A week ago, I returned from the best conference that I have ever attended- the Teach Better 22 Conference. Given the amount of conferences that I have attended/presented at, that says a lot. You might wonder why I share this statement so confidently. It is because of the amazing interactions and connections I made while there. But it's more than that.
As I tried to gather my thoughts and share about my learning, I found that I had a lot of unpacking to do. This feeling of not being able to make my thinking visible is not unusual. Many times, our students need scaffolds to help them share their thinking. I help my students with this using thinking routines. So in my efforts to model what I preach, here is my 4 Cs from the Teach Better conference.
I started by going through both my Twitter feed and the hashtag #TeachBetter22 to help me reflect. The graphic on the left is where I started- it struck me how many quotes that I heard really resonated with me. It especially hit me how much the keynote by Mickey Smith Jr connected with me. It was probably the best keynote that I had ever heard and if you look at the quotes, you can see why.