So, I’ve been thinking about conversations I do or don’t have with my students. Two events got me thinking about this. First, I was at school a few Saturdays ago for an open house event. This year there were a number of 5th graders there too. They were adding a student perspective, which I thought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘identity day’
Dinner Table Talk
Posted: November 19, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: conversation, discovery, ideas, identity day, inspiration
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5E Day, 2011 version
Posted: October 3, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: beginning of the year, class tone, identity day
So, I’m still thinking about 5E Day. (see earlier posts here and here). I followed the same format as before. I showed the Daniel Pink book trailer video for Drive which asks “what is your sentence?”. I gave some examples. I allowed about a week of think time. I waited. Once again, great success. This [...]
5E Day, Update
Posted: December 7, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: class tone, identity day, language arts, podcast, speeches, This I Believe, update
So, I’ve been thinking about our class climate. In the beginning of the year I had what I called “5E Day” with my class, which was loosely based on George Couros’ Identity day. (Read about it here and about its impact here.) One of the comments to my description of the resulting class tone wondered [...]
My Version of Identity Day Update 1
Posted: September 21, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: beginning of the year, class tone, identity day, update
So, I’ve been thinking about my class version of George Couros’ “Identity Day.” I heard him describe it at part of the Reform Symposium. (Catch the archived version here.) Let me give a little background. I showed this video as a start to our conversation about ourselves. The video is a book trailer for Daniel [...]
