Redwood City

Notes / Transcription


LESSONS FROM TIMELINE
  • Relationships - teachers and others
  • Confidence is importnat
  • Some of the most significant ed exxperiences happened outside of school
  • Emotional component to learning
  • Value of internal motivation / being self-directed

SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN 21ST CENTURY
  • Being respectful
  • Positive outlook / emotional IQ
  • Risk-taker
  • Technologically capable
  • Perseverance
  • Technologically innovative
  • Perspective
  • Problem-solver
  • Cognitive awareness
  • Balance
  • Social skills
  • Experienced / expertise
  • Character / integrity / honesty
  • Flexibility / flexible expectations
  • Self-motivated / independent / entrepreneurial
  • Goal-setting
  • Able to follow directions
  • Hard worker
  • Leadership
  • Visionary

PERSONAL LEARNING PLAN IDEAS
  • From timeline lessons
    • Focus on relationships / building them; don't be passive.  E.g., invite teachers to dinner
    • Allow for mistakes
    • Recognize strengths--schools often focus on what's wrong
    • Find things you care about outside of formal schooling
    • Don't equate difficulty with failure:  YOU ARE NOT DEFECTIVE
    • Look for mentors
    • Parent(s):  allow for choice and agency
  • From 21st Century Skills
    • Learn technology
    • Take technology classes
    • Build a personal learning reading list **
    • Pesonality tests - talk about
    • Go to graduate school on yourself
    • Make a challenge list **
    • Make time to experiment
    • Make an interview list **
AHA'S:
  • How non-academic this list is
  • Great for students
  • "Rebooting"

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