The 1st 5 Days

Post date: Jul 21, 2012 6:22:07 AM

What is the best way to utilize the first five days of school? This was a question that Alan November posed to us during his ISTE 2012 Session Empathy: The 21st Century Skill.

Many teachers go over rules and expectations. We take a trip to the textbook room for students to get their books. We may even start getting into curricular content and assign homework, but are we building the best foundation to maximize student's learning capacity? How can we maximize the first 5 days of school and make them the most productive and amazing days possible?

At the Building Learning Communities Conference educators from all over the world started to collaborate on this project and some shared their perspective via video to get the conversation started. Alan also invited educators to participate in the BLC Values Exchange website and to tweet their best ideas using the #1st5days hashtag. And if that wasn't enough, there's one more thing. At one of the sessions at BLC, Tom Barrett shared a crowd sourced Google Doc called The BLC12 Crowd'd Book if you are looking for ideas or have some to share this is an excellent way to get started.

So my challenge to you.... take a look at the videos, explore the links, think deeply, and share openly. Together we can build a great foundation for learning this year and every year after!

First 5 Days: Day 1 from Alas Media on Vimeo.

First 5 Days: Day 2 from Alas Media on Vimeo.

First Five Days: Day 3 from Alas Media on Vimeo.