Open Conversations
Purpose of Open Conversations:
Connect, share ideas, and inspiration! Use the guiding question or topic to launch your conversation, but allow yourselves to follow the interests and curiosities of the group. Moderators may assist the conversation with a Circle protocol.
Rules of Open Conversations:
-Whoever attends was meant to be there
-Whatever happens was supposed to happen
-Whenever conversation starts is the right time for it to start
-When the conversation is over, it’s over
-Move with a click - if at any time you find yourself in a situation where you are neither learning nor contributing, feel free to use your two "feet" and join another conversation
*Chats will be saved for the Power 2 word cloud. Zoom sessions may be recorded.
What Is the Future of Education?
What will resilient schools and communities look like?
Moderator: Beth White, Big Picture Learning
These were the takeaways:
Our Question What Is the Future of Education?
What will resilient schools and communities look like?
1. The need to meet each other in the fullness of our humanity
2. A need for increasing opportunities for students to co-create their own learning starting with making sure the most marginalized students have the resources and supports they need
permission to be bold, wild, creative in the next iteration of what we see as schooling (especially from the agencies of education)
3. If we are going to think outside the box to rethink education we are going to need more.
4. More resources and more freedom to meet the needs of our youth and community.
5. Making the learning more broader for the student. Learn about the student more....interests? goals? how can we do this? Invite and explore more community resources. How do we get there?
That meaning and purpose in life should not be put prioritized as a lesser part of learning. It should be the underpinning of learning.