https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw Made with hope and a prayer en-us 2018-11-02 04:32:46 UTC 2018-11-04 19:33:19 UTC hello@padlet.com jsieben01 https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/299669094 From the CLC author's point of view, allowing the student choice gives the student an opportunity to be interested in subject matter and thus engaged. Right away on page 10, "students will gain more knowledge and skill at higher levels of intellectual rigor when their learning originates from issues or activities that innately captivate them." Furthermore, with the examples given, my take-away is that students need authentic choice, connection, and ownership. The author starts off with a general spin on interest-driven learning, but the examples are specific to literacy. So many times, students are instructed to read and write based on what teachers want or curriculum demands. The author is saying that if we give the students choices, they will get all of those things....choice, connection and ownership. They will be interested in the subject and participate - often at a high level. ]]> 2018-11-02 04:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/299669094 jsieben01 https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/299669133 We learn and do based on what we know. Given the opportunity to read, write or present on a subject I know or don't know....hands down I would pick the subject I already know something about. A student's identity is totally reflected in their work (or lack of it). If a teacher is requesting that say a student often marginalized has to learn about the majority, but there are sources about the minority - that impacts this student. Given a choice to learn about a subject closer to the minority student, their authentic voice is given relevance. They now have a choice and with that ownership in the materials. The author also spent some time with some assumptions that if students are given the choice of working with their interests, they will always gravitate toward their "hobbies." The author suggests that instead maybe this is an opportunity to get to know the student(s). Learn what makes them tick - and what and why they are choosing those areas of interest. We can't and shouldn't require students to read and write in a vacuum.]]> 2018-11-02 04:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/299669133 jsieben01 https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/300187211 The one thing that I'm still wondering is equity. The author talks a little about this - but namely the last example talks about being equitable. And I'm not getting it. The teacher says that given the choice, that is being equitable. But they ALL had to work on the magazine. What if they didn't want to do that? Later, the teacher explained that everyone had to write something, but they were allowed to pick any topic. Was that enough of a choice to create ownership and participate? Maybe. In our clinical, the 5th grade cooperating teacher introduced a research project the other day that they are going to do on Native Americans. After a mini-lesson on who they are and different tribes and regions, the next day she had them pick the tribe they want to research. She could have assigned it, she could have assigned partners, she could have limited the number researching a tribe (2 per tribe), but she didn't. She kept it completely open. The student could chose any tribe. Many chose based on hearing the name already (Dakota) and a lot chose based on region (Florida), for example, but they were all given a choice. This will be researched and presented using their iPads.]]> 2018-11-04 14:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/300187211 jsieben01 https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/300187227 Oh boy. The process. I felt pretty good about it since I had used Padlet in other classes. I was familiar with finding the websites or using links; familiar with posting; felt pretty good about playing around with it late last week. But when I went to use it and post on it today - and then send my group a link - all my work was gone. The only thing I can think of is that I had it in the edit mode (others can comment) and I was writing in the "comment" area. Then when I sent the link....those comments were somehow not saved. Overall I like padlet for its layout, convenience, and for most part user-friendly. I guess I'm just tech-challenged and will just need to work longer and harder at the assignments. Hmm what stood in the way? Myself! Again I do like the user-friendly format - but there are things that innately are not apparent - like how does one change font size? I know how to change font, but what about size. I think this is too small. But I don't know how to change it. ]]> 2018-11-04 14:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jsieben01/3a7z0ulq82sw/wish/300187227