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My takeaways:
* Research more about the Design Thinking Process * "If you don't learn to be alone, you will only learn to be lonely." by Sherry Turkle * Computer labs should have laptops instead of desktops to allow for mobility * Have students become an expert on one thing they love and teach it to the class * Find free resources for teachers such as Hot Wheels * Find opportunities for students to be involved in the community (Fire department painting) * Check out Confer APP to help with note taking on the students * "If you can Google it, why teach it?" by Alec Couros * Tap into the participatory culture through remixing * Loads of fake information on the internet (i.e. Wave charging in microwave, drilling a hole on new iPhone for earphone jack) How do you teach students to differentiate what's real and what's not? * Have students design tweets from classroom using check in worksheets * Kids updates parents what they are learning in school * Incorporate more mindful opportunities in the classroom
My takeaways:
*If kids are desperate to learn, they will *Persevering and grit is important *Failure is important (https://youtu.be/IMboI4cOAuQ) *Check out Prism, kids see what other kids are thinking so it creates a safer classroom *Use the Wayback Machine *INVOLVE. Use the word "involve" to have kids design the problem. *Learn Google search algorithm. (i.e. site:cu.uk filetype:ppt) *Learn Country Codes *Give students multiple versions of the "truth" (i.e. Vacanti mouse) *Make a class Twitter account *Try BreakoutEDU in the classroom. My takeaways:
Keynote Speaker: Phil Hansen
Breakout Session: How to Use QR Codes in the Language Classrooms by Li Zhang
Breakout Session: Tech-Infused Writer's Workshop by Jake Lee
by Rachelle Galang
 Student are starting their unit on insects!
Our plant unit is coming to an end. To conclude this unit, we are having a plant tasting party! Each student picked a plant part to bring to the class to share.
To prepare for this event, each student needs to know what plant to bring and what part of the plant it is. Here's our list: Flower Broccoli Cauliflower Artichoke Stem Asparagus Celery Seed Peas Corn Sunflower Seeds Soy Beans Leaves Lettuce Spinach Cabbage Fruit Cucumber Tomato Peppers Eggplant Pumpkin Roots Carrot Radish Turnip To help those students in the Japanese class, students drew a picture of their plant part and memorized the following phrases. これは (plant part we eat) です。 (plant part we eat)は はな／くき／たね／はっぱ／み／ねっこ です。 Surprisingly the students caught on and I think they are ready to tell me what it is and what plant part it is on Wednesday! This year I decided to participate in Global Read Aloud. I'm connected with a classroom in Virginia. We decided to write each other snail mail to introduce ourselves. My students wrote a simple letter to introduce themselves.
For the first week, we are reading Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. We discussed things we like to do alone vs things we like to do with someone. We shared it on this Padlet. http://padlet.com/user_1412640931/ivw0j9hxkqy4 Google Earth (Free)
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Students in both classes made their hypothesis on what would happen to the green onion after I cut the green part off. Also, everyone in the Japanese class was finally able to name the plant part and what plants need in Japanese. I'm very proud of them all!  |
AuthorFormer First Grade Teacher & Japanese Teacher (Grade 1 ~ 6) in Honolulu, Hawaii; Ph.D in Education Archives
October 2017
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