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Read what some RCSD staff have said while participating in current/previous RCSD Reads Book Club sessions!
Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Student's Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages, and Innovative Teaching by Jo Boaler
Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Student's Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages, and Innovative Teaching by Jo Boaler
Final Feedback from the end of the Mathematical Mindsets Spring 2019 book club.
Check out this amazing sketchnote turned into a Thinglink that one of our participants created!
See it here and hover over her drawings!
Check out this Padlet that one of our participants created to practice before using it with students!
See it here!
A participant made a blog that he used throughout the book club for his thoughts to practice blogging before using it with students! Click here to read through some posts!
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
Final Feedback from the end of the Culturally Responsive Fall 2019 book club.
Culturally Responsive Teaching is...
- Students sharing stories orally or in writing
- Learn to pronounce student names
- Provide visuals and graphic support
- Value and respect native languages
- Welcome family into classroom as guest speakers
- Work with students in small groups
Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic by Kasey Bell
Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic by Kasey Bell
Final Feedback from the end of the Shake Up Learning Fall 2018 book club.
"I chose to use one of the creative ideas for responding - Spark Post Reading Response. The task had me frustrated at times and wanting to give up and take the traditional route of posting to the discussion board. I tried to take the advice on page 11 to “shift my mindset” and be open to new ideas and actions."
"My intervention team and I had discussions regarding this chapter and as they reflected on their classroom practices, they too were guilty of the one size fits all. There reasoning was exactly what the author talks about in chapter 9...structure. It was about classroom management and knowing that everyone had a task to do even if it was the same task. This book has really allowed me to have some open and honest discussions with my colleagues."
“…in the grand scheme it is still very hard for teachers to relinquish that control of being the center of the classroom. The hardest thing I have done sometimes is watch students take what I have put in front of them, and try it. It can be frustrating for both parties. I took a chance when this PD first started to try something. I introduced Thinglink to brand new students. I showed my students what it was, and how it can be used. I then gave the students a topic to research (again with minimal involvement) and the students needed to use the research to create a Thinglink to present to the class. The first two days was exhausting and super frustrated. Students were telling me I wasn’t helping them or they didn’t understand. Certain technological questions I would help with, but for the most part I told the students to refer back to the information they already have, and try. By the beginning of the second week students did not even want my help. They were showing me things I didn’t know!! I was truly inspired by the beginning of this book to see what I think I know about what my students can do, and what the students can actually do with opportunity. It was incredible to see the smiles on my students faces expressing “I did that!” Going forward, I know I need to challenge myself more to use the resources I have to make my students the center of learning. It is going to be hard and tedious, but it is the challenge I give myself this year. Thanks to this book, I have realized I can do this, and there is no better time to start than now.”
Watch video: https://spark.adobe.com/video/WcNObfyrqwXZ4
These quotes are making me think about how making mistakes are a necessary part of education and that I need to empower my students to make mistakes and learn from them. I teach math and I am going to incorporate more opened ended questions and allow them to use resources available to them to discover the answer. My goal is to incorporate more open ended questions this year.
Watch video: https://spark.adobe.com/video/GVon0NqRzxzuD
In my discussion, I tried something completely new to me that I had never even heard of before this PD. I tried Adobe Spark and I LOVE IT! I love being creative so it was a fun way to highlight the parts of this book that really stood out to me. I also enjoyed seeing other using Flipgrid. I just started using Flipgrid in my classroom so it is fun to see teachers using it as a learning tool and not just an instructional tool. In the discussion boards, I explained to two different people about how I have incorporated Padlet and Google Slides to my preliterate students. It feels good to be able to share this success because I was TERRIFIED when I first introduced Google Slides to my students last year. We had so many bumps in the road but we “embraced the messy and chaotic” and now I am able to pass tips along to others. One of the teachers I responded to works in my building and she told me at the bus loop today that she conquered her fears of using Flipgrid and her students LOVED it! This PD has already inspired so many teachers and has given us the confidence to overcome these fears.
I think you should know we all love the Book Club PD. It's making us all want to try new things with our students that we wouldn’t have done before. I've decided to use padlet and flipgrid - I totally wouldn’t have tried it before bc I was not confident and needed to see it done by others. My whole 5th and 6th team is taking it and the kids are LOVING it!
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