"The People Versus the School System" by Sarah Freking https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7 Reflect on your thoughts after viewing this video. Should education be moving in this direction - or shouldn't it. Why? Think about your own classroom, the instructional strategies you use. What are your own values and beliefs when it comes to educating students? If you do believe educational strategies should change, are you working towards those goals in your classroom, or are you doing what you've always done? en-us 2017-01-03 14:27:18 UTC 2026-02-10 03:40:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/40628684/9ce87fc71cf879aa2ac00c7a12c70126/TornadoSSI.jpg Sarah Freking sfreking https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145075805 Double click on the Padlet screen to reflect. Comment on someone else's reflection.]]> 2017-01-03 14:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145075805 kshadlow https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383564 AMEN]]> 2017-01-04 20:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383564 I think it's important to teach kids HOW to think, instead of WHAT to think. However, there are some facts that make a good basis for how to think. cgalvin3 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383944 2017-01-04 20:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383944 Support https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383946 It would be nice to rebel against the standardized-testing, cookie cutter education format but we would need 100% ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT! ]]> 2017-01-04 20:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145383946 How.. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384057 I agree with the change that needs to happen in classrooms...but what would my admin say if my classroom doesn't look 'normal'? I don't think it would fly.  ]]> 2017-01-04 20:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384057 MESSAGE TO KIDS kshadlow https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384076 You matter!!]]> 2017-01-04 20:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384076 Sounds Greast https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384077 How do you make it happen in class?]]> 2017-01-04 20:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384077 Thought provoking, but how many computers were designed by people without math skills? https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384091 2017-01-04 20:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384091 I agree with the man but would like to have him some answers. What does he think would work and how can we change it! https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384095 2017-01-04 20:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384095 I would like to know if the facts about why kids sit it rows and get A's is correct. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384138 2017-01-04 20:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384138 Celebrate https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384150 Kids may feel more of a tie to their education if the honor roll was as big of a deal as a football game assembly. ]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384150 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384156 Agreed! ]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384156 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384188 Absolutely true!


]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384188 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384195 The Common Core tells us what ALL students are supposed to learn.  This video seems to suggest that students learn different things.  Hmmmm...]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384195 School Spirit https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384204 It is interesting that he implies we should also eliminate school spirit - he tied that in with competition. Is school spirit bad?]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384204 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384209 I agree with this.  I think it will take more time and resources than we currently have.  I also think it is very hard for one instructor to cater to the needs of twenty plus students and do this well while teaching multiple classes per day.  It is great in theory, but how do we execute this theory...]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384209 So who is going to tell the Dept. of ED we need to get rid of common core? bhansen12 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384222 2017-01-04 20:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384222 This is not https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384226 2017-01-04 20:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384226 I would love our students to learn this way. tnepple https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384283 Why are we still doing thing the old way. Lets get creative how do we start this.]]> 2017-01-04 20:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384283 The https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384294 2017-01-04 20:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384294 No more Common Core! https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384305 2017-01-04 20:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384305 I completely agree with this. We need to revamp our education system so the students are the center, but we need support and we need to have less fear of change and be open to trying new things. Be done with data driven everything. ewhyte https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384329 2017-01-04 20:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384329 Some https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384334 2017-01-04 20:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384334 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384342 Agreed.]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384342 It was a good point for the most part, but one question does a car still have 4 tires https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384363 2017-01-04 20:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384363 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384365 I wonder what the government would say. How would they decide where the money for education would go because they want numbers (data ) as proof of how students are performing. These are great ideas but how would we start?]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384365 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384372 Where should the change begin and how do we convince Dep. of Ed about reducing the use of standardized tests? 

]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384372 Customize https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384391 How do we customize education? How do we make it change as drastically as a car has? Should we use Finland as a model?]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384391 Interesting Ideas https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384400 I love thought provoking ideas and seeing the passion people have for education.  The part I have the most trouble with is all the comparisons to world education systems. I know Finland, etc preform excellently but do these countries offer education to ALL students and are they testing ALL students? Are ALL students who are language learners, SPED and other educational differences/challenges evaluated and shared with the rest of the world, or are we just seeing a snapshot of their student populous?]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384400 I do think kids learn differently and need to be taught in different ways. One way does not fit each kid. How we go about doing this is the trick. I do believe that students do need to come away from school knowing certain facts or how to do certain things depending on what they want to do in the future. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384454 2017-01-04 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384454 and the state wants to take away collective bargaining. so much for how teachers are vaul https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384465 2017-01-04 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384465 Great ideas, some realistic, some unrealistic https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384469 2017-01-04 20:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384469 That should "valued." Hard to be held in esteem by the public when our own government holds us in such low regard. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384507 2017-01-04 20:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384507 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384510 We need to offer more electives so that kids have more choices.

]]> 2017-01-04 20:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384510 I agree that students have different strengths and we need to give them opportunities to develop and express their own strengths. The student who shared this video with me struggles with math, tests poorly in reading, but he can think critically like none other. He studies history on his own and writes beautifully. He's crazy smart, but his grades don't show it. How can we adapt schooling to showcase kids strengths while still preparing for a job? https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384548 2017-01-04 20:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384548 In https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384554 2017-01-04 20:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384554 The contents of this video are not new. It's just being expressed by this actor/entertainer in this video. Real change can happen and should but those points are not creating change. They are just repeating what has been said for so many decades. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384585 2017-01-04 20:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384585 I agree https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384597 2017-01-04 20:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384597 There is not enough time in the day to individualize instruction for 100+ kids. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384620 2017-01-04 20:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384620 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384627 I wonder where the people that made this segment were educated. 

]]> 2017-01-04 20:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384627 I agree, all students are different and we should provide them an education that isn't a one size fits all. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384670 2017-01-04 20:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384670 It is possible https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384719 2017-01-04 20:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384719 Sounds good https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384721 2017-01-04 20:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384721 https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384726 It seems that education is the last "industry" to modernize.  This video clearly outlines the changes we need to make for the 21st century student.  
 ]]> 2017-01-04 20:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384726 We need to stop finding negatives and obstacles. We need to try at least to make a difference in how we teach and try to reach everyone instead of complaining and blaming it on students and how students don't care or can't do. We need to do our best and if students take advantage of it, well, great! If they don't, well, so sad for them. Be open minded, be willing to modify, differentiate, reach all students and care about all. Be different than the norm! https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384739 2017-01-04 20:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384739 Cool https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384776 2017-01-04 20:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384776 Interesting info. No solutions. Cause and effect. Dept. of Ed. is in charge. Legislature is in charge. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384825 2017-01-04 20:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384825 We need to remember that education is a fluid process, not a "one and done" or a turf war, with a "keep your hands off y https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384848 2017-01-04 20:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384848 I agree... just don't know how to do it. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384898 2017-01-04 20:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384898 The current innovators of the iPhone and new cars all came from the current education system. You can't go all bad on it. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384968 2017-01-04 20:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145384968 How/where do we get the resources/$ we need to support our different needs. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145385311 2017-01-04 21:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145385311 We are being told to teach to the test. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145385790 2017-01-04 21:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145385790 Some immaturity in the idea that education is bad. I believe to some degree the appreciation for education comes with age and/or strengthens with age. Some change is needed but the hatred and simplicity of the complaints are not accurate. https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145386115 2017-01-04 21:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sfreking/w7gaiu22arg7/wish/145386115