https://padlet.com/jessicaaprilwilliams/f1a10xizlkb7 Please respond in this Padlet to your reflection on active listening by Friday. Then, by next Tuesday, please comment on a minimum of two others' responses. en-us 2019-05-16 19:07:52 UTC 2026-01-07 19:19:38 UTC hello@padlet.com laura_bussler https://padlet.com/jessicaaprilwilliams/f1a10xizlkb7/wish/367084668 I have found this to be a key to building relationships with my students and their families. An active listener encourages the one speaking and stays positive. Active listening involves more than good eye contact. It involves reassurance, restating, facial expressions, thoughtful responses, and a positive outlook. It is important to set all other things aside when someone approaches you and needs to be heard. The fact that we only retain 20% of what we hear is alarming. But when you think about it, with phones in our hands and our fast paced lives, it is really no surprise. Social media has changed the definition of conversation and listening. 
I appreciate the sentence starters. I know I am famous (both at home and at school)0 for the quote "So what I hear you saying is..." My husband gives me a hard time about how much I use that line so it will be helpful to have a list of new ones. The line does its job though. To give people that affirmation that you are listening is sometimes all they need. 

]]> 2019-06-12 03:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicaaprilwilliams/f1a10xizlkb7/wish/367084668 https://padlet.com/jessicaaprilwilliams/f1a10xizlkb7/wish/367650000 Listening is something that is just difficult to do.  I feel it is 10 times more difficult to do when the situation is new to the person.  I have and will always have a difficult time listening to multiple step instructions.  I am the one who always takes notes to visually see the info.  If I can't see the info I have to repeat and repeat the info into my brain until I have a picture of what I am supposed to do.  By that time I have missed the middle of the directions.  So I have really tired to make my classroom as procedural as students can handle.  I like how Julian Treasure talked about the Science of listening.  This TED talk would be a great bell ringer for my 6th grade student at the beginning of the year.  I used the complete silence test yesterday, and it seemed to connect my mind with my body.  I think kids just need to work quietly to really get into their own thinking, which will get them calmed down, so they can listen.  This is what I have observed in my classroom lately.    


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