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First thoughts on being a vegetable photographer (and playing with AI)
Christina C, , AI, Fall 2022, Listening with understanding and empathy, Persisting, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, ai, AImojo, play, TTT, 4Here is what I wrote: I just posted a photo on Facebook that I took before we connected online...
“I Am” Scratch Proposal
Diana, , Finding Humor, Letter to Colleagues, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Scratch, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), LUTE-STEM, scratch project, 0Dear Natalie Kuhl, There was a lot to think about and to consider how to apply in the classroom,...
Proposal
Crystal, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Habits of Mind, Letter to Colleagues, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Habits of Mind, learning, LUTE-STEM, Pre-k, 3Dear Colleague: I recently participated in a professional learning experience with Lute-Stem about multimodal methods at Lehman College. I...
Youth and Impulsivity
Claudia, , Letter to Colleagues, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, 7Dear Colleague, This summer, I participated in a professional learning experience with LUTE-STEM at Lehman College I learned a lot about different frameworks of learning...
I Hear you!
Karyn, , Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, hospitality, NOYCE-STEM, 4I’ve been working in restaurants for over 8 years now. When you work in the hospitality industry listening is...
Jayden: Description of a Child
Claudia, , Description of a Child, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Summer 2022, children, LUTE-STEM, 6Background/ Description of a child Jayden is a 4-year-old boy who live in the Bronx. He is a single...
Regina’s Biography
Regina, , Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Persisting, Quality Education, Showcase, Student-Centered, Summer 2022, Thinking flexibly, Dominican Republic, Habits of Mind, life, LUTE-STEM, 0I was born in the Dominican Republic and my parents named me Regina. I was one of the eleven...
Descriptive Review of a Broken Child: Raheem
Jesse, , Description of a Child, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, Descriptive Review, LUTE-STEM, 1Physical Presence and Gesture Raheem is a 12-year old, (presumably) African-American student from upper Manhattan. As I was his...
Amelia – Description of a Child
Emily, , Description of a Child, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Descriptive Review, LUTE-STEM, 4Amelia is nine years old. She is frequently late to arrive in the mornings, sometimes by more than an...
My Biography
Crystal, , Bio, Habits of Mind, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, autobiography, Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, 2Hello, my name is Crystal Santana. I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. My earliest education was...
A Little Bit of Me!
Claudia, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, LUTESTEM, 1My name is Claudia Suarez, I’m Dominican, I’m Cancer and I am a bilingual PreK teacher. I believe all...
An Entrance to My Life
Bradly, , Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Summer 2022, Lehman College, NOYCE-STEM, 1I am Bradly Rivera, a 23 year-old learner and mentor. I connect with many of the habit’s of mind...
This is Me
Branden, , Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Music, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking flexibly, church, LUTE-STEM, 4My name is Branden Girtman. I am from Port Chester, New York. I Love to go to church and...
Puzzle
Marlen, , Description of a Child, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking interdependently, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, 2Stacy Sophie Background: Stacy is a Spanish descendent, sweet and sometimes energetic six years old girl, who passed to second...
Using Habits of Mind to Play Music Better
Jesse, , Bio, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Music, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Taking responsible risks, Teachers as Learners, Habits of Mind, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, PS/MS 31, 2Hello! My name is Jesse and I am a music teacher with a background in creative approaches. I’ve chosen...
Making Connections between Habits, Deeper Learning, Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Niki Fayne, , Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Summer 2022, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, LUTE-STEM, TeacherPrep, 0Back in 2019, I was asked by SCALE (a Stanford University center) to work on the creation of Deeper...
To the folks in Texas, I hope you all that have experienced loss are well.
Sam, , Guns, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, Spring 2022, Bronx Park Middle School, Uvalde, 2I hope you all that have went through loss get through this, and that the parents that loss their...
Living the Same Life
Wesam, , Listening with understanding and empathy, Questioning and posing problems, Questioning and Speculating., Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2022, Born A Crime, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0Born A Crime talks about the struggle Trevor went through and how he was different than everyone else, yet...
Overprotective Parents
Karen Sr, , Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Orange Cove High School, Parents, 1In the article, “Growing Up”, I was able to learn that many children growing up aren’t able to learn...
Nap Break?
Andrea L, , Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Stress, Striving for accuracy, Student-Centered, #mentalhealth, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article Naps at School (Upfront), I learned that there is a school in New Mexico that has...
Aren’t We All The Same
Jaden, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Okemos High School, wearethesame, 31Aren’t we all the same?Or is it because of the color of my skin? Is it because I don’t lookthe same...
The Three Traits of Macario
Cristin, , Character Traits and Relationships, Fall 2021, Habits of Mind, Listening with understanding and empathy, Persisting, Showcase, DAY OF THE DEATH, P.U.L.S.E. High School, THE THIRD GUEST, 0Macario, the protagonist in “The Third Guest” by B. Traven, has a few traits that influence his relationships with...
