
#Reflect31 Day 12
Day 12: Vision Every year we are given a blank slate and the opportunity to start a new. With the opportunity to reflect and reimagine, what is your vision for your upcoming school year. Share your thoughts and reflections creatively. Quote of the Day: “The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world. - Malcolm Gladwell Song of the Day: “One Vision” - Queen https://youtu.be/0_1IMZmJe-U?list=PLJ5TX6O3NF7AN-vYAEWGnFXkG2dQkxxZj

#Reflect31 Day 11
Day 10 wrap - up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect13-day-10 Day 11: Imagine Possibilities Anyone else still have a hard time sleeping the night before the first day of school? I think I always will because my brain full of the exciting possibilities for the upcoming school year. Use your imagination and consider all the possible successes for you and your students this school year, then reflect on how you will make it happen. Quote of the Day: “My favourite words are

#Reflect31 - Day 10
Day 9 wrap - up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect31-day-9-55c9411e5fe9678574dccff8 Day 10: Routines and Structures Reflect on your daily routines, procedures, the structures you have in place in your classroom that create for a happy and safe learning environment. What was awesome? What worked? What needs improvement? Where will you tweak, changes, update? Is it important to be creative with routines and structures? Share your thoughts and reflections creatively. Quo

#Reflect31 Day 9
Day 8 wrap - up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect31-day-8 Day 9: Uncover Complexities What are the complex things that you uncover throughout your journey as educator? The day to day complexities, as well as the long term complexities. Share your reflections concerning how you uncover, work with, deal with and overcome these complexities creatively. Quote of the Day: “The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.” - Douglas Horton Song of the Day: "Air" - Bach http

What is #Reflect31
#Reflect31 Update Eight Days In………….. What is #Reflect31? Where are the instructions? Good questions… it’s not like our previous #K12ArtChallenge(s) for June and July. This is more of a thinking challenge; we hope to help move teachers into a great mindset for the 2015-2016 school year by spending some time contemplating and reflecting on key words pertaining to education. There is a brief statement, quote and song posted each day that relates to the key word or words and

Bushido - The Start of a Stronger Classroom Community
Just wanted to share with everyone an article that was posted to Education Closet. Check it out and let me know what you think! Bushido article Thanks, Matt

#Reflect31 Day 8
Day 8: Wonder What does wonder mean to you? imagination? Play? Reflect on the words wonder. How you encouraged wonder previously, what will you do to allow for wonder this year? What could wonder do for your students? Share what you WONDER creatively. Quote of the Day: “I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.” - Johnny Depp Song of the Day: “Is it any wonder” Keane https://www.you

#Reflect31 Day 7
Day 6 wrap - up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect31-day-6 Day 7: Form Conclusions Consider your process for forming conclusions, how do you teach this to students? What do we do to allow students to slow down enough to observe all the details before jumping into the solution or activity? After reflecting on these questions share your response creatively. Quote of the Day: “I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.” - Charles

#Reflect31 Day 6
Day 6: Consider Viewpoints Perspective is a funny thing, siblings can be raised in the same family and come out with totally different viewpoints about their parents, similarly students can sit in the same classroom and come out with a variety of perspectives on learning. Reflect on the various viewpoints and individuals you interact with daily, then share creatively. Quote of the Day: “When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I shar

#Reflect31 Day 5
Day 4 wrap - up: https://storify.com/GrundlerArt/reflect31-day-4 Day 5: Making Connections Our job as educators involves making LOTS of connections, connections in learning, relationship connections, etc. reflect on previous connections you’ve made and the impact they have had on instruction, then share creatively. Quote of the Day: We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term mo