@jshoja @ewindover A reflection on a virtual conference we were doing today in Accra, Ghana.. https://bit.ly/2UnBso8 our tips and ideas on remote conferences: https://bit.ly/2UqnAtc
Accra, under lockdown. East Haddam, same. The global Covid-19 pandemic has lead to the cancellation of events across the globe. This Saturday we tried to hold a @wikipedia and @wikidata edit-a-thon as a remote event. We failed....I mean learned. We gave Hangotus a try and Zoom. Even without video, just using audio, network congestion ground us to a screechin
Please build in lessons on criticality into your #personalizedlearning, build in choice but include themes of examining power, privilege, and prejudice, focus on action. Critcal #literacies is action #satchat
@jshoja @ewindover I run virtual conferences and attend hyrbid sessions all the time. We do breakout room. Going to use this next: https://bit.ly/3dx71mW
Hey #satchat just want to give a shout out to the 6th grade middle school teachers of #EastHaddam who drove around yesterday after school in a parade to say hello to students and hand out "virtual prizes" earned during the week
@KCTesterman Not really more embedded, we start by examining shapes of stories in pop culture..well I guess a little bit before..sometimes during...never after. #satchat
Give the kids a website, let them document their journey, they need to own and craft their story and identity, not hand over all the identity work to facebook, TikTok, and Instagram #satchat
key to success in personalizedlearning also have those shared outcomes that can be taught across different pathways students choose, then build many, many (and two more) cognitive stops on the way to check progress and reflect #satchat
@KCTesterman But at the same time I embed so many critical skills to ensure success, studentents foucs on text structure, note taking skills, learn to use matrix analysis, and HTML, video editing, photography. The choice means students enjoy struggle with hard content #satchat
One of the best paths to student learning is to give students a website and a url and watch what happens. Let students write themselves on to the world. Teach differences between holistic and prescriptive tech #satchat
@KCTesterman Here is the class: We go "tell your story, learn something, teach something, do something" I scaffold basic #edtech skills in through the four module and give control over to assignment content. #satchat https://bit.ly/2QLmq9z
Mainly that personalized learning spent some time devolving into a definition of "computer adaptive testing" with assigned modules on a tablet/laptop...Too many #edtech firms sell it as a lie. #satchat
I provide a sampler of every dish before I invite students up to the buffet line. As I scaffold learning they try each skillset but then specialize on a project of their choice. #satchat
Choice is not new in learning, see Dewey's "lived experiences" Montessori method, any study of African Diaspora Art. #personsalizedlearning is choice with a price tag #satchat