I think I have written about my try before you buy style, but this week, on a whim, I narrowed it down. It started in math class, but it has been working for everything. I told students that we are going to be Explorers this year in all our subjects, but it it means we actually have to take risks and not be worried to change.
A student pointed out today that it was like the scientific method, which I thought was absolutely brilliant! It is essentially. It works, and it give students a good model for risk taking. Today we did that with a gallery walk on goal setting. Students wrote down goals that they could have for their lives (I gave them the four categories). We then practiced leaving kind, specific, and helpful feedback on their goals. As we continue to work on how to set goals and reflect on the, we will be introducing S.M.A.R.T. goals, but it was great to hear kids already saying, "That goal doesn't really tell you what you need to do to achieve it." Oh man, the gold, the sheer gold.
#goald
A student pointed out today that it was like the scientific method, which I thought was absolutely brilliant! It is essentially. It works, and it give students a good model for risk taking. Today we did that with a gallery walk on goal setting. Students wrote down goals that they could have for their lives (I gave them the four categories). We then practiced leaving kind, specific, and helpful feedback on their goals. As we continue to work on how to set goals and reflect on the, we will be introducing S.M.A.R.T. goals, but it was great to hear kids already saying, "That goal doesn't really tell you what you need to do to achieve it." Oh man, the gold, the sheer gold.
#goald