I have been thinking for a couple of weeks now about my
#OneWord. I’m interested and invested in so many things that it was hard to
narrow down my focus to one word.
The OneWord Short
List
On the ‘short list’ is: Perseverance This word is a
front-runner because it’s an element of the #GrowthMindset and something my
school has been talking about and working on for over a year. My colleagues and
I worry about the seeming-lack of perseverance in a large number of our
students. We talk often about how to encourage and develop it in them (with
them?). Perseverance is something I practice in my role as a student advocate –
sometimes the roadblocks and barriers are high or solid and/or numerous and I
need to persist in breaking or dismantling them and/or teaching students how to
go around and over them.
Next on the short list: Empower: I’ve been reading the
#InnovatorsMindset by @gcouros and I am excited about being mindful of
empowering my students so that they can be successful and engaged in their
learning, and hopefully reaching their goals and making themselves proud.
And the third word is: Create: I want to create this year.
I want to create effective differentiated
lessons on D2L. I want to create an
interactive website for my #TLLP. I want to create interesting, thought-provoking blogs. I want to create content, not merely consume it!
AND THE WINNER IS…..
CREATE! My #OneWord is CREATE!
Phew! I feel so much better now that that’s been decided!
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