iCoach+-+Less+Is+More

=Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning), iCoach=


 * Welcome!** Congratulations on getting here! Your next task is listed below - get started now

5 min
 * Task #1**: Team Up! Don't wait for your "teacher", start now!
 * 1) Form a team of 3 with people from different campuses. Bonus points for teams of nearly strangers.
 * 2) Decide which team member will play which of the following roles:
 * Materials Manager - pick up cup of materials
 * Recorder - document & tweet //process// using #sbisd #sbleads (text, images, audio, video, other...?)
 * Speaker - share out to whole group
 * 1) Create largest structure possible using materials provided
 * 2) **Bonus** - tweet a pic of your structure #sbisd #sbleads

5 min
 * Task #2**: Think & Share
 * 1) Think: What problems do your kids run up against in your class, or school that are //__not__// related to content or curriculum?
 * 2) Write down as many as you can, one per sticky note
 * 3) Post to wall to share with your group
 * 4) Pick 2 toughest from group (don't spend time trying to solve them right now)


 * Task #3**: Think, Partner, Crowd Source
 * 1) Think: what approach(es) would you suggest to encourage student problem-solving?
 * 2) Partner: share suggestions with partners and decide on which you will offer to the whole group
 * 3) Support: post your approaches to the discussion area (click on discussion tab at the top of this page and create a new discussion post. Use your approach as the title for the discussion).


 * Links Mentioned or Added Later**
 * Challenge Based Learning: Apple Education
 * [|Design Thinking: NoTosh]
 * Thinking Space - Design Thinking School
 * Engage
 * enGuage Framework
 * [|Got Grit?]
 * [|How the World Works Blog]
 * [|How To Fail] (To The Best of Our Knowledge - Show)
 * Problem-Solving
 * Science Workshop
 * Student Shark Blog
 * Thinkering Studio
 * [|We Create Video]
 * [|Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer? Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12] by Bruce Lesh
 * [|Why Won’t You Just Tell Us the Answer?] - Physics teacher gets asked every year
 * [|What Do Kids Really Learn from Failure?]
 * How much is too much, how much not enough?
 * How else do we get to problem-solving, grit, and perseverance?
 * How do we scaffold it?
 * When do we let kids stop/quit/move on?