The tonight's conversation concluded our book club read of School Smarts with Jim Burke (@englishcomp).
You can see the entire conversation here.
Showing posts with label book club summer 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book club summer 2011. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
Closing Discussion on School Smarts on #engchat
If you've missed #engchat discussions lately, be sure to check out the archives to discover the dynamic discussion around School Smarts led by Jim Burke.
As we bring our first ever book club to a close, feel free to leave a comment about your experience with this text.
Some questions to ponder:
As we bring our first ever book club to a close, feel free to leave a comment about your experience with this text.
Some questions to ponder:
- What stood out to you about this text?
- How will you apply some of the a from this text to your classroom practice?
- What are some ideas/concepts are you still struggling with from this text?
- What feedback can you provide for our next #engchat book club selection/process?
Monday, August 15, 2011
Archive for August 15, 2011
The conversation continued tonight about our book club read School Smarts with Jim Burke (@englishcomp), this time discussing Chapter 4 about the Third C: Competencies.
You can see the entire conversation here.
You can see the entire conversation here.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Archive for August 8, 2011
The conversation continued tonight about our book club read School Smarts with Jim Burke (@englishcomp), this time discussing Chapter 4 about the Second C: Content.
You can see the entire conversation here.
You can see the entire conversation here.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Archive for August 1, 2011
The conversation continued tonight about our book club read School Smarts with Jim Burke (@englishcomp), this time discussing Chapter 3 about the First C: Commitment. Questions swirled about the connections between C1 and the other 3 Cs, about how we can measure or demonstrate commitment, about how to get students to know what commitment looks like. (Not surprisingly, references to coaching in various capacities - from debate to sports - as well as gaming came up in this discussion as places where we could make connections to our students in what commitment is.)
See full discussion here.
See full discussion here.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Archive for July 18, 2011
Our first book club kicked off discussing School Smarts with the author himself Jim Burke (@englishcomp).
We began with some really excellent (and insightful!) responses to Jim's question: "What analogy would you choose to describe the student you were (in the grade you now teach)? Explain!" We went on to discuss Jim's guiding question for this book: "Who succeeds in school--and why?" Much of the conversation centered around the idea of failure and how it is a necessary step in learning.
You can see the entire discussion here.
We began with some really excellent (and insightful!) responses to Jim's question: "What analogy would you choose to describe the student you were (in the grade you now teach)? Explain!" We went on to discuss Jim's guiding question for this book: "Who succeeds in school--and why?" Much of the conversation centered around the idea of failure and how it is a necessary step in learning.
You can see the entire discussion here.
Archive for July 25, 2011
The conversation continued last night about our book club read School Smarts by Jim Burke (@englishcomp), this time discussing Chapter 2 and the Four C's of Success: Commitment, Content, Competencies, and Capacities.
See the full discussion here.
See the full discussion here.
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