Susan+Gordon+Student+Reflection+and+Documentation

Early Adopter: Inquiry & Design Challenge
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Third Graders Keep a Scrapbook Of Year's Events And Learning As A Tool To Reflect On And Take Ownership Of Their Learning. Susan Gordon 1. Definitely the "What I learned" Creating a learning scrapbook separate from the 3rd grade scrapbook. 2. Begin blogs for pleasure scrapbook. Learning scrapbook separate, more focused on learning, reflection, curriculum... 3. Free learning slide? Topic chosen by kids? Research tab utilized?
 * Memorial Drive Elementary Campus
 * Grade: Third
 * =====Curriculum: General Education=====
 * =====Topic:Students reflecting on and taking ownership of their learning; =====
 * =====Focus Question: How do I teach the children to reflect more deeply on their learning and participate in the next step of their learning?=====
 * 1) How to teach them the power and responsibility of sharing?
 * 2) Would a "What I learned..." statement aid in reflection?
 * 3) Start with modelling my comments.
 * November reflections focus questions:
 * Resources: //s// //earch for existing resources (articles, websites, blogs, videos, etc.) - please be sure to add them to our [|Diigo] //
 * Walking the Walkhttp://sbisdlearnsymphony.wikispaces.com/EA+Cohort+II
 * www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZo2PIhnmNY Austin's Butterfly sharing and perfecting

Working on the Work >>> **Mining the Effort** >>> >>> ** An Opportunity in Overalls ** >>> How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher? Watching for what the children respond to. Tweaking to keep the interest. >>> >>> What question did you start out to find answer(s) to? >>> >>> As a researcher: >>> >>> What are you measuring? Children's learning journey. Logging the themes taught and getting their perspective on their own learning. >>> >>> As a learner: >>> >>> >>> **Defining Your Focus** >>> >>> **Considering the bigger picture...**
 * ===== Activity: =====
 * 1) Individually, design a student resource, activity type, or mini-challenge to try in the classroom over the next month to test. Then, get feedback from partners.
 * 2) Try out resource, activity type, or project during the month(s), documenting plan, process, execution and reflection and collect student work samples.
 * http://sbisdlearnsymphony.wikispaces.com/3rd+grade+scrapbook+for+learning+reflection
 * [|https://docs.google.com/a/springbranchisd.com/presentation/d/1usEZOuJ_ujnuemRaM-KMvnhLxfQLz9TflD4_cixGoIg/edit#slide=id.p]
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 * What artifacts of your personal learning have you been collecting? Children's scrapbooks.
 * What process shifts do these suggest in your practice? More emphasis on the learning. Not just slides that are fun to create.
 * What tweaks, edits, modifications have you made to your focus question? Lessened kid control on actual scrapbook. Offered blogs, and alternative scrapbook for their "Fun" additions.
 * What question(s) remain? Some technological questions, how best to streamline. At this point I need to catch up with what the kids can do.
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far?
 * What patterns are surfacing? As above they tend to shift to "Fun" Examples: What I like about Clowns slides. Excessive viewing of football videos .Needing redirection to the learning
 * What themes are emerging? They love the technology, Some especially well behaved ladies, love the reflection the learning ahas. Others really don't seem to latch on to the purpose.
 * What does your data suggest?
 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process? Not big on being vulnerable. But allowing the kids to outpace me in the how to of slides, and now learning from them has been interesting.
 * How are you allowing yourself, your professional learning to be 'seen'? With other teachers, they don't see it. With the children they see it.
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'?
 * What //a-ha!// moments, elements of a 'spiritual awakening'/"breakdown" have you experienced? What might these insights suggested to you?
 * **My thoughts on the focus for the rest of the year.**
 * **Reflective slides: What kind of learner am I? What kind of tester am I? What kind of presenter am I? What kind of writer am I**
 * Collaborative Glossary (@http://tinyurl.com/EAvocab)
 * What IS Early Adopters?
 * What is Early Adopters NOT?
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?

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