Tuesday, February 9, 2016

MakerSpace ShoutOut


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I made this video and sent this note to my colleagues this morning:

Greetings,

I wanted to offer an additional avenue for recognizing student accomplishment at ACS; one that is, perhaps, more immediate, flexible, and in the lingua franca of our students and today’s world: a digital avenue.

You may have noticed at yesterday’s faculty meeting that I have a studio set-up at the entrance to the library: lights, a backdrop, and a camera on a tripod. The purpose is to provide a walk-in, sit-down, no-tech-knowledge-required place for staff and students to have a message recorded. 

You provide the praise, I provide the production. 

A few minutes after you walk out, that video can be e-mailed to you and/or posted to the web site (a SHOUT OUT tab?) and/or sent to WACS-TV and/or linked to a parent email note, etc. 

This morning I recorded the following video, using just first names, and posted it to my library page and library blog; all in just a few minutes. By 9:30, I had shared the web site video with three of the students mentioned in it; illustrating to them that my praise was genuine and that their accomplishments worth sharing; an investment in motivation.
 
Each school day is ripe with incidental (and sometimes amazing) student accomplishment that have the potential to be molded into a motivational moments by sharing it. I invite you and encourage you to give this a try; it will only take a few minutes; any few minutes.

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