#FSBL, #YesAnd, #DTk12, #MVPSchool

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Tue, Jul 02 2013 14:05:35

#FSBL –> #YesAnd –> #DTk12 –> #MVPSchool

HOW MIGHT WE weave together: 1) a blog post about student-driven learning, 2) explorations by a father and two sons, and 3) two incredible educators working to blur the lines between “school” and “real life?”

  1. For me, a wonderful convergence happened today. First, while reading this morning, I benefitted mightily from “Start with Why: The power of student-driven learning” by Shelley Wright.
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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Start with Why: The power of student-driven learning plpnetwork.com/2013/06/21/sta… via @plpnetwork & @wrightsroom #MustRead

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 05:38:35

  3. Then, my two sons and I embarked on a Father-Son-Based-Learning journey to Sope Creek Park. Near the end of that trip, I highlighted one of the posts from our adventure for @SciTechyEdu. In exemplary improv and design-thinking form, she “yes-and’ed” me. Beautifully, another extraordinary team member of mine from Mount Vernon chimed in with more “yes-and’s.” Now, we have the nucleus of a pretty amazing opportunity for unifying and integrating curriculum and instruction around a core idea of natural area surrounding our school and the water-based challenges we face as a community.
  4. Here’s the #FSBL – in 9 quick auto-posts that are generated when my sons and I create an #FSBL observation-journal entry.
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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Exploring Sope Creek Park #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT57V

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 07:46:35

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Learning to navigate & map read #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT57Z

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:03:00

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Fascinated by fungi #fsbl wp.me/p3fWuN-bT583

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:16:24

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Roots #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT587

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:18:20

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Sibley Pond, Sope Creek Park, #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58b

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:27:46

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Weird fungi #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58f

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:42:32

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Scat. #fsbl wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58j

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 08:53:11

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Tree ooze. #FSBL wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58n

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 09:07:17

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Info board. Natl Park Service. #FSBL, @scitechyedu wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58r

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 09:10:57

  14. And here’s where Mary joins in our learning journey and expands the potential of a future project/challenge exploration…
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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    Yes plant & animal id, geocaching, trail maint. &… RT @boadams1: Info board Natl Park Service #FSBL, @scitechyedu wp.me/p3fWuN-bT58r

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:13:47

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @scitechyEDU YES, AND! HMW…

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:24:02

  17. And here’s where Chris jumps in and expands the opportunity and potential even further…
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    chris andres@chrisandres003
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU YES and include water table info; explore h2o rights, too

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:26:35

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @chrisandres003 Yes! And could write to Upper Hooch River Keepers, apply for grant, etc. @scitechyEDU

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:28:50

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    chris andres@chrisandres003
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU YES and design water usage/conservation plan for MVPS, S. Spings, etc.

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:33:58

  21. Mary connects our ideating to a resource from Stanford d.school…
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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    @chrisandres003 @boadams1 look at this H20 design thinking challenge stanford.edu/group/d-loft/c…

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:38:35

  23. And she moves to implementation by moving us to “WHEN & WHERE.” This moves ideas to action.
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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    @boadams1 @chrisandres003 I will b in i.Design lab all next week workin’ & strategizing on the ZBoards… Swing by…

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:40:55

  25. And Chris commits to joining such implementation and #ActionEd…
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    chris andres@chrisandres003
    @scitechyEDU @boadams1 love where this is going! I’ll try and swing by Monday. Name a time

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 10:45:06

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @chrisandres003 @scitechyEDU Me, too. Love this impromptu #YesAnd #dtk12 #LetsMakeItHappen Blessed to work w/ u #mvpschool #ActionEd-ucators

    Tue, Jul 02 2013 11:02:28

  28. For me, this is an incredible example of how a simple commitment to community exploration and discovery (#FSBL) can connect with other ideas and possibilities for reimagining and recreating school. Together, I believe Mary, Chris, and I (and others) will make something happen from this ideation. It is this openness and exuberance and design-mindedness that makes me so excited to work with #MVPSchool faculty and leadership. For me, Mary and Chris translated ideation into innovation. Thanks, you two!

Learning to ride a bike – old school.

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My six-year-old son, JT, is learning to ride a bike. We’ve been so convinced by the compelling and current research coming from folks like Horace Mann and the Prussian Army that we’ve decided to enroll JT in cycling school.

The school’s named “Cycle Riding Ultimately Deconstructed Academy.” Or C.R.U.D. Academy, for short.

JT’s day at C.R.U.D. is organized into several 45 minute periods.

