The Waters Institute 2009 St Louis, Missouri

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Daniel Kim Keynote Speaker

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"Learning the tools for systems thinking has given me vocabulary to label my thinking helping to clarify it (my thinking) for myself and others." "The concepts and tools utilized by systems thinking resonated with me. I plan on utilizing as many parts as I can into my teaching and personal life."

 

"The most valuable part of the institute was learning about systems thinking in a way that will improve my current position" "It took me forward from the work I had completed last year."

"It definitely provided a 'launchpad' -- ways to begin implementing ST that are tailored to the individual classroom." "Great ideas for curriculum delivery to gifted students."

"I will personally be applying what I've begun to learn here to developing educational technology professional development and improving our support system." "The many examples of student work at various grade/ability levels were phenomenal."

What was the most valuable about this institute:

"Validating my perception that there was a fundamentally different way to comprehensively evaluate and assess the challenges in my job (and life)."   "Helped me consider a variety of situations in the systems thinking framework."   "Transferring this info to the classroom as well as district level, as we look for ways to implement 21st Century Skills."   "Time to reflect & communicate about ways to deepen understanding."   "The stories & visual models/the instructors I feel that my exposure to systems thinking has been fragmented. The institute helped one put the pieces together."   "Immersion in learning about SD principles/tools in such a dedicated professional milieu, with such profound potential for transferring human behavior/relations."