Laura Valzania

👁️ TEACH KIDS | Global Collaborator | Google Educator | #PBL | #ReinventtheClassroom | #EdCorps | #EdHarmony | #RemakeLiteracy | Ancora Imparo.

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

Educators looking to books to bolster students' understanding of U.S. history can do a lot of harm if they don't think critically. Here are ways to ensure selected texts "uplift, hope and heal while presenting the truth of slavery’s echoes in the present."
https://t.co/pPw7bqF2XG

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

This sounds like something right up your alley @deeleygrade4. #hmcollaboratory goes global! #ttuchat #launch

[Koen Timmers #climateactionedu @koentimmers]

Any teacher available to teach this wonderful group of students in our Innovation Lab in Tanzania via #Skype?
First class in our Global Goals Book.
https://t.co/34HC4LNEv5
👉 Sat 9/21 - 10:30am East African Time - 15min.

[Samantha Kosakowski @mskosakowski]

Always up for winning swag aren’t you @MrsValzania ?

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

@mskosakowski @sldavis777 @vboyle22 Just yes! We can do it!

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

@deeleygrade4 I LOVE this and would love to learn more about how you are doing this. You are amazing! 😃

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Ss experience the flaws w/ representation in our nation's early gov't by participating in a simulation referred to as "Last Tower Standing". The best part?The thoughtful collaboration that took place to create a viable solution. @LearnLAP @EdReimagined #learnercentered

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Tomorrow’s leaders demand @PBLWorks #PBLWorks

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

@mskosakowski @smashboardedu @trapurdy @deelanier I LOVE this!

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Ss participate in a "Stamp Act Congress" simulation where delegates gather to strategize and persuade neutralists to side with patriots or loyalists as they take their proposals to vote. Order! Order! These patriots are quite the rowdy bunch! @KidsDeserveIt @LearnLAP

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Ss perform a reader’s theater script on The French and Indian War in preparation for an upcoming simulation. Colonel Washington speaks with the leader of the Iroquois tribe. “We promise to protect your land if you help us.” @KidsDeserveIt @LearnLAP

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Thank you @k_shelton @jmattmiller for a truly inspiring and informative Ditch Summit presentation. The power of EVERY student's voice should never be underestimated. Sharing and [truly] listening to diverse perspectives enriches the learning experience EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

@mskosakowski @spoffordpondma Expressing seventeenth century ideas using twenty-first century tools - very "cool". No pun intended. 🙃

[Joe Sanfelippo @Joe_Sanfelippo]

Preparing kids to lead when they leave us means letting them lead when they’re with us. We’re all in this together. Check out #1minwalk2work for all of the #leadershipchallenge activities. #hackingleadership #leadfromwhereyouare #gocrickets

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

@mskosakowski @mrsklipfel @cronincrew @L_Kasmarcik @spoffordpondma Always!

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Ss just used this for a mid-point check-in on their "Establishing a Colony" PBL. "I Like, I Wish, I Wonder". Great way for Ss to provide peer feedback while thinking about their own learning: Using a Gallery Walk for Formative Assessment in PBL @BIEpbl https://t.co/jcF8O6acUu

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

CHECK THIS OUT! 👀 The TimberBricks Company just kicked things up a notch for our "Establishing a Colony" PBL. They donated 20 colonial house kits for construction day. Kids broke ground today. Total engagement! @KidsDeserveIt @LearnLAP #PBL

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

Establishing a Colony” PBL: Ss hit the polls today to elect a governor for their colony. Thank you @mskosakowski for the fab idea of using these pods for their polling stations and for setting up voting precincts. Such a hit with the kids! @LearnLAP #PBL

[Laura Valzania @MrsValzania]

”Establishing a Colony” PBL: Ss have decided on their motive for colonization and have secured a sponsor. Here they are, drafting their colony compact. Who will they declare their loyalty to? @LearnLAP #PBL