#EDCAMPFLIPGRID 2018

Session: Going Gradeless

@virtual Giff & session attendees shared the following resources and thoughts:
bit.ly/giffsketchnotes
bit.ly/giffdoodles
bit.ly/lettering
bit.ly/sketch
#doodleaday
#sketch50
@mospillman
@heckawesome
@juliewoodward
@sketchnotearmy
DitchSummit.com
The sketchnote handbook
Sylvia Duckworth
The nounproject.com
Procreate is a fantastic app for sketchnoting...as is paper (@jmattmiller)
Google Keep has a sketchnote feature built right into the app!!!
tayasuiketches
paper by 53
inkflow
Visualized learning is not just doodling.
There are strategies and processes to approach sketching to allow for consistency in meaning.
Consider font style, color and size when creating your sketches.
Looking at the larger picture can be overwhelming...
Look for smaller pieces and use basic/standard shapes to build your designs.
Sketchnotes have multiple purposes--use goes beyond documenting content.
Sketchnotes instead of a test for students to show what they know.
Sketchnotes as a "word bank"/"cheat sheet" for assessment (are we testing memory or understanding of concepts. Sketchnotes eliminate memory/recall issue as point of access obstacle to demonstration of learning.

Ashoka.org as a resource for funding for social entrepreneurs; quite a few are on empathy
Building SEL skills are key as is the opportunity for students to exercise their voice and serve as activists and agents for change.
Our Global Classroom https://ourglobalclassroom.com/ (@browynjoyce) is a great tool for global connection to empathy
SGDs are helpful for guiding conversations related to activism and development of SEL skills such as empathy.
Connecting students in different countries helps to expose students to new experiences and cultural values/belief/practices outside of what might be familiar to them in their "world".
Skype is a way to expand walls of classroom to reach classrooms around the world.
Flipgrid can be used as a student run initiative to build communication, collaboration, SEL skills, vocational skills which are invaluable to life skill development and leading a mindful, purposeful and fulfilling life.
National Geographic Educator: Geo inquiry process (free resource)
Beluga platform (free) helps students to learn cultures from around the world, collaborate globally, earn points which are donated to have an impact to a cause of their choice.
Empatico- will match you to other classrooms around the world (sponsored by the Kind foundation)
Global Glimpse program - underprivileged students travel abroad in summer, work in a local community, return empowered having had this experience.