I wanted to highlight some of my takeaways from my first full day here at the NAIS Annual Conference.
Onaje X.O. Woodbine delivered a powerful opening keynote, speaking on the power & perils of athletics in our independent school communities today.
Woodbine tells us that these young students are looking to basketball to make sense of their lives, situation, deaths of friends &loved ones https://t.co/0iNRAdNo63
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Woodbine talking about basketball (and sports in general) being a form of storytelling for many #NAISAC pic.twitter.com/eElYi6x920
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Woodbine tells us it’s our responsibility to allow students to tell their stories & help them discover/find meaning in their stories #NAISAC
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
I then went to a session on building a mission-driven technology department, delivered by Sarah Hanawald, Jennifer Carey, and Kelsey Vrooman.
Our group consensus on top core values that should be universal in our tech department mission statements #naisac #MDtech pic.twitter.com/yBsjtejebb
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Next up was Facebook, Stanford, and NAIS: Moving the Innovation Puck Forward w Michael Horn, Coddy Johnson, Ryan Aldrich, Mark Kushner
Disruption takes decades. Don’t expect there to be a sign that you’re “there”. The time to act is when times are good ~@michaelbhorn #NAISAC
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Learner-Centric: personalized lrning is competency-based; lrners progress at own pace; relevant&contextualized; transcends classroom #NAISAC
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Adding to my reading list #NAISAC > Results from @SummitPS First Basecamp Run https://t.co/AgC44Nd7U1 #edtech by @MJMadda @EdSurge
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
And to close out the day, Susan Cain keynoted on the power of introverts:
“Quiet cultures are inclusive cultures” @livequiet #QuietRevolution #NAISAC
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
.@livequiet wants us to think of this work as diversity work-disrupting extrovert bias, creating school environ where all can thrive #NAISAC
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
Susan Cain on Tips for teaching public speaking @susancain #NAISAC pic.twitter.com/MnvsFKDF73
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 2, 2017
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