Keynote:Â A.J. Juliani
- Technology “With a purpose.”
- “I was at a very good school district that was focused a lot on test scores” is a contradiction.
- “My students aren’t motivated about anything except grades!” They were motivated by a lot of things, but learning his lessons wasn’t one of those things.
- Started following the Google model: Students had to spend 20% of their time working on something that interested them.
- “How much is this worth?”
“Nothing.” - Everything was still standards based. Students were researching, documenting, and presenting in a RE/LA classroom.
- Teacher became a “guide on the side.” His words. Well done.
- TRUTH #1: Every child deserves to own their learning.
- “Brain friendly learning spaces.” Feels redundant.
- Every keynoter needs an excuse to show off their family.
- Learning is a social, human act.
- “I was really bored, I read your article.”
- TRUTH#2: Every child in your class is someone else’s whole world.
- SAMR Model.
- TRUTH #3: Stories will always shape us. They will always help us learn.
- “It’s OK to use Wikipedia now that the Supreme Court has used it 9 times.”
- “Our job is not to prepare our students for something; our job is to prepare our students for anything.”
- “Finding success isn’t going to be a first time thing … Find me one hero of a story who doesn’t take risk.”
- Learn, unlearn, and relearn.
- TRUTH #4:Â Our job is not to prepare our students for the real world. Our job is to help students prepare themselves.
- TRUTH #5:Â Literacy is about learning. And learning is about learning and unlearning. And relearning.
- Do you allow for failure in your classroom?
- What do you make time for? What do you support? What do you praise?
- Another showing of the Key & Peele video making teachers look like sports stars. So much focus on test scores makes me sad.
- TRUTH #6: As teachers we have a huge impact on our students’ lives.