Key Question 2 - What is education for….really? by Ole Bernard Sealey https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb Made with swagger en-us 2020-04-17 09:21:32 UTC 2026-01-24 05:10:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Meaningful Learning skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524407449 Focusing our learning targets/standards on meaningful learning for students - skills and knowledge they will use today and in the future.]]> 2020-04-22 23:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524407449 Integrated Learning skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524409309 I think it is important to leverage integration for learning rather than always looking at learning through a lens of subject in isolation.]]> 2020-04-22 23:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524409309 Social/Emotional/Character skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524410172 I deeply believe schools must focus on this in a meaningful way in order to students to learn how to navigate the world they live in today and tomorrow.]]> 2020-04-22 23:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524410172 College Admission skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524410917 Was told today that cutting out content (and prioritizing learning) would potentially cause us to risk kids not doing well on ACT/SAT and getting into college.]]> 2020-04-23 00:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524410917 Measurement/Validity of Academic Program skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524411808 And so, if we look at learning differently, what other measures might there be to ensure learning program continues to improve and learners continue to meet with success. (what might replace MAP scores?)]]> 2020-04-23 00:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524411808 Keep Common Agreements Meaningful, Succinct, & Connected to Research skaun https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524413509 Education typically uses too many words and in the words we lose our common understanding. I suggest something bold and SIMPLE.]]> 2020-04-23 00:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524413509 Future-ready Focus director137 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524600175 Shaysann covered a lot of this in terms of targeting skills and knowledge necessary for success - I would add the learning explicitly connects each of the standards or learning goals to the greater (global) world (we often say real-world but unless we are figments of imagination everything is real world). Basically, the New Normal includes meaning and understanding that comes from connections outside of schools.]]> 2020-04-23 02:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524600175 Can Not Forget Constituencies director137 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524607175 Teachers teach how they were taught - a mind-shift is required. Parents expect what they 'got'- a mind-shift is required. ]]> 2020-04-23 02:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524607175 Success comes with evidence director137 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524608857 If we can SHOW learning in new but recognizable ways - greater validity will be given to an education that focuses on critical skills and connectedness.]]> 2020-04-23 02:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524608857 We Pretty Much Want What We have always wanted... director137 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524611939 Creative, Ethical, Critical thinkers, who Communicate well and are great global citizens.]]> 2020-04-23 02:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524611939 Keep what we can agree is necessary - throw out the rest director137 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524644471

]]> 2020-04-23 03:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524644471 Education with a new narrative that involves autonomy and student voice at the center https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524671229 2020-04-23 03:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524671229 Society is driven by measures of success that are associated with numbers/grades, standard scores, acquisition of money https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524672246 2020-04-23 03:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524672246 Student driven learning based on experiences that are meaningful for the learner https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524674168 2020-04-23 03:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524674168 Education that inspires self-regulation for individuals that learn from and with others and the definition of others extends those of the same age https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524677577 2020-04-23 03:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524677577 Schools are organized by age, grade https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524679006 2020-04-23 03:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524679006 Education is designed by grade levels with a set of standards for all of those in that grade level https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524680643 2020-04-23 03:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/524680643 Real World Tasks dmarkus2 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525132536 Students will engage in real world tasks (design challenges) with people of different ages/ experiences , located inside and outside of school to apply what they learn in schools

]]> 2020-04-23 08:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525132536 Anxiety narrows focus dmarkus2 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525145639 In a world where anxiety is increasing, the search for control benefits a direct teaching and testing approach rather than a exploratory approach (even if this is more engaging) ]]> 2020-04-23 08:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525145639 Name the Obstacles and Adjust dmarkus2 https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525233851 Some of the brutal facts are strong and cannot be wished away. We will have to create steps to capture value in the New Normal for parents and universities in their language. ]]> 2020-04-23 09:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525233851 A System or a person ehuseynov https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525538950 A system is more important than a person]]> 2020-04-23 11:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525538950 melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525745990 Student empowerment and agency]]> 2020-04-23 13:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525745990 Students having a greater sense of self-awareness and intrinsic motivation to push themselves futher. melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525746344 2020-04-23 13:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525746344 Habits of mind / AtL's melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525747774 A focus on educating and centring on skills rather than content]]> 2020-04-23 13:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525747774 melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525750207 An uneven balance towards Assessment OF learning rather than assessment FOR learning.]]> 2020-04-23 13:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525750207 melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525751648 An inherent fear of schools to try something different. The threat of losing funding/enrolments/face is worse than the feeling of complacency.  ]]> 2020-04-23 13:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525751648 Individualised learning melleyanne https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525756391 rather than teaching to the "middle" or "differentiating", teachers facilitate students on their own indidividualised learning path.]]> 2020-04-23 13:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/525756391 Put yourself in the shoes of a Martian sociologist. Your mission: Given the educational experience our Int'l schools provide, make an educated guess about what our society looks like. (adapted from Byran Caplan "The Case Against Education") dj_condon https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/540690007 2020-04-30 01:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/osealey/f30il43gd7gibprb/wish/540690007