How can you create moonshot thinking with PBL? by Tracy Purdy https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex Please add your name to your post. en-us 2017-09-25 01:33:22 UTC 2017-10-13 01:32:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Allie Zusan https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192307233 Encourage creativity and thinking outside the box. Allow the students to take their "out of this world ideas" to the next level, even if they have to fail a few times to accomplish them. All they need is someone to believe in them to make it happen.

]]> 2017-09-29 01:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192307233 Tyler Vuylsteke https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192451027 Create a growth mindset culture in the classroom and encourage students to do something because it is hard, because it is impossible. If you are going to fail, fail hard. Failure is part of the learning process, we move forward through learning from our failures.]]> 2017-09-29 13:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192451027 Cyndi Rottmann https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192817644 We can create moonshot thinking by encouraging students to take risks and embrace failure along the way. Teachers model, scaffold and offer coaching and support throughout the learning process. ]]> 2017-10-01 22:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192817644 Cathy Donahue cdonahue12_1 https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192835439 My project is designed for teachers. It would be moonshot thinking for them to forget about failure, evaluations and testing, as well as financial limitations. It is difficult for us, as teachers, to go beyond what is our reality to dream about what is possible. ]]> 2017-10-02 02:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/192835439 Lani Gauntlett lgauntlett https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193556213 My project is also designed for teachers. I think I could encourage moonshot thinking by having teachers create perfect world learning goals they hope their students achieve. I think it is important to set high standards and goals and then strive to achieve them. If you don't then you can continue to reflect and make your teaching better to continue to increase student learning and understanding.]]> 2017-10-03 17:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193556213 Kenora Kallstrom https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193664846 We can encourage our students to do moonshot thinking by encouraging them to be vulnerable. It takes some time to build a community of kids where they can feel comfortable enough to share, but this is when amazing ideas come forward. When any person can truly be themselves, creativity flows and achievement skyrockets.]]> 2017-10-03 22:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193664846 Chelsea Keller https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193664878 One of the best things about moonshot thinking is that students/staff can give up the idea of being evaluated in a traditional way and instead be ready to make mistakes and take chances. ]]> 2017-10-03 22:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193664878 Christine Rysko https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193863850 We encourage growth mindset with students; to embrace the struggle, to learn from mistakes, and to not give up until they are proud. Moonshot thinking encourages the students to try and embrace the unknown,
 as well. With PBL students are encourages to take risks, make choices, and take ownership of their learning experience.]]> 2017-10-04 13:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/193863850 Jenny Derby https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194924906 Moonshot Thinking is about feeling discomfort in something that needs to change, no matter the size or depth of the issue. It's about having the courage and persistence to embrace that discomfort and do something about it. PBL is one answer to the call of moonshot thinking. It is a shift in the learning model, where the teacher is not the "only expert" in the room. Where students are empowered to use their ability, knowledge, and position for good. When student agency over learning manifests, the outcome can be profound. Teachers need the permission to set back and let the students step up.]]> 2017-10-07 16:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194924906 Erin Asamoto Moonshot thinking is about giving choice to students. This will allow students to think outside of their original ideas or the ideas of others. I encourage students to take the lead in projects with a solid foundation to start with. I love the amount of student lead activities in PBL as it gives students a chance to collaborate and be creative. https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194938200 2017-10-07 19:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194938200 Joanna Bull joanna_bull1 https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194949355 I can create moon shot thinking with PBL by simply asking for more. When students come to me for advise instead of answering their question ask another question; always pushing their thinking forward and up. ]]> 2017-10-08 00:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194949355 Jody Urbas https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194955808 Moonshot thinking is about no fear of failure.  Through PBL we can encourage student growth, helping young minds to understand that there is more than one right answer.  This is what we need to inspire in all students.   Give them the opportunity to be more than they are today.  Letting them know that in order to do something truly great, that it is ok to fail as long as they don't give up.

]]> 2017-10-08 03:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194955808 Jessica McCormick https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194956925 Moonshot thinking is not something that comes naturally to my students, or to me. I agree with a lot of what has been said before me. Moonshot thinking is about stepping out of the comfort zone and trying something that seems totally out of reach, totally crazy, and perhaps something that has never been tried before. I had never really  thought about it until I heard a speaker this past summer, Dan Ralphs.  He talk about achieving your dreams.  A lot of what he spoke about were ideas about picking a crazy big dream and then thinking of little steps you can take to get there.  He pointed out all of the things that seem totally normal today that, when they were first thought of, seemed completely crazy.  All of this can apply right to my classroom for my students and myself for my career goals.  Thing big, and then set small steps and goals you think might actually help you get there.  Who knows what will happen when you try!
 ]]> 2017-10-08 04:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194956925 Andrea Aguiar aaguiar2 https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194963877 Moonshot thinking is something that is often forgotten in our schools. Classrooms are normally created to follow expectations and never as too many questions. We are moving into an age that we are realizing that our students are not able to solve real world problems because they are not allowed to. It is tough for most teachers to release the control in the classroom. I admit, I am one of them. I often need to remind myself that the most meaningful learning comes from the student questioning and wondering how could they change the ordinary to become amazing? Studies are true, we need to open our classrooms to allow students to make learning their own. Without the freedom to think they are never going to realize what they are missing. I see students in my class, ask me often, "What do I do next?" I return with the question, "What do you want to do next?" It is tough when teachers are held in a box with standards and standardized testing to be able to release the control but it is needed for our children's success. ]]> 2017-10-08 06:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/194963877 Beth Hosmer https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/195414586 “We are a series of moonshots”.  What a powerful statement that resonated with me from the clip that we were to watch in  lesson 2.10.  If the famous people mentioned in the clip did not have the vision, the perseverance  to keep trying, learning and adjusting to failure and ultimately succeeding- where would we be today?  Would the first airplane be built?  Would Mt. Everest been climbed?  Would we have put men and women on the moon not once but many times?
PBL gives students the opportunity to have their moonshot moments.  I think this clip and others like it should be shown before starting PBL unit.  It is difficult, as teachers, to let go and let kids experience the challenges and frustrations of solving current problems.  Perhaps, one or more will  become the next visionary.  For my PBL, I want the kids to redesign the library space.  Who knows what the kids will think up?  I hope that one or two will have an idea that I have not yet thought of or that may seem so impossible, yet doable.  
 One of the most important take aways, in my opinion, is the kids have the opportunity to learn and succeed from the PBL process even if their project did not have the desired outcomes. Take the really big risk~isn’t that what life's about. . .

]]> 2017-10-10 00:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/195414586 Jon Larkin https://padlet.com/tracy20/m2sh7yk6oxex/wish/196668505 Moonshot thinking is perfect for PBL.  Students can create a guided question and by having student student agency in the classroom, the sky is the limit.  With Project Based Learning and limited limitations, the children can shoot for the moon, as long as the teacher is supportive. I feel this is great for the 20% learning as well as Genius Hour. Here the can work on a passion project and can fail. This is not something formally assessed and the students can be free to create, fail, and shoot for the moon.
The students most likely will not create a new invention in elementary school, but with PBL, we are training the students and giving them the tools to achieve the impossible for the future. By using PBL, we are giving them the mindset to encourage Moonshot Thinking in the future as well.
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