Melissa Echtner

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

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[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@trev_mackenzie @kwiens62 Yes! I wrote CONNECTION on my board this morning to remind myself of what matters.

[Trevor MacKenzie @trev_mackenzie]

This one really struck home for as an inquiry or practitioner.

Connections✨
Connections✨
Connections✨

Connection is the curriculum. Keeping this as a reminder for the coming weeks.

Thank you @kwiens62

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@jkenney @AdrianaLaGrange How dare you mislead the public into thinking you know how best to approach the curriculum and diminish the amazing strides teachers in this province have made and that Alberta has made as an educational leader in the world.

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@jkenney @AdrianaLaGrange At its core, constructivism means that each individual constructs their own meaning of the world based on their own knowledge and experience, which is further influenced by social and cultural factors. Are you going to tell me this is a false concept?

[IPA World @IPA_World]

Here’s help from IPA World. Read it and share !
https://t.co/BLQxi7ip2Z

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@MisterPella @PrairieWaters @Gr4MPWE @mrswambura @MsMrak Every year the grade 4 artists @PrairieWaters put me in awe. This year did not disappoint. You were my first Kindergarten class at PWE, and I am so proud of all of you! Congrats @MisterPella @Gr4MPWE and @mrswambura 🎨❤️

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@ZooeyDeschanel @LamorneMorris @iamgreenfield @HannahSimone @wayansjr You should probably get the gang together and make a quarantine episode... 😍

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@EllenBrown28 This is something I am working on every day! Less talking and more listening. I just started reading a fabulous book you might be interested in, called #HackingQuestions by Connie Hamilton. I recommend it!

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@trish_cull @conniehamilton I totally agree!

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

Chapter 1 in #HackingQs by @conniehamilton invites Ts to reconsider their group discussion format. Assume all Ss are capable of engaging (they are!), rather than the select few who raise their hands. How do we ensure all Ss get in on the discussion?

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

Truly finding inspiration for facilitating collaborative student discussions in #HackingQs by @conniehamilton.

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@19LEIP Are you sorry because you got caught? Would you be “learning and determining how to move forward” if the chat hadn’t been leaked to social media?

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@EllenBrown28 Inquiry based learning means going deeper in your understanding of a concept. It means questioning. It means making meaningful connections between different concepts... butterfly clip art need not apply. 🦋

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@EllenBrown28 When I think of themes, I think of everything you do being connected to that theme as a bit superficial and surface level. For eg., butterfly theme means we will have butterfly pictures on our math worksheet... there’s no meaningful connection...

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@albertateachers Any chance you’ll open more spots or having the recording available? 🙏🏼

[Tasha Roa @TashaRoa]

Thank you @DanScratch03 for this, it was just what I needed today, after feeling a bit deflated. @AdrianaLaGrange @jkenney @Alberta_UCP @albertateachers

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@NEchtner Trust yourself and your ideas! Share them with others and receive feedback to make them stronger!

[Melissa Echtner @MissyEchtner]

@MrsApelsKinder @WindsongHeights @CMBPrintWorks Can’t wait to see more!

[Erin Quinn @luckybydesign]

The rhetoric that we need to get rid of “discovery math” (that’s not a thing, by the way), return to phonics over whole language, and bring in more standardized testing is so insulting. #ableg #abdebate #abed /1