Real Learning Real Accomplishment features 19 authors including @lusettlesyoung.bsky.social @mikelubelfeld.bsky.social @briankcreasman.bsky.social @imcraddock.bsky.social and many more voices including students #edusky www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin...

Real Learning Real Accomplishment is written by authors describing how they transform states, districts, schls, classrooms so kids in diverse demographic & geographic spaces get real, engaging, connected learning & can show learning evidence not just scores www.amazon.com/Real-Learnin... #edusky

love this post @deannamascle.bsky.social learning is a process and product of passion - we are born passionate learners and determined to do big things —

First day of tching - what do you do? I pulled a snake out of a pillowcase (kind of inquiry lesson) and almost got fired. The principal said”if I fired you, how would you ever learn to tch?” And, I gained a mentor for life. #firstday 4/4

First days of school - what do you do? A fav middle school tchr asked kids if they could learn to make anything, what would it be? spirited discussion about money, music, and food #firstday 3/4

First days of school- what do you do? A fav high school physics tcher took classes outside to observe tools being used to accomplish tasks - not an overview of syllabus but a lesson in observing phenomena 2/4 #firstday

If students forget what we teach, it may be a sign that we need to build stronger connections to help them hold on to it. 🪢

Memory isn’t built by covering content once—it comes through retrieving, connecting, using, and revisiting over and over, until it sticks. 🔄

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After teaching a concept, challenge students to use it in a mini-task: sketch a quick cartoon 🧑🎨, draft a fake text message or tweet 📱, or explain the concept to a younger student 💬.

Ask them to create, connect, or solve using the skill—the goal is not to summarize the concept but use it.

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thank you for keeping this conference growing, thriving, and pushing us all to expand our horizons about what’s possible when we make learners a key voice in their learning