Keynote Address Monday, March 5 :
Stories of Schooling and being Schooled
4 Teachers share Moth inspired stories from their Classrooms:
Key Elements of Moth Method: (Can be used in class setting)
- The story must be:
- True (Authentic)
- Delivered in 5-10 Minutes (Must be edited and rehearsed)
- Involve some element of change in speaker (Has a personal “So What?”)
- Must be Consistent with a Moth Session Theme (e.g. Schooling and being schooled”)
Four teachers shared stories. Consistent themes:
- Being Authentic, Be your self
- Be Human with your students
- Sometimes Vulnerable
- Courage
- Speech Assignment Topic Criteria
- Student selected topics must be discuss-able.
- Will discuss, review and peer edit with classmates
- Students must be willing to make speech to class audience
- Must be willing to practice to make it audience-ready
- Students must be willing to engage in follow up discussion after speech
- Be human discussing the topic
- Student selected topics must be discuss-able.
Highlighted ideas from talks related to teaching:
- How do you get 20 2nd graders to behave while on a class trim on a NYC Subway?
- Have them play a prank, by acting lights adults riding to work.
- Student Quote: “So many meetings …”
- Have them play a prank, by acting lights adults riding to work.
- Student response to elaborate, multi media #fight the media.
“Can’t we just write an essay.” The best laid plans … - Teacher used 36 NYT Relationship questions with student while playing competitive Connect 4 with a hard to engage students. Barriers came down.
- School experiences are memorable. Adult former student sees Grade 2 teacher on the street in NYC. Vividly recalls how she “almost died” in an authentic Oregon Trail simulation.
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