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COMING SOON .... Clips from the PLS Moving Forward Keynote by Alan November

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= = =How Will You Set the Stage in the First Five Days?=
 * Every summer in July, Alan November hosts the Building Learnng Communities (BLC) Conference in Boston. **

The Challenge: Spend the first 5 days of school ** engaging ** students in the content they will be exploring during the upcoming year. Administrative chores like distributing a syllabus, book list, supplies list, organizing seating, discussing homework and testing requirements, class rules and behaviors, etc. are all reserved for Day 6. You can use this time to highlight the big ideas, assess prior knowledge, have students do activities that get them curious and excited about learning. The challenge is yours!

=One of the main themes introduced at BLC 2012 was setting the stage for success and empowered teaching and learning in the first five days of school. Since then, there has been great discussion on Twitter that you can follow and contribute to with the hashtag, #1st5Days. We hope everyone will join the conversation. Below, we've included some of our favorite postings we've found within this hashtag. =

//Harry Wong's "First Days of School", Not for Me on the First Day //By Garth Holman//Principal's First Five Days of School // By Michael Berry

//The First Five Days of School with BYOT // By Dr. Tim Clark

//I Dream a School - With a New Way to Begin on Day 1 // By Bo Adams

//First Days of School // By Shelley Burgess

To spark your thinking, we invite you to watch the following three videos that were created by Marco Torres and his crew at Alas Media. These collections of inspiring stories aired each morning of the main conference.

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 * First 5 Days: Day 1 ||

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 * First Five Days: Day 3 ||