  • 8:00 – 8:45 is Handle Bars and Grips
  • 8:50 – 9:35 is Pedals and Cranks
  • 9:40 – 10:25 is Shifters and Gears
  • 10:30 – 11:15 is Balance

After lunch…

  • 12:00 – 12:45 is Steering and Braking
  • 12:50 – 1:35 is Tubes and Tires
  • 1:40 – 2:25 is Frames

Every Friday, JT will take quizzes and tests in each course. Because the school is very cutting edge, we’ll actually be able to see all of his multiple-choice assessments online. I can’t wait to see his performance on the test where he selects the diagram of a person with good balance. And in the fall and spring, JT will take the CRCTs – Cycle Ready Components Test. From those results, not only will we have a better bead on JT’s cycling cognition, but the school will also be able to determine who the best biking teachers are. That’s a win-win.

His mom and I are very excited for the school term to conclude so that we can then take JT to bike with us. He should be so well prepared to put all of those content areas together into an integrated whole. The school told us they wish they could offer such an experiential course, but there’s just not enough time in the day with all of the content to cover. We said we totally understand.

We were thrilled to find a cycling academy that draws from the decades and decades of systemic wisdom from industrial-age structuring of school. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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#Pedagography and a spontaneous, invaluable learning session

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Sun, Jun 23 2013 13:00:50

#Pedagography and a spontaneous, invaluable learning session

This morning, while re-reading and studying Heath Bros. #Decisive (and prepping for upcoming #MVPSchool Leadership Council retreat), I was playing with some new ideas about #PedagogicalMasterPlanning.

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Studying #Decisive, a new vein of thinking about PMP has opened up for me – “pedagography” #Pedagography Mapping school T&L ecosystem

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:05:51

“Widening my options” and thinking about PMP, I began to wonder more about a school instructionally mapping (like curriculum mapping but with more focus on methodology). Literally seeing a map in my mind’s eye, I grew more and more curious about a school engaging in cartography of its teaching and learning ecosystem. I have been thinking of PMP with analogy of architectural blueprints, and today more about cartography and mapping came into view.

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    In #Pedagography, “plan” takes on diff connot than in “strategic plan.” More a plan in terms of a map… like “floor plan.” (Cartography)

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:14:54

I decided again to “Find Someone Who’s Solved Your Problem” and put out a search inquiry on Twitter.
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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Does anyone know of K12 schls that have tried to “pedagogically map,” like some have curricularly mapped? #Pedagography #AllHelpAppreciated

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:19:24

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    Shelley Krause@butwait
    @boadams1 Favorite question of the day so far, that! Will keep my antennae up for you…

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:20:22

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @butwait Thanks so much Shelley! You’ve got some of the most incredible antenna in the business! #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:21:30

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    Shelley Krause@butwait
    @boadams1 [blushing] Aww, thanks, Bo! I have some pretty fantastic help. Have you seen this? edutopia.org/blog/education… #gristforthemill

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:22:55

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    #Pedagography can help create _confidence_ in #EdTransformation work, like map boosts journey confidence. ow.ly/i/2qH9H #Decisive

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:49:38

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @leadlearnlab Thanks for RT! Have asked Q before, but not quite this way. Really appreciate any insight you gather/offer! #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:51:52

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    Leading is Learning@leadlearnlab
    @boadams1 sadly, I don’t know anyone who does this. But perhaps we throw it out to the #innolead cohort this week. I’ll report back.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:00:01

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @leadlearnlab that’d be great. Thx. #AllHelpAppreciated #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:01:05

Some of my tribe members had teased me about the hashtag #PedagogicalMasterPlanning, and I reached out to these great thinkers by introducing the new hashtag #Pedagography – the art and science of create maps of our pedagogical ecosystems in schools – our teaching and learning landscapes, so to speak.

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @lottascales @jgough Based on new vein of thinking this am (big epiphany), changing #PedagogicalMasterPlanning to #Pedagography #ShorterHT!

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:06:46

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @boadams1 @jgough in the spirit of DO , I suggest #pedaGOgraphy

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:08:32

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @scitechyEDU Thanks, Mary! I’m now wondering how #Pedagography might be like #LewisAndClark to #GoogleEarth processes, insights, etc.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:09:25

Adjacent possibilities and some mental playwork deepened and stretched my thinking.

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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    @lottascales @boadams1 @jgough hmmm what about #pedaGEOgraphy

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:15:06

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough mapping, shaping and cultivating the learning landscape? Maybe it’s #pedagogicalyardwork

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:22:33

Then, I think we began to check for shared understanding.

