Thank you for another great week of sharing and learning through the #IMMOOC community. I have been inspired by the connections that have been made through this process. We are better together in this process, and in education in general.
We are lucky to have two great principals from the state of Texas. Amber Teamann and Matt Arend are visionary leaders in their work, and we will talk to them about their experience and learning, and we look forward to them discussing elements of Part 2 of “The Innovator’s Mindset“. Check below for the YouTube Live session happening tomorrow (March 12, 2017) at 8pm EST.
Weekly Blog Prompts
This week, we are going to try a little something different for the blog challenge. I encourage you to write 3 blog posts on the topics below, but keep them under 200 words. In fact, if you want to use visuals, video, or whatever, that works, but we are looking for short posts. We want people to try “short blogging”; not everything has to be a college essay, and this might encourage people to write with more consistency by switching it up. If you write over 200 words, it is totally fine, but try for the 3.
After you post, share out your blog posts using the hashtag #IMMOOC, plus #IMMOOCB1 for the first one, #IMMOOCB2 for the second, and #IMMOOCB3 for the third post. This way, we will have an idea of how many people completed the challenge.
Here are five prompts, but please feel free to modify, or do something totally different.
- How do you create or build on these conditions to support innovation? What has been the impact on those you serve?
2. What are your connections to the “School vs Learning image? What would you add or modify?
3. Which “what if” question challenges your thinking in the Innovator’s Mindset? What would you add to the list of what ifs?
4. Share some of your best ideas for building relationships and a culture of trust in your position?
5. Discuss your “vision” for education (this can be used as an “educational philosophy” statement at a later date so this might be a nice little push).
6. Your choice.
Week 3 “To-Do”
- Read Part 2 (Chapters 4-7) of “The Innovator’s Mindset”.
- “3 Short Blog” Challenge as listed above.
- Comment to three other blog posts from participants this week.
- Participate in the Twitter chat on Wednesday at 9pm EST. (Check the #IMMOOC hashtag to do this)
We lessened the “to-d0” list so people can really try to focus on posting consistently.
I hope that you are enjoying this experience as much as I am. It is amazing the amount of learning people do on their own time just to get better. Thank you for the inspiration you provide to myself, and so many others.
Have a great week!
