I recently had the opportunity to see Rick Wormeli speak. Aside from being a dynamic and engaging speaker, many of his thoughts and ideas align with some pretty powerful trends occurring in education. Check out 20 of his powerful thoughts and ideas below:
Students aren't passive consumers of info; they're active creators, designers & explorers of learning & the world. @rickwormeli2 #smcaa
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
The mindset that 'I taught it' so you should have learned it is an old-school mindset that needs to be eliminated. @rickwormeli2 #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Timed writings have nothing to do with a kid's ability to write. No author would accept or tolerate timed writing environments. #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
We are hired for how we are similar to a company but we advance based on how we are different... @rickwormeli2 #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
What if we saw students as creators of wonderful things in the world instead of consumers of things that already exist? #smcaa14 #edchat
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Nobody knows ahead of time how long it takes anyone to learn anything...so why does everything we do in #education contradict this? #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
So, I guess not allowing redo's for full credit really ins't in-line with the 'real-world...' #smcaa14 #unionrxi pic.twitter.com/WOpXDYgUaa
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Every time we've ever advanced was because somebody parted ways from the path that's most commonly used. @rickwormeli2 #smcaa14 #edchat
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Standards are fine... standardization isn't. via @rickwormeli2 #edchat #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
98% at age 5 registered genius level creativity, 30% at 10 year and 12% at 15 years of age. We are schooling the creativity out of kids...
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
It's not an answer chase in your classroom... it's a question journey. via @rickwormeli2 #smcaa14 #unionrxi #edchat
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
We won't get creative kids if we don't have creative classrooms and creative educators in those classrooms. #edchat #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Grades are communication about learning and not compensation for learning... @rickwormeli2 #edchat #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Standards are the ingredients to the meal. The standards are NOT the meal & the cook determines how to cook the meal. #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Every time we teach something we should remind ourselves that 'it's their first time' & they've never heard it before. #smcaa14 #unionrxi
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
A goal of all educators is to move kids from dependence to independence... we should work ourselves out of a job. @rickwormeli2 #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Don't just ask kids what they are learning & why they are learning it... ask them where they are in relation to mastery as well. #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
If you care about test scores going up, then you will allow redo's for all content areas & all grade levels for FULL credit. #smcaa14
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
Don't write F at the top of a kid's paper, give them a NTY... not there yet. #smcaa14 via @rickwormeli2
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
If you trust the validity of the test, then you shouldn't have any problem with redos & giving full credit for said redos. #smcaa14 #edchat
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) October 7, 2014
