JiLL Swissa

Director of Professional Learning Design at Carnegie Learning, Inc.

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Join us August 25, 2020 2:00PM EDT as Carnegie Learning Sponsors (@carnegielearn) 100 Days of Professional Learning. Topic: Break Through Implicit Bias with a Conversation. Speaker: Afreeka Miller (@AfreekaMiller)
Register here: https://t.co/RAOTi8YSTQ
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@CL_nmwager6 @mgriffinemc @carnegielearn The conversations about ratios today were deep! Loved every minute. Thank you all!

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A4: I think twitter is a great place for student summarize what they've learned, or share a new idea related to what took place in class. I'd also really like to see students using social media for current events related projects - including STEM current events! #llmbookclub

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@urbanhidalgo This reminds of research from Benjamin Bloom about all students being able to learn at similar rate when given favorable learning conditions. I keep talking with teachers about this recently. It's up to us as the educators to PROVIDE those favorable conditions! :)

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A1: First, it has to be made clear that it's not about right vs wrong. It's all about context. And then give students opportunities to practice and be transparent about it. #longlivemath #llmbookclub

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Hi all! JiLL here from Chicago. Former HS math teacher turned coach/consultant :) #llmbookclub

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A4: By setting up daily opportunities for discourse and “arguments” about the math and our solutions. #llmbookclub

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A3: I like getting student work/art/anything up on the walls as soon as possible. Also on day 1, I want the students to know that this room is for them, so items and decorations need to be relevant to their world and their learning. #llmbookclub

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A2: I think if you expect students to see class as relevant in the real world then the real world has to be relevant in class. #llmbookclub

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@msruff24 I had a student that was a “bucket boy” and used to play outside Wrigley! I went to see him and also made a video for him. I’ll never forget it.

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A1: I used to go to my students’ sporting events to cheer them on (or recitals or even street performances). #llmbookclub

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A4: lessons where the students do the work and the talking! #llmbookclub

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A3: to create a sense of urgency, we need to record our classrooms and debrief, and watch other real classrooms, and look at the data. Anything that’s concrete. #llmbookclub

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A1: Everyone needs to learn about each other. Know each other’s names, hear each other’s stories. We have to make space for that. #llmbookclub

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Hi! I’m JiLL in Chicago. Former HS teacher. #llmbookclub

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@msruff24 Learn their names ASAP! Have them make name plates, say their names, and keep asking for their name until you know it.

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A4: Listen to them! Have teal, meaningful conversations. #llmbookclub

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@MissMath_Teach I can’t come up with a different answer after reading this one. This hits home.

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A2: Same here @SusanSund! I wish I would have read this while (and before) I was still in my own classroom. #llmbookclub

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@MissMath_Teach Yes! I should have said Farmers Markets and Food Trucks! :)