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5 Class Dojo videos on Growth vs Fixed Mindset. Great for kids TK-5th grade.

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Growth Mindset for students - Episode 1/5

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Links on this post include: Global project website, International Day of Peace video, Global Read Aloud, Mystery Skype

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Lisa suggests getting started by cultivating your Twitter PLN (Personal Learning Network), and starting with a Mystery Skype .

A Mystery Skype is where two teachers meet up on the website, coordinate a Skype time and have their students guess the geographic location of the other class. The learning occurs as a result of natural curiosity when students start asking and answering questions. ( CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.)

Lisa has all of her projects on the Our Global Friendships wiki. There are replicable projects, and activities where a teacher is looking for other classes to participate with them. One of the collaborative projects last year was a compilation of pictures and videos from classes across the globe for the UN sponsored, International Day of Peace .

Another activity classes can participate in is Pernille Ripp's Global Read Aloud . This project is where teachers sign their classes up to read the same book during the same period of time. The students are able to discuss the book with others around the world.

Lisa organizes Quad Blogging between her class and three others from around the world. The teachers decide on a theme. Week 1, class 1 blogs and the other three classes respond with comments. This continues for the next 3 weeks so that each class gets a chance to be authors on an original blog post. The final week, all classes can reflect on the process and discuss what they learned from each other.

If the technology involved in these projects makes you nervous, there are a lot of other educators out there who have tried something for the first time as well, and are more than willing to help. Search for #edtech or #globaled on Twitter to find them, or investigate Lisa's wiki to figure out how to jump in!

One of the other great messages throughout the conference was the reminder that learning takes place in the process, not the product. If we can teach kids how to pick themselves up after each try and continue the process, we will be cultivating a growth mindset that will propel them forward.

#notatiste, but still learning!

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As an educator who has been a classroom teacher, Teacher on Assignment at a district office, and a Coordinator of Professional Development at the county office, I have had a wide range of exposure in the education field. I like to process after major projects and conferences about my thoughts on education.

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Teach the mindset, not the skillset

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Public Instruction Educational Technology Task Force

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Using the past, to explore how to make students future ready | Kenneth Shelton | TEDxBurnsvilleED

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ken Shelton looks to characteristics of explorers, engineers and entrepreneurs to make our students ready for what lies ahead of them. Ken currently holds an M.A. in Education with a specialization in Educational Technology as well as New Media Design and Production.

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Literacy expert who posts about topics like: spelling, comprehension, fluency, vocab aquisition, etc...

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Literacy Education | Shanahan on Literacy

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Literacy Education, Tim Shanahan is a premier literacy educator in reading instruction and comprehension. He is a Public Speaker and Advocate for Literacy.

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Yoda and Darth Vader- Growth vs Fixed Mindset

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Yoda and Darth Vader- Growth vs Fixed Mindset

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Posters done in Star Wars style to teach students the difference between having a fixed or growth mindset.

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I'm an educator, which means I'm naturally drawn to things that encourage and improve student learning. I'm also a child of the late 70's and 80's, which means I grew up surrounded by the original Star Wars trilogy - Episodes IV, V, and VI, respectively. I collected hundreds of action figures, I've watched all 3 films literally dozens of times, my room was lit by a Darth Vader lamp, I've owned at least half a dozen light sabers, and I even had a "Return of the Jedi" bedspread for a few years. (Come to think of it, those films probably had an impact on my subsequent interest in science and astronomy.)

Yoda, the Jedi Master, is undoubtedly one of the most iconic teachers in film history. He challenged his naïve, young apprentice Luke not just to master new skills, but to entirely change the way he thinks and perceives the world .

Today I stumbled across the following images in my Twitter feed, and I plan to print them and hang them on the door to my classroom. They summarize for me the mindset changes that are necessary for any kind of success - not just classroom academics, but in any endeavor - in the 21st century. Despite some Google searches, I still don't know who published them originally, so I will start with this disclaimer: No copyright violation is intended. I am happy to give credit where credit is due.

Anyway, here they are: Yoda and Vader, representing the Good and Evil of learning.

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The Force of a Growth Mindset vs the Dark Side of a Fixed Mindset

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I'm an educator, which means I'm naturally drawn to things that encourage and improve student learning. I'm also a child of the late 70's and 80's, which means I grew up surrounded by the original Star Wars trilogy - Episodes IV, V, and VI, respectively.

