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they didn’t follow directions
Last week, I was honored to give a workshop at the MEF Convention.
It was about student engagement, so of course, I didn't come and lecture - I engaged with the crowd.
We played wordle, caught a beach ball, discussed choice cartoons and had a great time (while experiencing student engagement, of course.)
At the end of the session, I gave out a bag of ABC noodles and asked the participants to write a phrase for their takeaway, out of the ABC noodles. We were short on time, so I turned it into a race. Here are some takeaways:
And one group didn’t really follow directions. Here’s theirs:
(BTW the 4 C's are referring to the 4 C’s of 21st century learning. I only mentioned it in passing during the workshop but was so happy that they had such an important takeaway.)
The scattered noodles forming letters?
I loved it.
They thought out the box.
They were creative.
They didn’t follow the typical directions (of what I envisioned it would look like.)
These Morahs are awesome. Thinking in a creative way is a great 21st century skill. (and one of the 4 C's that they "noodle-d" about!)
If you’re on this email list - please reply & let me know it was you who make this one. I’d love to “meet” you again.
PS: If you're not sure what 4 C's I'm talking about (or even if you do!) here's an article I wrote for the COJDS journal - check out the digital version here) I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you agree? Disagree?
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If you love teaching, learning new things and bringing creativity and engagement into your classroom, then you're an ever growing educator, too. HI! 👋🏻
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