Academic Discourse Part 1 & 2 by Ryann Derington https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf en-us 2022-02-10 04:18:10 UTC 2022-02-23 01:57:08 UTC hello@padlet.com rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039444816 2022-02-10 04:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039444816 What are your thoughts? Share your Academic Discourse questions, wonderings, ideas, and any connections you are making. rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039446368
I'm thinking . . . 
I'm noticing . . . 
I'm wondering . . . 
I'm picturing . . .
It/[noun] reminds me of . . . 
I'm seeing . . . ]]> 2022-02-10 04:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039446368 Select One: rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039501146
  • How will my use of academic conversations shift after this session? What will I stop doing, start doing, or continue doing?
  • What is my commitment to myself/my students?
  • Share one idea, strategy, or practice that you will try out before we meet again.

  • How can you invite others into this work?

    • ]]>     2022-02-10 05:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2039501146     I love backchannel conversations! rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041378775 2022-02-11 00:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041378775 mfletcher50 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041439141 Conversation increases vocabulary.]]> 2022-02-11 00:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041439141 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041441147 Conversations validate and cause you to wonder and ponder]]> 2022-02-11 00:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041441147 Conversations increase understanding https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041441315 2022-02-11 00:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041441315 Academic discourse encourages academic collaboration and increases comprehension. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041442422 2022-02-11 00:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041442422 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041448095 I liked that he asked the man to "code switch" into a different mode of sining.]]> 2022-02-11 00:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041448095 Knowing your why will change your how. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041448239 2022-02-11 00:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041448239 Provide the appropriate opportunities for students and equipping them to be able to engage in authentic and meaningful conversations. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041450289 2022-02-11 01:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041450289 If the "why" is not meaningful or interesting, you will get superficial conversations https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041452236 2022-02-11 01:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041452236 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041456244 Conversations help the thinking process better. It helps us struggle with the question or idea. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041456244 Giving students opportunities for choice & ownership of the topic and conversations. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041470007 2022-02-11 01:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041470007 I have already invited my department team to try today's strategies. I sent them an email mid-meeting. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041500206 2022-02-11 01:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041500206 The WHY for academic discourse also has to include in its mission building a safe-space for discourse (like we saw in the video) https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041500444 2022-02-11 01:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041500444 I will use . . . rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041501502 2022-02-11 01:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041501502 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041502111 I will commit to asking more open-ended questions and giving students time to think and discuss in partners/small groups prior to having class discussions. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041502111 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503157 I will commit to making room for student driven questions within academic discussions. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503157 I will ask studnets a question that does not have a scripted answer to encourage oral communication and collaboration. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503430 2022-02-11 01:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503430 I will begin to ask students more open ended questions, to help generate more authentic conversations. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503486 2022-02-11 01:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503486 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503807 I will create open ended questions for my academic discussions.]]> 2022-02-11 01:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041503807 I will provide a space and opportunity for my students to speak authentically by providing them with an open ended question related to a topic in the unit. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504205 2022-02-11 01:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504205 I will provide more open-ended questions that encourage better conversations that get more students involved https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504392 2022-02-11 01:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504392 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504569 I want to commit to creating larger group discussions and gradually step away from pair share and group discussions. I want to step out of the comfort zone with academic discussions. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504569 I will use stronger and clearer each time next week!! https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504906 2022-02-11 01:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041504906 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041505254 I will continue using Kagan strategies regularly for normed academic discussions in the form of pair-shares and other opportunities in which students build on each other's ideas while having a structured setting with sentence-frames and think time. I will also continue to have regular Socratic Seminars as a means for students to synthesize texts while making observations, asking questions, and having respectful and appropriate debates. Most importantly, I will strive to learn from what works/what doesn't to make students feel comfortable and safe to be intellectual risk-takers and be brave.]]> 2022-02-11 01:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041505254 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041505667 My commitment is to better plan my questioning techniques allowing for deeper thoughts and for them come up with questions as well.

    ]]>     2022-02-11 01:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041505667     https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041506390 Show students how different disciplines have different rules/approaches/vocabulary]]> 2022-02-11 01:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2041506390 Academic Discourse Part 2 rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059956292 2022-02-22 06:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059956292 POSTS in PURPLE rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059957951 2022-02-22 06:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059957951 RESPONSES in BLUE rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059958332 2022-02-22 06:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2059958332 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061626456 Everyone has a role and they are prodded by the facilitator. The facitator can be someone who is responsible who can handle that extra role ]]> 2022-02-23 00:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061626456 Thinking about Save the Last Word for me and how I might incorporate this in my lesson on Islam. rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061628266 2022-02-23 00:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061628266 This is something I am thinking about too! rderington1 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061629147 2022-02-23 00:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061629147 In Save the Last Word for me, reading the quote without commentary first ensures students fully listen to the quote in order to respond. This is a difficult, but much needed, skill to learn. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061634396 2022-02-23 01:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061634396 Great activity to involve all participants. Suggestion: start with 20 - 30 seconds of conversing and build on it as they learn and practice the strategy. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061634853 2022-02-23 01:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061634853 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061636278 Save the Last Word for Me would also be a great way to frontload Socratic Seminars on a smaller, more bite-sized scale in which the stakes are lower and not so intimidating. ]]> 2022-02-23 01:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061636278 Rehearsing ways to start a conversation or response, and the academic language to use, is so needed and helpful. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061639090 2022-02-23 01:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061639090 I feel that starting with less time is a good idea especially when first introducing this activity. We can add more time as students become more familiar with this structure. https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061657675 2022-02-23 01:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061657675 https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061704202 I agree, it helps look at the discussion from their point of view first, then from the person who shared the quotes, and maybe reflect on whether or not there were any similarities or difference.]]> 2022-02-23 01:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rderington1/d15mxdrbmtcgosbf/wish/2061704202