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You tube collection with videos appropriate to many different grade levels

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"Ormie" by Arc Productions | Disney Favorite

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Enjoy the antics of Ormie, a wonderfully determined pig, with a sweet tooth as big as his heart. Nothing is sweeter than victory...well, except cookies! SUBSCRIBE to get notified when new Disney Shorts videos are posted: http://di.sn/SubscribeDisneyShorts Get more from Disney!

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District Offices need to provide shared Google folders to support the GATE curriculum: relevant research, strategies, lessons etc.

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This is a fun website for surveys and quizzes and can be used at any grade level. There are public ones to use or you can create your own. You can even have the students create their own!

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Teaching students coding outside of the week of Hour of Code in December. Activities and lessons for the student that practice coding, teaching 21st century skills, and allowing students to explore.
Check out the video for a better understanding of computational thinking.
Check out these links for more resources:
http://csunplugged.org/
https://www.cs-first.com/

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To learn more and register for the course, visit http://g.co/computationalthinking In this course, you will learn what computational thinking is, interact with examples of computational thinking in your subject area, share your experience, and apply a computational thinking concept to a specific problem in your topic or subject area.

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http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/
Another resource for teaching project based learning.

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Triviaplaza the Trivia Quiz site - Play quizzes online

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Trivia quizzes on Pop Music, Movies, Geography, Science, Computers, Literature, Classical Music and more

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Great article on structures to include for genius hour/20 time

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The 4 essentials of a successful Genius Hour

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Genius Hour projects may be open ended, but there are still some ground rules. Here are some tips for making Genius Hour work in your school.

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http://historyproject.ucdavis.edu/calendar.php
PCOE offered PD through the UC Davis History Project.
EXCELLENT training to begin talking/learning how to develop and work through project based learning units. \

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http://tenmarks.com
Students can practice common core concepts while gaining experience with computer based questioning.

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This is a good website for measuring fluency, comprehension, inferential questioning, and writing for different levels.
www.readingandwritingproject.org/resources/assessments

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Helping GATE students communicate with others and in their writing:

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Helping GATE students communicate with others and in their writing:

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They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing Second Edition Edition

by Gerald Graff  (Author), Cathy Birkenstein (Author)
This is an awesome resource for all students.

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Poster for yourself, or to use with students to teach Growth Mindset

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https://prodigygame.com/index-b.php?utm_expid=71678278-34.crLR-9lVQZKgaA_iimgx-w.1

Free math game, video game style.  You can assign different math concepts to different kids.  Free!

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https://sheg.stanford.edu/us
This is a great resource for US History lesson plans

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measuring fluency, comprehension, and inferential questions on passages.
This is a great website for CBMs
readingandwritingproject.org/resources

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVUqv0v1EE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0qrtsYg6kI

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I love having these on our wall for the students to use during our discussions.

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http://edhacks.businessinnovationfactory.com/sites/default/files/docs/iop_printplay_socraticsmackdown_v1.pdf

Great way to get all students involved into a small group discussions.

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I just found this on Khan Academy - growth mindset lesson plans. Has anyone used these in their classroom?

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Read and learn for free about the following article: Growth mindset lesson plan

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http://tweentribune.com/

High interest articles that can be printed at different lexile levels.  Articles can either be printed out or students can have log-ins to read the articles online.  You can assign specific articles (with quizzes) or kids can search on their own.

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~Padlet embedded in my classroom blog
~Readworks.org for teaching comprehension strategies
~Google Maps and having students chart items researched in California, mark trails that characters have taken in a novel, Explorers, Rocks, etc.
~Google Docs any
Document Processing needs
~ Google Forms: Applications for Goverment Jobs that run my class and teach Ca Government
~Google Drawings making Timelines and movie posters
~photopeach.com great website to make book trailers, any type of presentation
~Socratic Seminars: You tube videos to see a few lessons (Probably the most powerful thing I do in my classroom)
~Coding: Sphero Ball and Makey Makey boards (Great tools to extend coding language to kids)
~Virtual Learning Community Videos
http://vlc.uchicago.edu/login

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https://illuminations.nctm.org/

This is a great website to get ready made lessons or activities to teach math at all levels. This is where I got my Barbie Bungee activity that I use every year with Math 8 and Integrated I.

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Art Project , Historic Moments, and World Wonders enhanced by Google street view highly pixelated cameras. Amazing for exploration of museums, locations, and experiences (Great Barrier Reef, Grand Canyon, Antarctica, MoMA, Civil War)

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Explore collections and stories from around the world with Google Arts & Culture.

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Engineering based lesson plans and activities for grades K-12