Stacy's Notes

Tech Tip Goconqr - Click here to sign up A free website for teachers and students. You can make mind maps, quizzes, digital notes, flashcards and slides to share. Below are links to short videos (about 2 minutes each) on how to use the various features of Goconqr.Mind mapsQuizDigital NotesFlashcardsSlides

Stacy's Notes"Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I'll remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." Chinese Proverb from It’s Not Us Against Them by Raymond J. McNulty

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1958). Kirov Ballet School Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-498d-a3d9- e040-e00a18064a99

Curriculum: How can GoConqr help student engagement?"So just why is thinking not much fun? For a start, it requires effort. Human beings are naturally resistant to squandering resources whenever effort is involved. However, do not think of this trait as laziness. Instead, it relates to a careful allocation of personal energies. Effort is a factor that has to be consistent with one's personal motivation and committed goals." ~ from Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn by John Hattie and Gregory Yates, p.5We see students putting effort into everything but school. I am amazed how they find ways around the school's network controls when they want to access blocked sites. If we want students to put the same energy into school we need to align their goals with our goals. GoConqr provides one way to do that by providing students a social media forum to be creative as well as learn.