Friday, December 1, 2017

Spread a book with posters...

Here's another way to spread a book.   Post SELECTIONS of the book as POSTERS with a link to the book's free chapters at the bottom of the posters.

You can see the posters made from selections of Littky's book at TinyURL.com/LittkyPosters


Monday, November 27, 2017

The Model Classroom at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cleveland)

Perhaps the way to spread Dr. Littky's book is to quote other people.
Perhaps the way to get more people to read about TheThirdTeacherPlus.com is to write to principals who have engaged in innovative practices that are described in Littky's book, such as offering a flexible classroom
Recommended blog:  http://anneknock.com/tag/scil-vision-tour/  by Anne Knock

I saw a flexible "model classroom" in Stonefields School in Auckland, New Zealand.   Here is the link to the blogpost.  I highly recommend that you follow the work of Chris Bradbeer, the vice principal in 2012.
Blog by Chris Bradbeer  http://openlearningspaces.blogspot.com/   interesting observations about how to design a learning space for students


Search Results


Stonefields School | Stonefields School at the base of Mt Wellington

www.stonefields.school.nz/

Stonefields School in Stonefields Auckland. ... You are a light, not just in New Zealand, but in the world of education!" Kristin Anderson, Senior Director of ...
Missing: chronically ‎curious

Stonefields School | Learning

www.stonefields.school.nz/page/Learning/

The School's learning philosophy rests on the four key vision principles - Building Learning Capacity, Collaborating, Making Meaning and Break Through.

Reports from five schools - Chronically Curious (The Independent ...

https://theindependenteducator.blogspot.com/.../reports-from-five-schools-innovation...

Reports from five schools: innovation in Los Angeles, Sydney and Auckland ... Recommended blog: http://anneknock.com/tag/scil-vision-tour/ by Anne Knock ... Auckland Stonefields School elementaryschool ... Blog by Chris Bradbeer http://openlearningspaces.blogspot.com/ interesting observations about how to design a ...

This is my post from 2012 and it includes these highlights.  I recommend the full blog post at TINYURL.com/suncurious
LINK to STONEFIELDS


Auckland  Stonefields School   
elementary school

Blog by Chris Bradbeer  http://openlearningspaces.blogspot.com/   interesting observations about how to design a learning space for students
Bradbeer is an assistant principal at Stonefields School.
Key point:  The students talk about "breakthrough" and the importance of being confused and "in the pit."

Look for "The Pit Stonefileds" on Youtube.  remarkable kid
the pit stonefields auckland youtube



Stonefields2 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbGiMeLk_M

Jul 12, 2013 - Uploaded by Mark Treadwell
Two 11 year old learners at Stonefields School in Auckland New Zealand are interviewed by Mark Treadwell ...

Stonefields School Building Learning Capacity - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMB7b1rmmrM

Jun 26, 2012 - Uploaded by Sarah Martin
Visit www.stonefields.school.nz for more information about the School. ... The Pitas explained at Stonefields ...

The Learning Pit in action 2 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtiPkrcUES4

Apr 16, 2016 - Uploaded by Lorraine Will
The Learning Pit in action 2 ... The Pit as explained at Stonefields School inAuckland, New Zealand ...

01 Keeping the Learning Visible - Stonefields School ... - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxW_oQlnbqA

Dec 2, 2013 - Uploaded by Evaluation Associates Ltd
Find out how school leaders, teachers and students at Stonefields School keep ...The Pit as explained at ...

March 2013 Stonefields School Auckland New Zealand ... - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBptQX2-c8

Mar 19, 2013 - Uploaded by visual active
Visit to Stonefields it's more than the open learning spaces it's more than the ... March 2013 Stonefields ...

John Hattie ("Make Learning Visible") was a strong influence on the design of the Stonefields school's flexible layout and walls that display "work in progress."
Sydney SCIL center for innovative learning
Recommended blog:  http://anneknock.com/tag/scil-vision-tour/  by Anne Knock
scil blog by stephen harris  http://imaginelearning.tumblr.com/

Key point:  The Third Teacher is the wall.  What goes on your classroom walls?  How often do the posters change?

Anne Knock at a private school north of Sydney gave me a tour of the school, and introduced me to the term "The Third Teacher"  (Parents = #1, Teachers = #2, The walls and the environment = #3)

These thoughts come to mind when I read the following paragraph from a letter to alumni written by the current head of school, Fran Bisselle.

A committee of educators, school administrators and board members spent several months researching academic environment best practices for academic environments and they looked to forward-thinking secondary schools, colleges, universities and business firms for inspiration for the model classroom.

The model classroom is a bright and inviting space that encourages collaboration  All of the furnishings are easily moveable lending themselves to an endless array of configurations.  vastly expanding the number and type of lessons, pedagogies and activities that can be enacted.  There is no clearly delineated front of the room, and whiteboard paint has been applied to the majority of the wall space for write-on, wipe-off capabilities.  The room feature several flat screen touch monitors that connect to the Internet and allow for real-time screen sharing so that student and faculty devices may be displayed simultaneously.  



Well, after reading that description, I want to update my article on Chronically Curious.   I want to visit any teaching space that has extra whiteboards for students to write on.

Here are some suggestions about what could go on the walls, too, to assist with the learning.   FREE POSTERS from Dr. Fischler  www.TINYURL.com/FischlerPosters 

Visit with Dr. Clark about two key issues in education, University of Southern California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FAlTyBAjhIideo video about important issues in education
Look for posters to shift the culture of the classroom. 



The model classroom?  Wow.  Go to Auckland and Sydney and you'll see the modern classroom that's 5 years old.  I visited in 2013 and those schools perhaps have elaborated on those innovations.


SCIL in Sydney  (Terrey Hills, Australia)

SCIL · Lead the change


scil.com.au/

Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning is a school-based consultancy and innovation unit, leading change in education. Northern Beaches Christian School

What goes on the walls of the model classroom? 
Posters.  














Daniel Amen has a series of books about "Talk back to automatic negative thoughts."   As a teacher, I ask my students to deal with their negative thoughts.  Research shows that we tend to learn less and retain less when we are under stress.  It makes sense for teachers to ask students to reduce their stress by thinking positively and stop dwelling on the negative.



Posters that drive students to learn from the most annoying man on YouTube.  

Here are some links to Tai Lopez and his reading videos.
See a video by Tai where he lays out how to get an online business started.
Amen:  See the info about "ANTs and ANTeaters"

In fact, there are 5 posters that should be on the walls.  The ebook "Five Posters" is available for free download  TINYURL.com/Sun5posters


I hope you will read more about Hathaway Brown school.  Visit their website and learn about the Global Citizenship program.  The school has an eye-catching tagline, too:


If your time at school is a story, then who’s writing it?
At Hathaway Brown, the answer is simple and profound: you’re in charge.
Learn more here       I also suggest that you spend some time with Dennis Littky's work:
TINYURL.com/LittkyRadio   NPR show form 2005
TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter1    Free CHAPTER and TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter4