Shared iNNOVATE Learning by Ocki Fernandes https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63 What did you learn? What will you apply right away? en-us 2017-10-22 08:03:37 UTC 2026-02-12 16:17:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Lyle French Rocked My Teaching! https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199337804 I learned from Lyle that simply standing up can increase the blood flow to the brain by 5-10%!  Blood flow and oxygen feed the brain and help students (whether teens or adults) be more alert.  Also, counting activates the left side of your brain where dopamine receptors are, so this can help bathe the brain in feel-good hormone - i.e. more learning and fun in the classroom.  Great takeaways, immediately useable in my class and with teacher PD.  Thanks, Lyle!!!!]]> 2017-10-22 11:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199337804 Fishbowls https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199345288 I sat in on the fishbowls to hear what our students had to say about some vital areas of their life and school - incredibly insightful and well spoken responses. I think there were some strong take-aways from this experience....definitely things to consider as we move forward this year. These changes are small things that will have huge impacts.]]> 2017-10-22 12:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199345288 DECOMPRESS :: a vision for Mentoring https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199374933 Stay offline and off task
You can do anything 
No recording, just registering
What would you like to do?
Where would you like to go?
Who do you want to spend time with?
How do you want to spend this time?
Check in with mentor at a radically different place of usual meetings - find out within the group where is best
Intro - choice of mentor >> star off 
Mentors proposing things together, joining 2 or more groups
Community radio
Mentoring groups create their own playlists
Platform where people later give account of session - mentors describe chosen strategy to introduce decompress, mentees insight
Less instructions, more ownership
Make art, relate, work your body, breathe, walk, meet, stretch, breathe, love, compassion, friendliness, cheerfulness, cultivate open space, invite awareness.
Breathe, breathe with your entire body. Rest. 
Exercise inner wisdom. Autonomy. 
Look around. Find and be passion.
Listen.
Seed your thoughts, emotions, ideas through community murals
Decompress.
Stay off line and off task.
You and me. We all.
]]> 2017-10-22 17:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199374933 Turning assessments into learning moments instead of tools for measurement only https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199402158 ALAN NOVEMBER!!!
From thinking about Twitter as a powerful educational tool, to challenging and changing what happens on the first five days, to the keynote panel delivered by Shilpa Yarlagadda Mr November is now one of my educational gurus.]]> 2017-10-22 22:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199402158 We need to listen to to our students more. There is a lot of misunderstanding out there. More fishbowls! https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199518395 2017-10-23 11:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199518395 My two takeaways: https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199518674 (1) We need to increase our communication between ourselves, between Teachers & Students (especially), between Teachers & Parents, between Admin & Teachers, and between Admin & Parents.  Better communication leads to better understanding. 
(2) We have to recognize the difference between student centered learning and student sensitive teaching. ]]> 2017-10-23 11:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199518674 Our students are always lab rats! david_russell2 https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199526241  
Above is a statement from David Conley, which reminded me of the need to adapt my teaching to reflect the changing world that both my students and I live in. Whether I do change or don’t change I am taking a risk assessment that can impact the trajectory of the lives of my students. This type of reaffirmation always gives me the needed boost to ………….What’s the word I am looking for???................Oh yeah INNOVATE my teaching. Thanks to all that made that possible. 
]]> 2017-10-23 12:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199526241 I applied Alan November's suggestion of Prism.scholarslab.org today and students were keen. David Conley's extended collection of command terms is an awesome and explicit reminder of how we can check on deeper learning in the creation and execution of EVERY assignment or conversation. Today I spent more time allowing students to talk about their own conceptions of culture at the expense of the academic sources on culture.. hopefully those few minutes "lost" were actually a longterm gain...We can't do everything! https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199616923 2017-10-23 15:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ocki_fernandes/f9e0gcxljo63/wish/199616923