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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    . @boadams1 can U tweet difference bt pedagogically map vs curriculum map? Didnt U post article/2 on this? MayB #isedchat #21stedchat topic

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:11:54

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @scitechyEDU Great Q! Curric map seems more WHAT/WHEN. Largely content. #Pedagography is that WHY & HOW More re #instructionalmethodology

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:15:57

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @scitechyEDU @lottascales @jgough This am, began to see PMP more like cartography than architectural planning, per se. #Pedagography (1/2)

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:18:37

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @scitechyEDU @lottascales @jgough (2/2) So #Pedagography like the work of cartographer ethnographer. To create “maps” of the T&L ecosystem

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:20:47

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough I like ethnography cartography. Then what happens? Shape path & critical moves fr where ur to where ur going?

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:31:46

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough Exactly! And like a map, there are multiple paths, journeys, destinations. All informed by #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:36:30

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    Mary Cantwell@scitechyEDU
    @boadams1 @lottascales @jgough Pulling @jbrettjacobsen N2 convo all of this reminds me of the airline hub flights image esp ATL as the hub

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:41:57

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough are all headed 4 same destination? Can learners go “off the map” intentionally or serendipitously? (1/2)

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:41:17

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough I like this metaphor. Want learners to have tools to navigate the map and make their own. (2/2)

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:42:20

And other super-thinkers entered the conversation. We really had quite a Stephen Johnson “coffee house” going – with ideas and hunches colliding to form new ideas and possibilities.

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    Nishant N. Mehta@NishantMehta
    @lottascales @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough Loving your conversation! Powerful thinking this am. Appreciate being able to eavesdrop!

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:46:36

I could have taken notes privately. All to myself. But then I would have missed out on these incredible educators weighing in, inquiring about things, and enhancing my thinking.

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @NishantMehta @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough @jbrettjacobsen @ideaguy42 Just “ooching” a bit re: #Pedagography after #Decisive study

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:48:31

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    Nishant N. Mehta@NishantMehta
    @boadams1 @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough Does this open up differentiated outcomes for all, not just a differentiated process?

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:49:09

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @NishantMehta @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough <fingers crossed!> #pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:51:20

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @NishantMehta Others have intro’d Gr8 ideas. For me, core of #Pedagography abt mapping out TL ecosystems @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:52:26

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    Bob Dillon@ideaguy42
    @lottascales @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @jgough enjoying lurking on this; what if the map is 3D?

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:51:22

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @ideaguy42 @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough YES And! #Pedagography when well done, would surely be 3D rendered!

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:54:07

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    Jill Gough@jgough
    @boadams1 @lottascales @scitechyEDU Love this thinking! Am wondering about GPS guidance when feeling (or actually) lost. #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:57:39

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    Nishant N. Mehta@NishantMehta
    @boadams1 @ideaguy42 @lottascales @scitechyEDU @jgough Love that this includes learners too, not just teacher’s viewpoint as most curr maps.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 07:58:09

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    @jgough Love GPS. Seems that that depends on solid mapping. #Pedagography @lottascales @scitechyEDU @NishantMehta @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:00:25

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    Jill Gough@jgough
    @boadams1 @lottascales @scitechyEDU @NishantMehta @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen Agree. Solid mapping critical for diff paths & trailblazers.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:17:17

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    Nishant N. Mehta@NishantMehta
    @boadams1 @jgough @lottascales @scitechyEDU @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen Who’s the “voice” of the GPS? #Pedagography

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:12:55

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    Shelley Paul@lottascales
    @NishantMehta @boadams1 @jgough @scitechyEDU @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen GPS voice changes acc to context? Self, peer, teacher, community.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:15:52

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    Jill Gough@jgough
    @lottascales @NishantMehta @boadams1 @scitechyEDU @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen GPS voices offer choice. balance learner preference & need.

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:27:17

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    Nishant N. Mehta@NishantMehta
    @boadams1 @jgough @lottascales @scitechyEDU @ideaguy42 @jbrettjacobsen #ATL folks, it was gr8 to join u today. Look fwd to meeting in person

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 08:27:17

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    Bo Adams@boadams1
    Know any K12 schls trying to “pedagogically map,” like some curric map? #Pedagography #AllHelpAppreciated #EdChat #CPChat #ISEDChat #SatChat

    Sun, Jun 23 2013 06:56:19

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