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There are so many firsts in the beginning of a teaching career. These last five years (not the musical version<\/a>, sadly) I\u2019ve had so many awesome new experiences. This year, however, is the first time I\u2019ve been able to take a second stab at a project. What a great way to put into practice what I\u2019ve been learning about growth mindset! The only way I can get better in my practice as a teacher is to try try again.<\/p>\n Before the break, my\u00a0students were\u00a0busy bees preparing their arguments for their upcoming debates connecting \u201cThe Book Thief\u201d to Canadian History using big ideas to unite the content of these seemingly separate areas of thinking. You can read my posts from last year about this project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Version 2.0 of this project is much more centred on fostering a growth mindset with my students using some pretty straightforward ed-tech-tools. Some of the basic changes are as follows:<\/p>\n 1) Students were filmed giving a basic, fun, and unrehearsed debate. I uploaded all the clips to a shared Google folder. They reviewed the clips of themselves and completed a reflection on their \u201cperformance\u201d. They judged themselves against a success criteria that we drafted together in class.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 2) Once they had their basic arguments formed, feedback was incorporated, and they had a simple debate script developed (all on Google docs), they filmed themselves (in partners) on iPads. Before they hit \u201crecord\u201d though, they had to review what they wanted to improve from their first filming and make efforts to improve this aspect with their second stab at it. Neither this stage or the first stage was evaluated with grades, to allow students the time and space to just make mistakes and learn from that process. All the videos were uploaded to a shared folder so I can view and comment on this assessment as learning experience, offering necessary feedback before their final debate.<\/p>\n 3) The next stage will be for students to reassess themselves using this same success criteria above, and make a plan for what they want to focus on with the presentation of their final debate. My hope is that this three-stage process can be added to the students\u2019 Blogfolios<\/a>, chronicling their learning and their growth over time.<\/p>\n I\u2019m surprised with how simple yet powerful it has been for students to be confronted with themselves so clearly. It\u2019s impossible to ignore the weird fidgeting, constant \u201cums\u201d, or shifty eye contact when you are looking right at yourself. If anything, students are TOO critical of themselves when viewing the recorded presentations.<\/p>\n But leveraging the \u201csquirm factor\u201d and obvious emotional reactions of watching yourself on screen is such a powerful way to promote authentic reflection and growth. I\u2019m excited to see if the pay off is stronger final presentations!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are so many firsts in the beginning of a teaching career. These last five years (not the musical version, sadly) I\u2019ve had so many awesome new experiences. This year, however, is the first time I\u2019ve been able to take a second stab at a project. 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