Here's your chance to find answers to your questions by asking one of the parents of Academy 21 students. To see areas of expertise, see the link above for "Expert Areas".
Is it possible that students may not know exactly what each parent may have some expertise in and to get this process started we the parents need to offer some help to a student other than our own to speak to us? Starting up a conversation with an adult they don't know may be to intimidating for a young teen or pre-teen. Also, many of us coached our kids from young on not to talk to strangers. SO, here's an idea: A part of the student blog site that is no longer there used to list what topics students were working on. However, when I viewed that section I had no idea whether is was current as there were no dates as to when they started and when they intend to finish. A summary of project titles with dates would allow the parents opportunity to give "food for thought" that may allow them to feel the connection is now made and the students may feel "freer" to ask questions. Right now, they may not know what to ask and thus, they are not asking. Just another 21st century learning skill we need to teach them and can't assume they know how to do!
There is a listing above with "expert areas". Yes, it doesn't list each parents name as that gets really tough to maintain. Espeically considering there will be another class of kids/parents (7th graders) in next year. I think if we all have a good conversation with our kids that this is a "safe" blog site and encourage them to use the site we might start seeing some activity? Also, it would help if advisors suggest during one on ones in discussion of research topics. Maybe another good idea would be for one of us parents to go in and show the kids how to access during one of the seminars? I like the idea of seeing the projects and dates, etc. Maybe the kids can post that as part of their project proposals?
Perhaps embedding the e-mail link of those people who are willing to be contacted will simplify the process. We still would like the students to learn the skill of initiating the communication, so if we embed that link, it will expedite the process for the student.
Is it possible that students may not know exactly what each parent may have some expertise in and to get this process started we the parents need to offer some help to a student other than our own to speak to us? Starting up a conversation with an adult they don't know may be to intimidating for a young teen or pre-teen. Also, many of us coached our kids from young on not to talk to strangers. SO, here's an idea: A part of the student blog site that is no longer there used to list what topics students were working on. However, when I viewed that section I had no idea whether is was current as there were no dates as to when they started and when they intend to finish. A summary of project titles with dates would allow the parents opportunity to give "food for thought" that may allow them to feel the connection is now made and the students may feel "freer" to ask questions. Right now, they may not know what to ask and thus, they are not asking. Just another 21st century learning skill we need to teach them and can't assume they know how to do!
ReplyDeleteThere is a listing above with "expert areas". Yes, it doesn't list each parents name as that gets really tough to maintain. Espeically considering there will be another class of kids/parents (7th graders) in next year. I think if we all have a good conversation with our kids that this is a "safe" blog site and encourage them to use the site we might start seeing some activity? Also, it would help if advisors suggest during one on ones in discussion of research topics. Maybe another good idea would be for one of us parents to go in and show the kids how to access during one of the seminars? I like the idea of seeing the projects and dates, etc. Maybe the kids can post that as part of their project proposals?
ReplyDeletePerhaps embedding the e-mail link of those people who are willing to be contacted will simplify the process. We still would like the students to learn the skill of initiating the communication, so if we embed that link, it will expedite the process for the student.
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