How can we change the learning relationships students have from one classroom to another? (making connections)

We want to do work that makes a difference to us and to our world.

We don't want to remember, recall and regurgitate. We don't want to learn for the sake of tests.

We don't want learning made easy; rather, we want it to mean something.

We want to learn with the media of our times. We want to do work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic.

We want to be engaged intellectually. We want stronger relationships with our teachers, with each other and with our communities locally...

So as educators, we may focus on.... training them to understand the complexity of a problem; training them to see the cross-disciplinary

...nature grounded in authentic performance tasks; training them to function as a team; and to share often.

Allison shares authentic learning tasks with the group.

It is critical to think about failure as an important part of the learning process.

What will grab the teacher's attention when 50% of their evaluation is test scores?

Research, writing, geography, communication - all important for task based curriculum (for preparing delivery of the task)

What is authentic learning? Cannot create learning all by ourselves. We have to invite the kids to help with this, mirror the real world

Powerful moves to ignite educators - create 21st Century skill continuum. design cornerstone tasks, encourage play and problem solving.

Powerful moves to ignite PARENTS - create a shared vision, use parents of experts as their own children.

Students don't need us to give them info anymore - they need us to give context and relevancy.

What if...vs. Yes, but.

We have to take advantage of and creatively use resources outside of the classroom.

Make curriculum mapping come alive for teachers by designing assessments/tasks at the unit level.

Think about how students get there - adult/student relstionships - purposeful personalization