1. Making the Shift
Where will you go next?
Suzie Boss
Worcester Academy Workshop
June 11, 2013

4. Setting the Stage

5. What “It” Looks Like
A shifted learning experience is the kind of thing
that happens naturally “when students expect to
be connected learners.”
~Karl Fisch
Director of Tech, Arapahoe HS
Co-creator of Did You Know?

7. Brookwood School Efficient Cook Stove Project
www.edutopia.org/blog/stove-project-global-youth-action-suzie-boss

8. Today’s Challenge
How might we shift our practice at
Worcester Academy (and enjoy
the journey)?

9. Goals for Today

10. Warm-Up: From Here to There
Two truths (about your current
teaching and learning environment)
One wish (something specific you’d
like to see happen here in 2013-14)

12. Gather: Table Topics
Go to: tinyurl.com/wa6-11
Each table explores 1 “big idea” about shifting
education. (Count off by table #)
Talk at your tables: What catches your attention?
Report-out protocol: What? So what? Now what?

13. Change gears!

14. Brainstorming Warm-Up

16. Team Challenge #1
As a team of 4, brainstorm:
List as many tools and strategies as you can
think of for formative assessment.

18. Team Challenge #2
1. As a team of 4, develop one do-able “shift” that
could happen in your classroom or on your
campus this fall. Draw on today’s research.
2. Prepare to make your thinking visible with a
poster, skit, storyboard, illustration, slogan,
Tweet, or other artifact.
Push each other to be creative, take a
risk.
(Presentation time: no more than 3 minutes)

19. How do we give
and receive
feedback?

20. Practice Ron Berger’s 3 Rules

21. Practice Being Critical Friends
“I like …” (strengths of the project)
“I wonder…” (potential weaknesses)
“I have…” (ideas or resources to share)
Remember Ron Berger’s rules:
Be kind. Be specific. Be helpful.

23. Reflect: Where next?
On your own, write down one action step for
2013-14 that you want to think about over the
summer.

24. Keeping the End in Mind

25. How high can we aim?

27. Resources for Summer Exploration
Buck Institute for Education: www.bie.org
Edutopia: www.edutopia.org
What Kids Can Do: www.whatkidscando.org
#PBLchat: Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Eastern

29. Closing Thoughts
I likes…?
I wonders…?
I haves…?

30. @suzieboss
suzieboss@gmail.com