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Mar 20Liked by Dan Meyer

She clarified the learning target is beyond the steps it takes to get to the target.

BTW, I have to prepare myself before reading your posts. I know they are going to challenge the current rhetoric and I will have to reconsider my opinions. Thank you.

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Mar 20Liked by Dan Meyer

At 1:15 (https://youtu.be/5w2l2P-Jfhc?si=CwLQpis7aBzbfJeO&t=75), the teacher focuses the class on listening to the student and centers HIS ideas in that moment. She then uses his contribution to connect to the pattern she wants all students to notice.

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Marni and Joseph are spot on - I would add that the reference to the earlier slide is a nice call back to resources and models how to use those resources to help figure this problem out.

Also - "Every generation gets excited about a cheat code, and sometimes more than one, but at a certain point you should wonder if education isn’t harder than it looks." For the love, yes, this. Thank you for writing!

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Ethan Mollick: “I don’t work here.”

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