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Tag Archives: Grant Lichtman
Falconry: I believe in you…
Problems are what make us interested to learn more. Problems are the sign of a curious or creative mind. Problems are really just challenges in disguise. People who go looking for interesting problems are people who create and invent and … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Assessment, Learning, Questions, Reading, Reflection
Tagged Grant Lichtman, I Can, The Falconer
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#MICON13: Leading Learners to Level Up – or Ask; Don’t Tell
How might we design assessments that teach, support questioning, and motivate learning? How might we bright spot or highlight what learners know rather than what they do not know? What if we design and transform assessments, non-graded assessments, to offer … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Algebra, Assessment, Connecting Ideas, Grading, Learning, Presentations
Tagged #MICON13, Anne Conzemius, Dan Rothstein, Grading and Learning, Grant Lichtman, Jan O'Neill, Karin Morrison, Luz Santana, Make just one change, Making Thinking Visible, Mark Church, Ron Ritchhart, SMART goals, Susan Brookhart, The Falconer
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Falconry: problem-finding, find the dissonance
Identifying problems as a way to move others takes two long-standing skills and turns them upside down. First, in the past, the best salespeople were adept at accessing information. Today, they must be skilled at curating it— sorting through the … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Learning, Questions, Reading
Tagged Daniel Pink, Grant Lichtman, The Falconer, To Sell is Human
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Falconry: wise general listening to become a hero
Sun Tzu says: Hence a wise general makes a point of foraging on the enemy. This means that many aspects of the solution you seek lie within the problem itself. Come to the problem unburdened by preconceptions and use the … Continue reading
Falconry: multiply the diversity and scope of learning
Questions, however, can lead to many new points of information. Questions are the source of inquiry and creativity. They multiply the diversity and scope of the learning process. (Lichtman, 43 pag.) Isn’t this what we want for our learners? Am I … Continue reading
Falconry: power, influence, and persuasion jujitsu
… power leads individuals to anchor too heavily on their own vantage point, insufficiently adjusting to others’ perspective. (Pink, 72 pag.) I agree. This is really yet another call to focus on learning rather than teaching. If I, the teacher, … Continue reading
Falconry: value, honor, and ask questions
Questions are waypoints on the path of wisdom. Each question leads to one or more new questions or answers. Sometimes answers are dead ends; they don’t lead anywhere. Questions are never dead ends. Every question has the inherent potential to lead … Continue reading
Falconry: Feedback loops, communication, and formative assessment
Reading from Step 1: The Art of Questioning of The Falconer: What We Wish We Had Learned in School. By learning to insert feedback loops into our thought, questioning, and decision-making process, we increase the chance of staying on our desired path. Or, … Continue reading
Falconry: Seeking balance between agitation and irritation
Reading from Step 0: Preparation of The Falconer: What We Wish We Had Learned in School. The excitement of learning, the compelling personal drive to take one more step on the path towards wisdom, comes when we try to solve a problem we … Continue reading
Posted in Questions, Reading, Reflection
Tagged Argue, Aspire, Assumption, Daniel Pink, Grant Lichtman, The Falconer, To Sell is Human
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