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By Brian Sztabnik: English Teacher, Blogger, PodcasterEducation
Talks with Teachers episodes
- #46: Law School to Master Teacher: Megan Allen shares her teaching journeyMegan Allen Mt. Holyoke College Her passion in education is focused on one major tenet: the successful transformation of our education system, led by professional educators. Megan’s current areas of research are around teacher leadership, cultivating teacher leadership capacity in pre-service teachers, career continuums in education, education policy and its impacts on the classroom, and working ... Read more...24 min
- What the Standards Leave Out
Should interest and engagement be measured?
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7 min - What the Standards Leave OutShould interest and engagement be measured? Download on iTunes for Your Morning Commute Click here to read a transcript of this episode7 min
- Creativity and Imagination: A New Way to View Student Ability
Scott Barry Kaufman
www.scottbarrykaufman.com
@sbkaufman
Scott is Scientific Director of The Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Kaufman investigates the development and measurement of intelligence, creativity, and personality (see scientific papers). He has six books, including Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined and The Philosophy of Creativity (with Elliot Samuel Paul). Kaufman is also co-founder of The Creativity Post, and he writes the column Beautiful Minds for Scientific American (seepopular posts).
In this episode you will learn:
The purpose of the Imagination Institute
What the elements of postive psychology are and how they can help teachers understand studentsWhy we are misguided in measuring intelligenceHow to think broadly about intelligence to develop the learning outcomes that you really care aboutWhy active learning skills out-predict learning outcomes better than IQ examsWhy we shouldn't categorize one master list of intelligenceA new definition of intelligence: the dynamic interplay of engagement and ability in the pursuit of personal goalsHow to move past the negativity of labeling students based on their mind bendsHow to look for hidden gifts in your studentsThe Future Project's role in school with its Dream DirectorWhy creative expression is self expression. Scott will explain why he is not a big fan of creative exercises, but how he prefers to foster autonomyScott's books:
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29 min - Creativity and Imagination: A New Way to View Student AbilityScott Barry Kaufman www.scottbarrykaufman.com @sbkaufman Scott is Scientific Director of The Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Kaufman investigates the development and measurement of intelligence, creativity, and personality (see scientific papers). He has six books, including Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined and The Philosophy of Creativity (with Elliot Samuel Paul). Kaufman is also co-founder of The Creativity Post, and he writes the column Beautiful ... Read more...29 min
- Grading Student Work: How to Do More in Less Time
Should interest and engagement be measured?
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Have you felt the guilt? C’mon, you know the feeling, I certainly have had it. It is the torment from those neglected assignments that sit on your desk far too long only to be shoved in a folder and hidden in drawer to be further avoided. If you are like me, you eventually come to your senses and realize that there is no escaping the grading, and while you hate yourself for procrastinating all along you never take that step to stop it the next time.This week I collected 78 essays from my AP Literature students. Two and three page responses that asked them to connect How to Read Literature Like a Professor with 1984. Along with those 200-or-so pages of essays, each student completed a multi-page project. It is self-inflicted torture.In the past the sheer volume of that paper load would intimidate me. Like the dishes, no matter how much progress I made, I knew there would be more tomorrow. But that’s in the past. This year I have resolved to achieve a better balance. Already I’m seeing dividends. Assignments are being returned at a quicker rate. I’m repeating mantras that are keeping me on track. And I’ve found a practice that is saving time while building better writers.Here are three tips on managing the paper load.1. Break the work into manageable chunksIt is a humbling truth that sometimes the simplest logic is the easiest to ignore. With grading, I couldn’t see the trees, my eyes were fixed on the vastness of the forest. Rather than tackle it, I’d ignore it, allowing the work to pile. Now I divide and conquer. This is accomplished by setting small goals, with mantras to guide me like “one class per day,” or “15 papers per prep period.” I repeat them in my mind and it is helping me to stay focused. In fact, those summer reading essays, which normally would have taken me over a week to return, were in the students’ hands three days later because I set a goal of one class set per day.2. Say it loud, say it proudThis year I purchased a hanging file folder, which is on full display in the front of the classroom. There is no hiding from the grading now. In the past I would binder-clip their work and stuff it in my work bag, out of sight, out of mind. Now, the students can see the progress and hold me accountable when there is inertia. Not only can they see it, I tell them when the work will be returned, setting a realistic deadline and inviting them to hold me accountable in the process. While a mantra can dissolve quickly, a promise to a student is harder to break.3. Converse rather than comment
I’ve saved the best for last. Don’t gasp but… I don’t comment. No notes scribbled on the side, no words of critique at the end. Ask yourself, can you really develop a writer in the margins of a paper? Perhaps, but most students read them once and never act upon them. I’ve found a better way to do it. I build relationships.I allow students to rewrite their essays as long as they conference with me. The irony of it all is that these conferences are probably more time consuming than the comments but their impact is exponentially more enduring. We sit, we talk about the strengths of the writing, we look for weaknesses. We strategize how to articulate ideas, we look for more substantial support for topic sentences, we address grammatical issues. It takes time, sure, but it is time worth spending.YA author Laurie Halse Anderson once told me that her novels go through seven to nine rewrites, her final draft differing vastly from the first version. She can’t fathom why students are given once chance to get it right because, in her opinion, writers are made through the rewriting process.So there you have it. Three ways that have me focused on the grading, inviting students along for accountability, and building relationships all the while.6 min - Grading Student Work: How to Do More in Less TimeShould interest and engagement be measured? Download on iTunes for Your Morning Commute Have you felt the guilt? C’mon, you know the feeling, I certainly have had it. It is the torment from those neglected assignments that sit on your desk far too long only to be shoved in a folder and hidden in drawer ... Read more...6 min
- Making Magic Happen with Dyane Smokorowski
Dyane Smokorowski: Instructional Technology Coach
@Mrs_Smoke
Dyane serves as an instructional technology trainer, providing professional development for the Andover school district, and throughout the state training preK-12 teachers on 21st Century Skills, project-based learning and technology tools. In addition, she is an Intel National Senior Trainer, training other teachers around the nation in project-based learning strategies with enhanced technology integration, and co-hosts monthly online professional development trainings focused on effective technology integration and 21st Century Skills for PreK-12 educators for the Intel Teach Live International Monthly Webinar series.
In this episode you will learn:
How Dyane makes teachers nerdy
Why she didn't expect to land in middle school educationHow she gets stuck in that space of middle school jokes, books, and jargonA time when she almost betrayed a child's trust and what she learned from itHow Shelly Schott, of Intel Education, has mentored her. Dyane considers her a Teaching YodaWhat you can do to make the magic happen with Project-Based LearningWays to break the stereotype that teachers don't have passionHow to bridge the gap between old school pedagogy and new age technologyHow to do teacher field tripsWhere to find inspiration, especially at places like EdCampWhat great teachers do over and over againWhy everyone should read Kelly Gallagher's books, especially Write Like This and Deeper ReadingThe post Making Magic Happen with Dyane Smokorowski appeared first on Talks with Teachers.
22 min - Making Magic Happen with Dyane SmokorowskiDyane Smokorowski: Instructional Technology Coach @Mrs_Smoke Dyane serves as an instructional technology trainer, providing professional development for the Andover school district, and throughout the state training preK-12 teachers on 21st Century Skills, project-based learning and technology tools. In addition, she is an Intel National Senior Trainer, training other teachers around the nation in project-based learning ... Read more...22 min
- #Wacky Wednesday
A Way to Think Outside the Box
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