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Learner Threads Hub

Great to have Wellington Girls College and Sacred Heart College sign up to the Learner Threads Hub.

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Learner Threads Hub

Learner Threads is where @bevanholloway.com talks education, esp #learningdispositions, #learningstories & #eduplay.

Learner Threads is also where Bevan brings his knowledge and experience about education together in the form of products that support learners and learning.

Learning Reflections Tour - Learner Threads

Take a tour of the Learning Reflections tool.

The tool guides learners through a reflective process, focused on dispositions, that leads to a learning story.

And, it has the option of including teacher/parent voice.

#learningstories
#edusky
#eduplay

Learning stories are wonderful.

But writing them for every kid in your class is overwhelming.

Now, with the Learner Threads Hub 'Learning Reflections' app, students can take ownership of their own reflection and story creation.

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#learningdispositions
#edusky

Unlock Learning Superpowers: Introducing the Learner Threads Hub (and a FREE Trial for Your School!) Want to nurture student learning without the usual tech headaches? Meet Learner Threads Hub—your digital Swiss Army knife for lifelong learners. Dive in and explore!

FREE TWO WEEK TRIAL.

No cc. No account reg. No data collection.
Works on any browser.
Two apps to support learner agency, grow dispositions, and support reflection.

Trial access code is in the blog post.

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#learningstories
#edusky
#eduplay
#playbasedlearning
#inquirylearning

Unlocking the ‘How’: Introducing the My Learning Reflections App Education’s obsession with content overlooks a crucial truth: true growth stems from understanding ‘how’ we learn. Embrace ‘The Magnificent Seven’ to foster powerful l…

Like the idea of learning stories, but find the workload overwhelming?

'My Learning Reflections' guides learners through the process of writing their own learning stories, with the focus on dispositions so they can reflect on how, not just what, they learned.
#learningdispositions
#learningstories

Unlocking Their Genius: Documenting Your Teen’s Unique Growth with Learning Stories Learning Stories help capture what makes your teen unique beyond grades, showcasing their character and growth. They’re like personal narratives highlighting strengths and future potential.

Homeschool parents: Want college applications that truly shine?
Learn how learning stories capture your teen’s unique character and growth, beyond grades.

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What does it mean to think well? Education must prioritize holistic thinking, balancing functional outcomes with emotional awareness. Rigid systems foster fear over growth, undermining both learners and the essence of learning its…

Is "thinking well" just about grades? 🤔 Not according to LearnerThreads!

Thinking well also encompasses emotions & self-worth. It requires fostering deep care for the learner.
Thinking well builds robust humans.

Read more about the 3 layers of thinking that matter.

#learningstories
#educhat

What does it mean to think well? To think well means more than showing you can. In its more holistic meaning, it is a motivating and identity building force. Education systems should acknowledge this more explicitly.

The myopic emphasis on 'progress' and 'keeping up' paradoxically undermines the conditions required to think well in holistic terms.

What if we expanded our view beyond what the Ministry measures to include the inner world of the learner?

#learningstories #learningdispositions

Stories: The ultimate connection device The story that’s told about a learner is an identity forming story, and so we need to pay close attention to the kinds of stories we tell in schools.

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Lost in translation: from stories to scores Why do learning stories disappear when children become teenagers? This post explores why we should pay attention to the whole learner, the one beyond the test scores.

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Learning stories, with a twist for older students Learning stories can be time consuming, especially when you teach a large number of students. Here’s a twist that might lift that burden.

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Thanks to @marcusluther.bsky.social for the inspiration that pushed my thinking about learning stories with older students.

Hey, what if instead of obsessing over how we can ‘make learning visible’ we thought instead of how we can make a learner’s power and spirit evident.

#edusky #learningstories

What does it mean to think well? To think well means more than showing you can. In its more holistic meaning, it is a motivating and identity building force. Education systems should acknowledge this more explicitly.

Learning stories depend on us noticing and recognising learning that goes beyond the strictly academic but are crucial factors in helping learners to think well.

#learningstories

Writing Learning Stories - Tom Drummond Public Domain PDF Writing Learning Stories Writing Learning Stories With thanks to Margaret Carr and Wendy Lee who created these gems, have the deepest ideas, and offer here the most comprehensive pla...

Lots of great info about #learningstories on @wtdrummond.bsky.social’s site.

Draws on the work of Margaret Carr and Wendy Lee too, so that gets the 👍👍 from me.

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Stories: The ultimate connection device The story that’s told about a learner is an identity forming story, and so we need to pay close attention to the kinds of stories we tell in schools.

One way we can be active in making our classrooms places where the candle of democracy still burns is by getting to know our learners beyond their academic position.

Being attuned to & valuing who they are as a person matters.

#learningstories are a practice that helps us do that.

#edusky

Stories: The ultimate connection device The story that’s told about a learner is an identity forming story, and so we need to pay close attention to the kinds of stories we tell in schools.

The story we tell about learning is an identity-shaping force. We ignore that truth at our peril. Learning stories can orient us towards more positive learning narratives.

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The learning zone Information about the learning guides avaliable that are designed to help teachers nurture dispositions.

What do you want to learn about learning dispositions or learning stories?

#edusky #learningdispositions #learningstories

Creating learning stories Learn how to create a learning story. Includes a suggested structure, sentence stems for each part, a learning story example, and a template.

A practical guide to getting started with learning stories, including a template to help you make a start with your own ones.

#edusky #learningstories

& that difference wouldn’t just be in what learners did — it would be in how they felt = the difference impacts on the inner world of the learner, which forces us to think about the moral dimension of what we do in schools.

What kind of impact is good?

#learningdispositions #learningstories

Learning dispositions Being a good learner has nothing to do with IQ. It means engaging intelligently with things that are complicated, confusing and challenging in order to grow ever more competent. Nurturing a core se…

You can find an example from my Year 11 English class at the bottom of this page. 🙂

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A card with the following information: Learning Stories: the key concepts. 1) THEY ARE STORIES FROM YOU TO THE LEARNER A form of narrative assessment, their power comes when they're seen as learning love letters' that reinforce the idea that GROWTH in these attributes, no matter how small, is possible and has been noticed. 2)LEARNING STORIES ... A) BEGIN WITH NOTICING. B) ARE STRENGTHS-BASED, BUILDING ON WHAT EXISTS. C) CARRY MESSAGES OF CARE. D) HELP TEACHERS REFRAME HOW THEY SEE LEARNING AND LEARNERS. E) SHOULD BE PHYSICAL SO, JUST LIKE A BOOK, THEY CAN BE PICKED UP AT WILL. F) HELP LEARNERS SEE THEMSELVES AS POWERFUL LEARNERS WITH SOMETHING TO OFFER THE WORLD.

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Best Ive seen in my career has been Learning Stories. #learningstories