Hey IMMOOC Crew,
It has been an amazing first week. I have loved the videos, reading your blogs, and seeing connections to The Innovator’s Mindset, Empower and Learner-Centered Innovation. It has also been great to see the connections begin to form across participants. Remember that you get out of this what you put into it and the more you reach out, comment on blogs, share your ideas, questions, and observations, the deeper your learning.
Learning Experiences for Week 2: March 3- March 10:
This week the focus is on the following question: What conditions are critical to support learning and innovation?
1.YouTube Live (Monday)
I am excited to announce that we will have Angela Watson as our guest on our YouTube Live Session at 8pm EST, 5pm PST (Monday, March 5th). Angela is a trailblazing educator who continues to share resources and provide support that ensures teaching is more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. As the founder of Due Season Press and Educational Services, she has created printable curriculum resources, online courses, 4 books, the Truth for Teachers podcast, and the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club. You won’t want to miss it!
If you can’t make it to the live session, it will be archived on the Innovator’s Mindset YouTube Channel or you can listen to the podcast here.
2. Suggested Reading + Blog Prompts
The following blog prompts are intended for you to read, reflect, and share your insights. Suggested chapters are provided along with prompts but if there is something else that inspires you, we encourage you to share that too. Please use both the #IMMOOC and hashtag for the specific book # you are reading to share your blogs, highlights, and reflections. Also, please post your blog in the Facebook group as a comment under the “Season 4, week 2” post.
Innovator’s Mindset #InnovatorsMindset
Suggested Reading: Part 1
Review the “Critical Questions for Educators” in Chapter 2. Why are these important to understand those we serve in education? What other questions would you ask?
How do you embody the characteristics of the Innovator’s Mindset?
Empower #EmpowerBook
Suggested Reading: Chapters 1-3
“Student choice is the heartbeat of ownership and empowerment.” Respond to that statement and describe how you are honoring that statement.
How do you embrace technology as a way to “open up a world of learning opportunities and then give our students the chance to own those opportunities?”
Learner-Centered Innovation #LCInnovation
Suggested Reading: Chapters 2-4
How might you create or improve your innovation ecosystem that is described in Chapter 2?
What does your ideal classroom look like? What examples do you have that you can connect to the learner-centered experiences described in chapter 4?
3. Facebook Live Participant Interviews (Wednesdays)
Allyson Apsey will be hosting a Facebook Live session Wednesdays at 4:30 PST/7:30 EST to chat with Annick Rauch about how to create these conditions for innovation. Also, make sure you check out the last week’s conversation with the one and only Amber Teamann.
Join the Facebook group if you haven’t already and tune in.
4. Twitter Chats (Thursday)
Tara Martin, Annick Rauch, Allyson Apsey and I, will be hosting the Twitter chat on Thursdays at 6PST/ 9EST. Join us for a fun evening and lots of great ideas and connections.
Fun fact: Tara Martin, who might actually be a machine, was locked out last week because they thought she was a robot based on how many tweets she generated in an hour— I am still not convinced that she is not a machine but at the very least she is AMAZING and we all do our best to keep up:).
5. Weekly Challenge
Showing gratitude is one of the simplest and most powerful things that we can do for one another.
Reach out and thank someone that has helped create the conditions for learning and innovation and/or been influential in your growth as an educator. Tag them and share your gratitude with #IMMOOC #gratitude
We love learning with and from you. Thanks for all you do!
George, AJ, John + Katie