back to the basics...what really matters now

Back to Basics

What Really Matters Now Dean ShareskiAnson County, NC

Dec. 7, 2012

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solution

transform

empower

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Remember this?

Disruption

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Business

Government

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Education

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“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of thingsthey weren't so crazy about the first time around.” ~Author Unknown




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wonder




“...more important than anything is that we must

inspire them to wonder.”

Be aware of wonder.

Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:

The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

“With a digital projector waiting back in my classroom, I can't help

looking for interesting, relevant images to put in front of my class.

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A digital projector shrinks the time-gap between my

learning moment and theirs. A digital projector has effectively buried the difference between

what fascinates me and what I teach.” Dan Meyer



“If you crack the problem of engagement, not just ‘are you paying attention?’ but ‘are you fascinated by this?’ -if you can crack engagement in deep learning, then

you’ve cracked 21st century schooling” Mike Berrill

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Do our students come to school to wonder?

Are we taking advantage of the new tools so showcase and create moments of wonder?

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JOY




With regards to creating a video like that do you:

With regards to creating a video like that do you:A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular standards but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed.


B. Do it and to heck with the standards, doing joyful things with students is important.



C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important.



C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important.

D. Not do it at all.

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Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

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Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn


I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so:

It’s an end in itself.





Are our classrooms places of joy?

How can technology be instruments of joy?

COMMUNITY




The smartest person in the room, is the room. Dave Weinberger

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Mind Your Own Business Learning

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What did you learn from others?

What did you contribute to the learning of others?

My Learning Project

My Teaching Staff

DEN Summer Institute

...connecting educators to their greatest resource

...connecting educators to their greatest resource

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...each other



Passion for Teaching and Learning

Willingness to Share


Anson County Schools...





Where Learning is Messy





Where Learning is Messy

JoyWonderCommunity



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