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How To Develop a Culture of "Can" In Your Classroom

How To Develop a Culture of "Can" In Your Classroom | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"It’s an age-old saying, “Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime.”

What separates good teachers from the excellent ones? The excellent ones are handing out fishing poles; creating a culture in the classroom of independence and self-reliance. These students don’t just recite facts or regurgitate information- they have learned how to learn. They know that if the answer isn’t in front of them, they have the tools to do the investigation and research."

Beth Dichter's insight:

This post provides 20 suggestions on "how" you can "develop a culture of 'can' in our classroom." Below are five of the suggestions. Click through to see all of them as well as more detailed explanations.

* Make it a safe place to fail 

* Encourage curiosity

* Give your students a voice

* Use natural consequences

* Model how to learn

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Students Reflect on Their Own Learning | Edudemic

Students Reflect on Their Own Learning | Edudemic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

We are always talking about the ideal education should be a learner-centered setting. Learners can be in charge of their learning with options to different paths and paces. Learners will participate in the designing of their learning processes. So the first thing of all is that they have their voices heard. More and more teachers have their students reflect on their own learning experience.

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Do Not Tell Me You Do Not Have Time...A Poetic Plea

Do Not Tell Me You Do Not Have Time...A Poetic Plea | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Do not tell me
You do not have time.
You cannot complete the assignment
Or come to training
Or take a course
Or read a blog
Or expand your own learning
Because . . .

 

Tim Holt has written a poem that "recounts many of the “excuses” he’s heard from teachers about why they can’t more fully engage in shifting their instruction to meet the needs of 21st century learners. He reminds teachers that they’d likely not accept a similar explanation from their own students." 

 

Take the time to also read the comments below the poem.

 

Quoted material below the poem is from

http://plpnetwork.com/2012/04/18/do-not-tell-me-you-do-not-have-time-to-meet-the-needs-of-21st-century-learners ;

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StudentSpeak about Hackasaurus

This week's StudentSpeak webisode goes behind the scenes at a programming workshop in Chicago where teens are using new tools developed by Mozilla to remix a...
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