December 2017 #LCPSedChat Topic

December’s LCPS Twitter Chat

This Month’s Topic: Why is collaboration important and how do we use it to improve student learning?
What does student collaboration look or sound like in the classroom? How can we build collaboration into a lesson?  Join fellow LCPS educators as we examine and explore the ways to change what happens inside LCPS schools and classrooms. Have a cool activity or tip that you would like to share, be sure to check out the Twitter chat on December 7^th at 8:00 pm  

1. Discuss the relevancy of collaboration in the classroom.

2. What does student collaboration look or sound like in the classroom?

3. What are some ways a teacher might build student collaboration into a lesson?

4. What are some digital tools or strategies that can facilitate collaborative learning in the classroom?

When: Tuesday December 7^th, 2017 at 8:00 pm

How: Login to Twitter and simply search the hashtag #LCPSedchat

Where: Via Twitter… So where ever you and your phone are. ;-)

What: “Why is collaboration important and how do we use it to improve student learning?” http://reynoldsrambles.blogspot.com

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Who: EVERYONE! ALL are welcome! This month’s Twitter chat will be moderated by @MiriamCheuk and @SusZanti5. Follow the moderators!

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#IMMOOC School vs Learning Thoughts

George Curious wrote a blog post in December of 2014 about comparing school vs learning.  (Here is a link to that post https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/4974) In this post he explores some of the differences he sees between what happens in school vs what learning is.  I found it very interesting to look at learning in this way.  Many of the things he mentions are things we in Loudoun County are trying to encourage.

Things like learning is about: starting with a question, making your own connections, is personal.

In his book Innovator's Mindset Curious also challenges us to think about some additional things we can add to the list.  Here are a few I came up with:

School is about teacher knowledge, Learning is about student knowledge
School focuses on the preparation for historical needs, Learning focuses on preparation for future needs.
School is about the teachers interests, Learning is about the students interests.

These ideas definitely excited me.  I hope to be able to use some of this with the teachers I coach to open up some dialogue around what we are trying to do.

#LCPSedChat November 2017 Archive