This is my latest post on Edutopia about incorporating digital storytelling in your classroom to empower student voice: http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/how-incorporate-digital-storytelling-empower-student-voice Here is an example of a digital story from one of my students. He is an English Language Learner and was nervous to record his voice, but I think he did an excellent job:
Month: February 2015
A guest post by David Garcia: “I am Community”
Here is a guest blog post written by David Garcia. David is a Middle School English Language Learner Teacher in Wisconsin, Innovation Coach, Co teach with Math and Language Arts teachers in 7th/8th Grades. I've learned a lot from David about perseverance, authenticity, and doing what's best for the kids. He is a great contributor … Continue reading A guest post by David Garcia: “I am Community”
Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are
Marty Keltz and Jena Ball started a campaign for #NotPerfectHatClub. It celebrates that all kids are perfectly not perfect. Many educators became part of this campaign to celebrate students' and our own imperfections. I loved the idea and wanted to be a fan as well. I wanted to share a picture of my #NotPerfectHat. Then I … Continue reading Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are
A Heart Felt Gift
My very talented friend Rebeca Zuniga, surprised me with this image yesterday to go along with my "Heart of Teaching" post on Edutopia. It's wonderful, thoughtful surprises like this that can brighten anyone's day.
Please Do Not Silence Me on Twitter
This post was triggered after reading a few blog posts lately about how "twitter is not the same as it was a few years ago" for educators. There's no need to mention any names, partly because it's unnecessary and because there are actually a few blogs out there with a similar narrative. These blogs tell … Continue reading Please Do Not Silence Me on Twitter
#SlowchatED: Educators Empowering Student Voice
This past week I had the lovely honour of moderating #slowchatED, and the topic was Student Voice. There was a lot of energy especially the first few days of the chat. Participants were driven to empower each other and discuss strategies and techniques they use in their classrooms to empower student voice. Let me preface this … Continue reading #SlowchatED: Educators Empowering Student Voice
Building The Writing Project
This post has been long overdue, since last weekend to be exact. I had the honour to hold two workshops at T4T 2015 MiniCon. The first one was about introducing The Writing Project, an essay writing app that we have been working on it for quite some time now. The second workshop was about blogging … Continue reading Building The Writing Project
#SlowchatED: Empowering Student Voice in the Classroom & Beyond
My Guest blog post for #SlowChatEd week of February 2. Topic is: Empowering Student Voice in the Classroom and Beyond.
Rusul Alrubail‘s guest blog post for #slowchatED Week of February 2.
Student voice and autonomy is so important to foster in a learning environment. When students are empowered in the learning process their motivation and engagement with learning automatically increases. The results are positive for both the teacher and students when students take charge and become active agents in their own learning.
I wrote about student autonomy a few months ago here: https://medium.com/teaching-learning/student-autonomy-e56bd45a7f51
This was my most recommended and viewed post for a while, and I think it’s because so many of us believe in the power of student voice.
Student voice is important because:
- It allows students to be empowered to learn.
- It creates active agents in the…
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