How We Make the Shift as Teachers and Leaders from AJ Juliani

I loved this post What happens when students embrace design thinking? I especially found the below paragraph and chart incredibly helpful:

Design thinking helps lays the groundwork for making this shift. When we shift from preparing students for what’s next, to helping them prepare for anything, a world of possibilities open up in their learning.

How We Make the Shift as Teachers and Leaders

Engaged Environments	Empowered Environments
Attentive and committed to our curriculum	Attentive and committed to their interestes
“preparing for jobs”	“preparing themselves for anything”
Teachers working to “making it interesting”	Teachers working on “tapping into their interests”
You must learn _____	What do you want to learn?
Giving choice	Inspired possibilities
Following the beaten path	Making your own path
Taking an assessment	Assessing your own learning
Consuming	Creating
Differentiated instruction	Personalized learning

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