea what to do next, cool , what can we learn
etc.
How do you see things? How do we embrace fear?
Carol Dweck in Mindset suggests we look with wonder for the potential of growth in any situation.
Fractals and getpivot work together nicely if you have the right mindset.
some examples
- I zoom out and notice a problem more rigorous or more scalable than the one i could only see right before me. I zoom back in and work on the pieces that matter locally. i share it back out.
- I believe my students should be self-directed learners, I need to model that fractal per my size copy, self-directing my own learning.
- The Innovation Lab team is an enlarged size copy of my personal learning community as well as a reduced size copy of society.
- What makes me feel I’ve done something that matters? .. something awesome? How does that relate to my students?
We’re wondering what will happen if we pay more attention to the connections we see when we zoom in and out.
And for the sake of those that aren’t even getting to be a part of all this... (no access for various reasons)
We’re wondering what will happen if we start to officially document/research these connections in a sophisticated, cohesive manner, to find the similarities worth noting and making accessible to all.
One of our goals is that by May we have ample evidence of the rigor and encompassing knowledge/wisdom, that a process based on personalization and self-motivation allows. We’re seeking national validation for reform.
Joe Bower encourages us to ... bring on the students.
So we brought on the students and came up with this.. a standard of access.
Beginning fall 2010 we will piloting this format for documentation of process and we would love for you to join us... because the bigger our base of research, the more valid our stance.
Today’s “school” is an incredible opportunity for rigorous endeavors in things that matter.
An idea that most of us currently (myself included) have honestly no comprehension of.
The new of ed, is the ability to differentiate and specialize to infinity.
We need to model that, we need to do that in education.
2010-2011 school year - we are documenting/crafting/living how to develop/create/ facilitate indispensable people.
- the government is targeting around 2000 schools to model their plan for transformation.
- how cool if we could have all our pools of innovation log with us. and then in may 2011 - ask the nation - which one matters more to the student in st louis with no wifi, or to the teacher in philly with no time or money, or to the kid labeled add who really doesn’t want to take those meds....
let’s model for the kids that if we notice something that matters, and we connect with people who have the same idea/desires, and then we do something about it... anything is possible.
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