NEIT+2017+-+Open+Space+4F

NEIT 2017 - Open Space 4F

Monclair Kimberly Academy: Erica Budd
 * Used to have the student create PP presentations for conferences
 * Last spring the Consortium for College Success came out with the idea of a Locker (Curated collections of stuff)
 * Worked for 6 months on a Portfolio focused study: how you get teachers to encourage students to post; what's the PURPOSE of the portfolios
 * The faculty pushed back (twice a semester, advisor requirements)
 * For the coming school year they're creating a "habit of selection" and focusing on getting students to reflect meaningfully on their passions, interests, growth, etc.
 * **You need to teach them to reflect first--> then focus on posting/sharing**
 * They're gathering right now (what are you proud of? What shows growth?)
 * Topics: How have your club choices changed over the years?
 * We need to be able to go back and reflect on things to see who you are/becoming as a learner

Dalton: Kristie Guiliano (kguiliano@dalton.org)
 * Using SeeSaw with math right now
 * Kids are pushing back ("I don't like to explain it out loud but I get it in my head!") but that's a skill they need to develop
 * How do they organize? Are they organized?
 * Focusing on longevity: seesaw really works best if you pay for it, and it tracks their progress
 * They want to use it in the lower school, but it's too young to use for upper grades
 * What's the cut off point? And how do you take stuff down from SeeSaw? It goes into Drive. So should we just have a Drive folder in the first place?

Aaron Kelliner: Pingry School
 * They need to start earlier: they start in 2nd grade
 * Have a sentence starter ("I feel...") teaches them how to reflect

Verne: The Town School
 * Encourage the kids to reflect-->
 * Hybrid system: it's a binder with print outs, and has a list of their digital projects
 * Portfolio is used solely for parent-teacher conferences, and no one cares outside of that
 * Teachers are using SeeSaw to document their work

Aaron:
 * That's because the burden is mainly on the teachers, not on the students. PUT THE ONUS ON THE STUDENTS

Dwight Englewood: Christine
 * has students use Explain Everything
 * it's for the kids, not the parents

Pingry: Aaron
 * Subscribing parents to portfolios can lead to some dark places (parents comparing, parents reading and commenting, etc)

Montclair: Erica
 * Subscribing peers might also be an issue-- it's giving kids a certain amount of "Oh so and so did better than me, did worse than me, etc. etc." pressure

Dwight Englewood: Christine
 * has kids take screenshots of activity

Pingry School: Aaron
 * Uploading to Seesaw/recording a reflection is the final step of a project-- DON'T WAIT until the end of the week of the kids won't remember what they did at all

Town School: Verne
 * How do your teacher share content? Do they share content?

LREI: Clair Segal csegal@lrei.org
 * teachers use Recap for video responses and homework submission (Math and World Language)

Dalton: Kristin Guillard
 * Wants to do a QR Museum-- digital content posted via QR code around the school to share with everyone