Student group projects can seem tired and lack the learning impact we had planned for but what if student groups were self initiating, self accountable to the learning at the core of the project? Being Agile with our students, we can do just that.
How To: Help A Student Team Find It's Values And Beliefs
Now that you know What Agile With Students is and Why you would use Agile with students from my last post, let's start exploring How to come up with a team's beliefs. In this post, I will offer up an example activity you could use with your students to help them find their team's beliefs.
Teacher Talk and Student Talk
I had the most profound experience as an instructional coach the other day. I was in a discussion with a group of teachers that I hadn't worked with before and we got on the topic of teacher talk vs. student talk. As I was listening to a teacher discuss this point, I asked a question that stopped everyone in their tracks, "Is teacher talk bad?"
Be Clear And Explicit In Your Teaching
Being clear and explicit on the objectives for a lesson is one of the most effective teaching strategies you can use. As one of my core teaching concepts, clarity and simplifying your teaching to the most important aspects of any lesson will go a long way to help student achievement.