Reflections from AJ Juliani by Cynthia Moss https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10 What did you take away from yesterday's presentation(s)? en-us 2018-08-23 11:06:26 UTC 2026-02-19 22:44:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Empower https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841451 Student choice can be quick and easy. Activities can span long periods but can also be a way to present quick concepts]]> 2018-08-23 13:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841451 Design https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841483 Thinking outside of the box]]> 2018-08-23 13:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841483 Trust, Power, Guidance https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841509 Recalls my philosophy of education, written circa 1997:  "When we trust our students, empower them to take charge of their learning, and offer them the necessary guidance, they will astound us."  I've been astounded every year for 25 years.

]]> 2018-08-23 13:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841509 Take risks. lharmon8 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841565 - because taking risks can lead to amazing things.]]> 2018-08-23 13:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841565 Connect with students. aherr3 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841649 2018-08-23 13:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841649 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841664 Take one risk]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841664 Letting go https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841671 Letting go of your comfort and trying new things 
Being prepared to fail 

]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841671 You only need 7 minutes to research! https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841686 2018-08-23 13:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841686 Choice welser https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841701 Give students choice of focus in their independent learning.]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841701 Consider a 20% project within your curriculum https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841775 2018-08-23 13:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841775 Kid centered https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841809 Rewiring the brain ]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841809 Empowerment equals engagement https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841810 2018-08-23 13:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841810 Engagement https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841821 Engaging students by tapping into their passion ]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841821 Empower https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841827 Let students take control and ownership of their learning. Remind them that mistakes are learning experiences, not the end of the world!]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841827 Explore https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841847 Sparked many new ideas to add into my toolbox.]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841847 Empower https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841874 Empowering is enrichment ]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841874 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841878 We need students to be designers rather than causal observers.]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841878 Choice sverbeke https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841890 Students choose topics that they are interested in]]> 2018-08-23 13:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841890 Short amount of time to research https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841894 2018-08-23 13:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841894 Student Empowerment https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841923 2018-08-23 13:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841923 Student choice is important to empower am677 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841929 2018-08-23 13:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841929 Quick https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841940 2018-08-23 13:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841940 Small groups https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841944 Working in small groups w/ AJ was beneficial

]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841944 Student Empowerment https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841948 2018-08-23 13:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274841948 Creativity https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842002 Allowing students to have creative is a key to learning and to preparing students for future job skills.]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842002 Quick jmcgivney1 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842030 2018-08-23 13:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842030 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842032 Title changes can have impact]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842032 Design https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842069 Remembering to think inside and outside of the box]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842069 Create > consume https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842120 2018-08-23 13:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842120 student choice https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842178 2018-08-23 13:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842178 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842184 Hiding students to be creators with technology, not just consumers. ]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842184 Perfection https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842186 Doesn't exist.  Take risks, learn from your experience.

]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842186 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842191 Gave a quick example of how his message could be used in high school classrooms]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842191 Real learning geared towards real life. https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842219 2018-08-23 13:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842219 Teacher friendly https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842233 Although he is no longer a classroom teacher, he genuinely still gets it! ]]> 2018-08-23 13:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842233 Little change can make big impact https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842296 2018-08-23 13:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842296 Empowered https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842323 Students need creative ways to demonstrate understanding not traditional, one size fits all assignments ]]> 2018-08-23 13:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842323 Allow students to lead their learning. https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842343 2018-08-23 13:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842343 Empower https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842401 Great message given, student last can be successful in school, as well as being given the ability to do and learn things they have passion for! ]]> 2018-08-23 13:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842401 I gained the realization that kids do such little actual creation of products. It was very cool what our small groups yesterday could create on a smart phone in only 7 minutes. kakelley https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842419 2018-08-23 13:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842419 Truth is truth. https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842426 2018-08-23 13:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842426 empower the students!! https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842485 2018-08-23 13:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842485 Student Empowerment https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842547 Let your students take control of the project and let them be creative, especially when they have an interest in the topic he/she chose.]]> 2018-08-23 13:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842547 Don't take on something new without giving something else up. https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842548 2018-08-23 13:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842548 Keyturn ready https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842553 Great ideas we can immediately use day 1

]]> 2018-08-23 13:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842553 Student Choice https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842724 Empower students to take ownership of their learning.

Guide along for the ride.]]> 2018-08-23 13:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842724 Creation https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842795 The ownership the kids feel over something they've created, specifically with items like the 20% projects, will help motivate and empower.]]> 2018-08-23 13:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842795 Great Perspective https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842826 Many things to remember and consider in my classroom!!]]> 2018-08-23 13:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842826 Purpose https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842884 Give them a purpose to set goals. ]]> 2018-08-23 13:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274842884 Urgency sreed48 https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274844605 I thought the time constraints forced us to think quickly and stay on task.]]> 2018-08-23 13:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274844605 Intrinsic Motivation https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274929904 Tapping into the students' areas of interest and passions will generate intrinsic motivation and/or propel them to take ownership of their work.  Generating intrinsic motivation is  much more powerful that extrinsic motivators such as grades.]]> 2018-08-23 16:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/perkiomenvalleyschooldistrict/jfthhrty8e10/wish/274929904