A3: We know teachers are the most important factor in student learning. The danger of blended learning is that it can eat away at teacher authenticity. Building your own instructional videos ensures the content feels personal and allows for unlimited flexibility. #EdutopiaChat
Schools with a healthy culture don’t avoid conflict; they embrace it.
Productive conflict: I’m confident I’m right, but I know I don’t have a monopoly on correctness. I’m happy to hear your viewpoint.
Destructive conflict: I’m right & I’m not interested in hearing your opinion.
A5: Our staff members that are involved in this chat have already created a list of things we would like to implement next year. We will also share these great ideas on how to change the reading game with other staff members so that it can spread across campus :)
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A3: We have to show students how to preview books to determine if they are a good match. Sending them off to read "whatever they want" is not the most beneficial to build their reading toolbox.
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A2: Book talks and passes foster engagement and effort. Ss want to talk to peers so why not talk about books? I would like to set up a book talk with my mentor group next year. These are Ss that I, personally, have a connection with so let's bring reading into it.
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