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Would I want to be a learner in my own classroom?

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Would I want to be a learner in my own classroom?

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"Do the learning experiences you create mimic the type of learning you expect to engage in?"

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Finding the problem is an essential part of learning  - one that students miss out on when we pose the problem to them first.

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Finding the problem is an essential part of learning  - one that students miss out on when we pose the problem to them first.

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That's interesting to me and something I may want to look at in my lesson planning - what is the problem I want them to realize by the end of the lesson

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Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash. (Empower -- let students go and explore and make meaning to deepen learning.)

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Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash. (Empower -- let students go and explore and make meaning to deepen learning.)

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We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves. —Stephen Downes (2010)

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Sometimes it scares me to think that we have taken the most human profession, teaching, and have reduced it to simply letters and numbers. We place such an emphasis on these scores, because of political mandates and the way teachers and schools are evaluated today, that it seems we've forgotten why our profession exists: to change- improve- lives. But, as speaker and author Dr. Joe Martin says so well, "No teacher has ever had a former student return to say a standardized test changed his or her life." (pg. 18)

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An innovator's mindset can be defined as the belief that the abilities, intelligence, and talents are developed so that they lead to the creation of new and better ideas

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An innovator's mindset can be defined as the belief that the abilities, intelligence, and talents are developed so that they lead to the creation of new and better ideas

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We must focus on creating something with the knowledge that's been acquired..

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"The collaborative spirit is a trait that both teachers and administrators should embody." pg. 74

The Classroom teacher vs. the School teacher: Classroom teachers do great things in their classrooms with their students. School teachers do the same, but also extend that idea beyond their classroom. They consider every interaction with a student as an opportunity to create a connection or relationship, regardless of grade or subject. For example, embracing the opportunity to visit other classrooms, supervise different recess/lunch blocks, participating in other grade level events. School teachers are also willing to share their ideas, so as to benefit every teacher and student.

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Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit. (Ch.2)

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Compliance does not foster innovation. In fact, demanding conformity does quite the opposite.

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"The hope that our students become innovators in schools that do not have educators who embody the same mindset is, at best, wishful thinking." p.58

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"The hope that our students become innovators in schools that do not have educators who embody the same mindset is, at best, wishful thinking." p.58

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I often hear about 21st century learning skills such as communication, collaboration, or critical thinking that are to be embedded with greater frequency into the curriculum and instruction. How can teachers construct curriculum or lesson plans if they are not constantly practicing and improving their 21st century skills on a regular basis?  Similarly, teachers must embody an innovator's mindset, if they want students to become innovator's!

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Powerful Learning First, Technology second
"A school with the latest technology may well be a 21st century school- modern in every way- and still not offer 21st century learning. If we are only accessing the same information that previously existed in textbooks and handing in assignments with this technology , computers are no more than the equivalent of a $1000 pencil."

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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit." pg. 37

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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit." pg. 37

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Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit. (p. 37)

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Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit. (p. 37)

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Great Educators can within the constraints of the system and still create innovative learning opportunities for their students...

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Great Educators can within the constraints of the system and still create innovative learning opportunities for their students...

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If Students leave  school less curious than when they started, we have failed them. 

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If Students leave  school less curious than when they started, we have failed them. 

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Curiosity is a natural, innate in all of us. I find that when we force students into conformity we move them into the unnatural. They stop taking risks, asking questions, and accepting what they are told. They do not develop an independent mindset to challenge the status qou or the material being presented. They develope an attitude of acceptance and conformity

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As leaders in education, our job is not to control those whom we serve (emphasis added),  but to unleash their talent. We may have to extend trust to our people before they have "earned" it.  It's far easier to trust someone when you have a relationship with them. (p. 69)

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"The Ability to innovate-to create something new and better- is a skill that organizations worldwide are looking for." Fixed vs Growth Mindset regarding being creative.

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"Innovate or die" and "Innovation is creating something new and better."  As a librarian, innovate or die struck a cord with me.  My library needs to be more like Netflix and less like Blockbuster.  It requires district support.  Our current model requires students to wait for books for pleasure reading because it takes over a month to process a purchase order, we run out of money to buy more books, or popular books are checked out.  Students aren't used to waiting for resources.  If we want them to read, we need to provide them with desired reading materials immediately.

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"Innovate or die" and "Innovation is creating something new and better."  As a librarian, innovate or die struck a cord with me.  My library needs to be more like Netflix and less like Blockbuster.  It requires district support.  Our current model requires students to wait for books for pleasure reading because it takes over a month to process a purchase order, we run out of money to buy more books, or popular books are checked out.  Students aren't used to waiting for resources.  If we want them to read, we need to provide them with desired reading materials immediately.

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p. 16

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Dawn & Courtney:

"You will be more successful when you demonstrate to the people you serve that innovation is not a command but something you are willing to do with your team... to help move others forward we must look in the mirror at our actions and sometimes our inactions"

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Social media is NOT meant to be another form of email, but...more like dipping your cup into a stream of information.  You do not need to keep up with everything- but simply being in the space, the best ideas will make their way to you. (p. 173)

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Social media is NOT meant to be another form of email, but...more like dipping your cup into a stream of information.  You do not need to keep up with everything- but simply being in the space, the best ideas will make their way to you. (p. 173)