https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0 en-us 2023-06-11 00:54:20 UTC 2023-07-06 04:19:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f642.png owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620020954 Jackie Robinson once said, "I'm not concerned with you liking or disliking me...All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." Many people at the time were opposed to Jackie playing in professional baseball. Though all that Jackie asked of them was to respect him. I find this to be key at the end of the day in terms of our mindset to change: as long as one upholds the wellbeing for all those involved, we should at least "respect" the idea of change that is brought forward. We don't necessarily need to like nor dislike the person behind it, but we need to respect their idea.]]> 2023-06-11 00:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620020954 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021033 2023-06-11 00:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021033 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021136 2023-06-11 00:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021136 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021204 2023-06-11 00:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620021204 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620251959 Not all change should be immediately accepted and it can be totally natural for one to be very hesitant to accept change.  Though as humans, we should at least be open to the idea of it at the end of the day.  Personally, I believe that in order to have the best outlook on change as a community, each individual should strive to have a growth mindset and a positive outlook prior to closing out the idea of change as an answer.]]> 2023-06-11 15:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620251959 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620263051 Winston Churchill declared, "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Providing these words of encouragement should ultimately lead us to be more open to the potential change.]]> 2023-06-11 15:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620263051 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620265861 Moving forward, in order to give something to take away from this section, we should each be open to the idea and continue to respect the potential change brought forward as long as the conditions are met in terms of how the change is supporting the wellbeing and intentions of everyone involved. This article does a really good job in explaining how opening our minds can really open our approach to change in the long-run.]]> 2023-06-11 15:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620265861 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620269583 Something that I have come to find very natural is to seek growth within the classroom in having the best intentions for your students. The whole reason many educators jump into education is to help these students as individuals. As mentioned in the book and the common world, we should see teaching as a "calling" rather than a "profession." The first step educators take in order to achieve growth is to get to know both their students as individuals and their self as the educator.]]> 2023-06-11 15:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620269583 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620273995 After teaching my first year and a half in the classroom, what I have come to find out is that your best resources to go to in order to grow as an educator are your coworkers in your department. Especially if you have a very willing, high-energy department that wants to go above and beyond for their students (learners); it can be very easy to find and naturally fall into the path of growing as an educator from other educators. In life, it is common for people to find others with similar interests and passions in order to build and grow on these interests and passions. This is the same thing for education: when you combine your skills, strengths, and ideas with those down a similar path; everything will naturally strengthen for both you and your peers.]]> 2023-06-11 16:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620273995 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620278561 When I was a senior in college, I decided to join the school jazz band in my last semester.  The last time I was a part of a jazz band was my senior year of high school, so it took some time to learn how to regain the skills I practiced daily while playing in high school.  About a month in, I was asked to perform a solo in a swing-jazz song on the trombone. I started by winging it in practice which sounded okay, but it still needed some direction. So one night, while I was completing homework for another class, I decided to put on some swing music in the background while I worked. That is when I heard the song, "Work Song," by Nat Adderley. I loved the melody and feel of the song so much, I transposed the key in order to make it fit the song I soloed in. Providing this little lick gave my solo a lot more direction and received a lot more attention from my director. So what we can we take away from this? We can always look to history and the world for answers. Sometimes they speak louder than we notice.]]> 2023-06-11 16:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620278561 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620280602 First and foremost, many people don't realize how minor growth can be in order to make a significant impact. Additionally, people don't think much of growth other than just physical growth. Though there are many other ways we can grow as humans. In terms of providing depth to life, I personally believe that mental and spiritual growth are that much more important than physical growth when it comes to growing as a person.  ]]> 2023-06-11 16:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620280602 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620304313 This quote from Mr. George Couros is a perfect example for us as educators to strive to help learners grow mentally and in intelligence. From this quote, we can assume that just getting students (learners) more curious about education based topics for them to dig deeper into is a way of mental growth. It most definitely may seem minor on the outside, but it is the potential start of something new and rooted for the student themself. ]]> 2023-06-11 17:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620304313 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620315872 In order to conclude this segment of the Padlet.  I wanted to bring attention to the overall theme of this section: does change and growth look the same everywhere? The answer to this is no. As aforementioned, we have our various types of growth. Some of these modes are not visible to the eye, but rather to the person who possesses the interior growth. Sometimes internal growth that may not be as noticeable can really empower people more than what physical growth can. This goes the same for change. When someone tries to change something interiorly, this interior change may empower them while no one else may take immediate notice. ]]> 2023-06-11 18:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620315872 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620332265 Towards the end of my first semester of teaching, I noticed how my students seemed to be a little distracted and overwhelmed by all of the work there were given in projects prior to the end of the school year.  In order to give them a different classroom perspective, I asked administration if I could reserve the gym one day.  Once I got the green light for that, I invited my high school Spanish teacher who made an impact on my life to come and tell his story to my class.  I did this for two reasons.  First, I wanted my students to hear another voice other than my own.  The second reason why I brought him in was to have a one on one conversation for advice on certain things I was doing in my own classroom. Under the "how do educators seek opportunities for growth" section, I mentioned the importance of using the teachers around you to build your own skillset.   Even prior to bringing him into my classroom, I would imitate some of the mannerisms and ways from what I remembered when I had his class. I definitely found this move to feel a bit risky since it seemed a bit unusual, though at the end of the day, this experience brought so much more perspective to my kid's lives.]]> 2023-06-11 18:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620332265 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620340528 Another teacher at my school, Dr. Deb Ruscillo, is the moderator of the club HOSA for students possibly interested in working in the medical field one day. HOSA is very big on hands-on activities and examples to get students off of their feet and gain something close to real life experience.]]> 2023-06-11 19:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620340528 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620343424 I found this article similar to Chapter 4 of our book, "Innovation Mindset." In this school, they practice a form of mastery-based learning, which in the end results in something outside of the standard A-F grading scale. Obviously, this is criticized by a number of people. Though at the end of the day, the results are noticed as positive change. As Jackie Robinson said, this school doesn't care if one given person likes this change or not. They just want them to respect it.]]> 2023-06-11 19:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620343424 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620541933 Schools offer a lot of other activities that take place outside of the classroom in order to teach our young learners about growth in numerous aspects.  For example, in the game of football as pictured above, young men have the chance to learn important values that can translate in many different places.  I personally believe the most important values would be family and teamwork.  Coaches push their players to be better family-men and people by self-sacrificing for others. Even though this is on the field and not in the classroom, a player may be able to take the skills learned on the field when it comes to responsibility and helping classmates around them with material in the classroom as well.]]> 2023-06-12 02:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2620541933 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2639306876 Many times when students seem to need more help with a class, they tend to reach out to their teachers for further support. For many schools, classes and teachers offer times outside of class in order to reach a better understanding of the material. When a student attends these time offers, they both have more confidence in them self and the educators have more confidence in them as well going forward.]]> 2023-07-06 04:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2639306876 owenlipinski https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2639318906 After reading the first few chapters of George Couros' The Innovation Mindset, this quote truly stood out. It is easy to see this from the perspective of an educator, though when a student lives this out, it is that much more meaningful. Some ways students may "light the fire" is by asking the questions that may be above and beyond what the curriculum calls for. A teacher can lead a student to the opportunity for curiosity, but a student has to walk through that door opened for them. A learner who takes advantage of this truly lives out this quote to the fullest. This student doesn't live how society or the curriculum tells them, but for what their curiosity says.]]> 2023-07-06 04:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/owenlipinski/76g5pxec83uux2z0/wish/2639318906