Faculty Summer Learning 2014 May 23, 2014

Four Amazing Strands = Summer Learning Fun! (Definitely do one strand, but you can do more if you want!)

Strand 1: Inquiry

Watch Dan Meyers TED Talk: Math Class Needs a Makeover.!Read at least one of the three titles below.!! * Rothstein & Santanas Make Just One Change!

! * Dan Pinks A Whole New Mind !

! * Campbell & Fultons Science Notebooks: Writing about Inquiry!

Tinker with an inquiry, curiosity or passion of yours and share ! ! your fun online for us to see.! Optional Extension: Enroll in and complete Jo Bohlers!! How to Learn Math online course. Print your completion ! certificate to display proudly on the fridge. !! *Teachers completing Bohlers course will be reimbursed ! and earn 1 PLU!!

1Use #MVLEARNS when Tweeting!

INQUIRY How might we start with questions? How might we promote deep, real-world, student-centered mathematical or artistic reasoning?

INNOVATION How might we nurture innovators in our classrooms? How can we provide innovation for the real world?

IMPACT How might we make an impact on student learning within and outside our school walls? !!!Whats the Buzz? The 21st century world needs learners to be critical, to be creative, to be strategic. The 21st century world demands citizens do their own thinking, rather than rely on someone else to think for them.

-Angela Maiers from Classroom Habitudes (@AngelaMaiers)

SUMMER LEARNING

Faculty Summer Learning 2014 May 23, 2014

Strand 2: Innovation

Watch Steven Johnsons TED Talk on Innovation.!

Read at least one of the three titles below.!

!! * Martinez & Stagers Invent to Learn!

!! * Christiansen, Dyer, & Gregersons Innovators DNA!

!! * Boss Bringing Innovation to School!

Tinker with this Web 2.0 tool: EdTechTeacher.com.!

Optional Extension: Visit Museum of Design Atlanta. Take note !! of the Design for Social Impact exhibit, opening May 25.!

!Strand 3: Impact

Watch Hope on Twitter and read through the #tlap feed.!

Read at least one of the three titles below.!

!! * Dave Burgess Teach Like a Pirate!

!! * Angela Maiers Classroom Habitudes!

!! * Tom & David Kellys Creative Confidence!

Tinker with this Web 2.0 tool: Connected Classrooms.!

Optional Extension: Check out the Re-imagining School TED !! Talk playlist. Christopher Emdins Teach Teachers How !! to Create Magic & Geo Mulgans A Short Intro to the !! Studio School are great options.

2Use #MVLEARNS when Tweeting!

Did you know?

Exchanging ideas within a group of people who trust one anotherwithout fear of judgement or failurecan feel electric. - Tom and David Kelly from Creative Confidence

The Science Notebook [is] the core of the

inquiry-based classroom culture characterized by authentic interactions between teacher and students, between students, and between students and their materials and their notebooks, all in pursuit of scientific understanding and explanation. - Fulton & Campbell from Science Notebooks: Writing about Inquiry

By leveraging their passions during the school day,

we can give students more opportunities to connect with what they are studying with the real-wold issues they care about. - Susie Boss from Bringing Innovation to School

Strand 4: Make Your Own Adventure

Watch a TED Talk of your choice.!

Read at least one title of your choice.!

Tinker with a Web 2.0 tool of your choice.!

Optional Extension: Choose your own extension.!*Teachers choosing Strand 4: Make Your Own Adventure must have a written plan and prior approval from the Director of 21st Century Teaching and Learning.!