Summer Book Study
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Summer of 2018: The Curious Classroom
Week of July 31
I did a presentation on "Reimagining How Students Talk About Texts" that ties right into chapter 15. Link to Google Slide Deck
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Week of July 24
There is so much to consider in these chapters! (I'll post my podcast reflections soon...still trying to catch up from being out at ILA!)
(posted early as I will be attending and presenting at #ILA17)
Week of July 17
Week of July 10
Last week as a "learner" I used BHH to examine song lyrics from a "sun" playlist. Intrigued by exploring a different way to share thinking, I experimented with voice notes. This provided me with an alternative to let students try. While I would still prefer to annotate or sketch note, recording voice notes of thinking is an option I want to give my students. I found a Chrome application called Mic Note that my students can use with their Chromebooks. It was easy to use and will be easy for my students to share their thinking with me. This week I invite you to start considering how you can introduce your students to BHH. I would also invite you to consider the "big questions" and signposts (if you are familiar with them). They will thank you for it... (My reflections on these chapters are included in Disrupting Thinking #4 podcast)
Week of July 3
For week 5, I intentionally planned an opportunity to pause and reflect (and catch up for those who need it). If you haven't already, I encourage you to try using BHH as a reader yourself. That is my plan for this week. While lounging in the pool with my 22 year old daughter Brooklynn, we were joking about the sun hiding behind the clouds. I started singing a song I used to sing with preschoolers: "Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on me..." This led to a medley of songs that had "sun" in the title! As we sang and giggled, I started thinking how neat it would be to curate a playlist of "sun titled songs" as a soundtrack. This led to some searching when I couldn't think of any more and I found there are hundreds of songs with "sun" in them. Then I remembered how the topic of song lyrics came up in many posts and I thought... why not examine songs with "sun" in them! So I have curated my own playlist (I made sure I picked student-friendly ones)! I am going to enjoy applying BHH to these songs for my reflection! This should be fun and I can't wait to share what I discover! If interested, here is my file of lyrics
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