Robin Watson

Creative teams enjoy geography games. @coppelleast #EastUnity

Advice from a Landform. @coppelleast #EastUnity

Life Lessons from “The Dig”@coppelleast #EastUnity

UPstander project- students discovered many examples of Upstanders from history to our present day. @dhhrm_org #EastUnity

Tara's Word Wall shows various ways for kids to create with audio, video, images as well as text. #CISDLearns

Yes to keeping both the Zoom and PD options #CISDLearns

A5. Face to Face will bring back the physical activities, games, songs w/ gestures, team competitions, vocab card games ... #CISDLearns

A4. For newcomers, I work to reduce their stress. They start off over-whelmed with "too many words" coming so fast. I make them know they are in a safe place with people who are confident in them. #CISDLearns

A3. I wonder what accessibility tools would help the Newbies? #CISDLearns

A3 Schoology Accessibility features like the options in Amp tests to click and drag for labelling, ordering and matching; this measures understanding instead of writing. #CISDLearns

A2 With a very small group, children or adults; they need stems, vocab, or pictures at hand to rely on. Looking directly and making the human connection when I speak, but allowing them to look away when they are formulating their response. The tug of communication. #CISDLearns

A1 Because it can make or break the relationship with the student, it is the Social and Emotional aspects that concern me most. #CISDLearns

Social emotional is what I hope to learn more about. #CISDLearns

Robin Watson at Coppell MS East World Cultures #CISDLearns

I would love for you to join me and all our friends as we chat tonight! #CISDLearns

Q6. Look for what is right. Communicate helpful feedback on the positives. Lets students tell me if they think something is missing. #CISDLearns

Go beyond what's wrong, beyond deficit grading. Highlight what is correct.

Q5 Creativity pairs great with choice and freedom. "Show me what you know" This often gets deeper thought and effort. I love that we can mark what they have instead of marking what is missing. #CISDLearns

Q3. I'm sure the district and the state need numbers to look at but when I examine the materials in Thrively, they help teachers focus on reaching out individually to students. How can we build them up? Give them self-evaluation tools instead? #CISDLearns

Q3. This is a year to not focus on what was missed, or what they didn't master. They have learned so many life skills, so many emotional tools, so many self-directional motivations. We can't measure this, but it is important. #CISDLearns