Yesterday was a glorious day to spend outside. But inside there was a valuable video conference, free PD in PJs at The Educator Collaborative. So many rock stars in the education field all in one place. I couldn’t pass it up, so after a walk with my dog, I came inside to watch and learn.
Some of my online friends were there, too. I saw their Tweets. I’ve invited them to reflect on this conference as well, so I am hoping we will have other DigiLit link-ups today.
The first hang-out presentation that I watched was #PoetryLove with JoEllen McCarthy, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Janet Wong, Alan Katz, Kim Doele & Members of the Poetry Club. I enjoyed hearing some poems read aloud and the talk around how poetry has a place in the curriculum all year long. Amy is writing a poem a day to Wonders from Wonderopolis. My students love Wonderopolis, and I will show them Amy’s work this week as we begin our own poem a day writing projects.
Kim Doele shared how she leads a Poetry Club at her school and writes grants to get visiting poets to her school. Here is her post on hosting a poet at your school.
Catherine Flynn captured Mary Howard’s three power conditions that lead to deep reading.
Mary Howard repeated often that passion is important to reading. If we don’t have a passion for what we are reading, we will not be able to do deep thinking.
“Passion drives the deep thinking bus.” –Dr. Mary Howard
Joining Dr. Mary Howard was Linda Hoyt who discussed the importance of read aloud in every grade level. I loved how some Tweeters were capturing quotes in fancy backgrounds. The above Tweet was created by Leah O’Donnell.
Leah also captured her reflection about Kate Roberts and Maggie B Roberts’ closing session.
I used the notepad on my computer to capture thoughts.
After the closing session, I went to Walmart to buy a sketchbook to make a demonstration notebook. What a practical idea! Kate and Maggie have a video about this teaching tool on their website here.
This rich conference went on in my kitchen, my living room, and in my bedroom. It went wherever my laptop would go. I ate lunch, folded clothes, and took notes and notes. I will go back to the archived sessions that I didn’t see. Thanks to Chris Lehman and his fabulous team for this free and amazing video series.
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Margaret – Thanks again for hosting! I thought yesterday’s EdCollabGathering was awesome. I’m heading back now to view some sessions I couldn’t watch yesterday. So much to learn!!
Thanks for sharing this. I’ll be sure to check the recordings.
I like the idea of demonstration notebooks; my students and I have used interactive notebooks, with one page being notes and the adjacent page their demonstration or a note to the piece that demonstrates ( digital or analog).
I did not continue this year, thinking we’d go paperless. I need to revisit the notebook, or rethink the digital. Pulling out the notebook as a resource was always so helpful for students. Although this year we did have a central place online for resources, we needed a table of contents to find the writing strategies and examples quickly, more organized. We used a class Google Slides and Google Classroom as reference points. Students did use and appreciate access from anywhere! And their demonstrations were comments in Google Docs which they copied and referred to in their reflections.
Sounds as if you all had a great time with the EdCollab gathering. I watched one, but was at the bookstore much of the day. I love your poem, Margaret. Will mowers really come and mow them all?
I love this post Margaret! I wasn’t able to watch all of these sessions. So grateful that I can still go back and enjoy!
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This is a great recap, Margaret. There are ideas from each session I viewed that I want to share, and other sessions I still want to see. It was so energizing to be part of this gathering! I’ll have something to share later today or tomorrow.
Margaret, I will get to this recap and reflection soon. I truly enjoyed the EdCollab Gathering and welcomed your take aways. I especially liked that you led me to Kate and Maggie’s video.
Since I just came from yoga I appreciate your line, like yoga we are all coming from different places.
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Thank you for hosting this forum, Margaret. I enjoyed reading your reflections and will tune in for the Poetry session in the #EdCollabGathering archives. There were so many great sessions going on simultaneously that I missed this one.
As you know, You Tube would not load, and so I will have to catch up on these sessions over Spring Break – but, your poem captured for me some of the essential learning of the day, Margaret. Thank you!