This was not as good as the title sounded…. Rather than steps to move faculty, it was an explanation of a particular activity this presenter uses. Speaker discussed innovation as part of one activity rather than a continuum. I had to lead early cuz my iPad started playing music and I couldn’t stop it! Good thing I won’t see those people again my life. I never ever even ever ever play music on my iPad. Here are 9 of the 10 steps before I had to leave w my music blaring:
1. invite teachers to think about theeir personal preferences
Ask: what do i love to do when i have spare time? get teachers to look at who they are
“Do” is important, not “know” – someone else said this in another session I attended.
Book called Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath allows adults to take a test and find out what your strenghts are. All positive things. Speaker gave teachers book at end of SY and asked them to email tesst results b4 return to school. Breaks people up into categories:
thinkng strengths
relating strenghts
influencing strengths
executing strengths – executors are arrangers: science, art, kindergarten
restorative: math, english art
this student woldn’t have been fixed w/o your help
Get faculty to think about their strengths – use different language. Divide teachers into their categories and come up with strenghts of their work style
graffle software – brainstorm something i want to learn to DO
Teachers choose something to learn to do and will learn alongside studentnts. students will leran something the teacher wants to learn – aren’t they doing that anyway?
diigo great bookmarking site for students and teachers. holds students accountable for research. teachers can go to site and see where students have been.
2. conduct a strengths workshop
3. brainstorm, “something i want to learn more about”
4. invite techers to choose a topic
5. research / bookmark/webhunt
6. learn and use a new web-based tool
must learn a new web-based tool. Google the 100 best web 2.0 classroom tools
7. create a unit and a calendar
8. make studnets aware
9. Okay, music started playing a few seconds ago…. Gotta go!
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