Suffering from Food Insecurity
Fatima, , Community, Fall 2021, Family, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Zero Hunger, helping others, Orange Cove High School, 12In the article “Food Insecurity” I learned how many people don’t have food to eat they have to worry...
Am I Somebody?
Yniyah, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, The U School, 8my body, tormentor of my dreamsscars that decorate the outsidebut formed from the misery on the insideAm I Somebody?...
Why Leadership Skills Are Important
Mynor, , Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Taking responsible risks, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Judge Memorial Catholic High School, ledaership, life skills, 10Ever since I was very young I hated people telling me what to do which is why I have...
Locked-in Syndrome
Karen, , Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Locked-in Syndrome, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 1I believe that locked-in syndrome is one of the most interesting syndromes I have had the chance to learn...
War hurts people tremendously
Sarah, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Listening with understanding and empathy, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, War, #2021, global issues, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, War, 3The war sacrificed countless lives and caused tremendous physical and mental trauma to the survivors. Many people know that...
Darkness
Dawning, , Bullying, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, fear, include others, listening and understanding, magazine, Okemos High School, 1Darkness, The definition of shame and fearall feelings in which was driving through my mindMy fears unravel one by oneas...
Addressing Issues
Christopher, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, #TealPumpkinProject, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “The Teal Pumpkin Project” (BTW) I learned that food allergies are a real thing, affecting one...
The Sioux and the government treaty
Emily, , Fall 2021, History, Listening with understanding and empathy, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Manifest Destiny, Orange Cove High School, Sioux, 1Throughout history, the continuous cycle of Native Americans and the US government have had a conflict throughout most of...
Brooklyn
Victor P, , Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, My Beautiful Neighborhood, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Park Slope Collegiate, sunset park, 1A place that represents me is Brooklyn because it’s really quiet and has nice people around where I live....
My Neighborhood
Estrella R, , Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Park Slope Collegiate, sunset park, 1I live in a neighborhood called Sunset Park. Sunset Park is like my hometown. Most of the time I...
Multicultural Education
Jade, , AAPI Heritage, Fall 2021, History, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, american culture, Orange Cove High School, 3An October issue from btw discusses the recent laws four states made to promote Asian American and Pacific Islander...
Puerto Rican from Brooklyn
Isiah G, , Fall 2021, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Park Slope Collegiate, Puerto Rico, 0I identify with Puerto Rico because my mother is from there, but I was born in Brooklyn and I...
Ms. Monopoly
Francisco P, , Fall 2021, Gender Equity (Women), Listening with understanding and empathy, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Monopoly, Orange Cove High School, 0You have probably already heard of Monopoly the game with the old man in the front and the fake...
Approaching Silence
Andrea L, , Bullying, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, This is America, Orange Cove High School, shyness, 0In the text, “The Dilemma: Keeping Quiet” (Upfront), I learned that there are desirable ways to approach introverts. The...
Different life with education
Leah, , Fall 2021, Gender Equity (Women), Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Bangladesh, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “I am already having a different life because of education” (Upfront) I learned that in Bangladesh...
Body Image
Yamilet, , Beauty, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Body Image, RHS, 23A person undergoes many thoughts about themselves based on society’s so-called ‘standards.’ It is said that men have to...
The Uprising of Fear During Covid-19
Megan K, , Coronavirus, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, fear, RHS, 0Over the past two years countless lives have been changed since the upbringing of the horrific virus, Covid-19. This...
Loneliness
Kristina, , Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, depression, loneliness, mental health, RHS, 6While being around other people, even ones that you may have a close bond with, it is still possible...
Propaganda In History class
Sydney, , Fall 2021, History, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, propoganda, RHS, 4In school students are required to take at least three years of history and usually in those classes it...
Remembering Hardworking, Honest, and Helpful Macario
Dewry, , Character Traits and Relationships, Día de Muertos, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Quality Education, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Día de Muertos, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0Macario, the protagonist in “The Third Guest,” a short story by B. Traven, has a few traits that influence...
The damages of child and mother separation
Adalia, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, experimentation, RHS, 10Science evolves to help provide better opportunities, yet in order to make these advancements science sometimes takes it too...
Finding the Good/Adjusting
Annabelle, , Coronavirus, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, covid19, RHS, 1The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on every person – nationwide. However, this toll is different for everyone....
Commonality of Defects
Lauren, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #awarness, RHS, 0Children are born all around the world that do not conform to the stereotype of normal as society labels...
Goodbye Innocence
Alaina, , Fall 2021, Family, Gender, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Prison, Privacy, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, childhood, RHS, rosaryhighschool, 0Loss of Innocence is a concept that is commonly misunderstood. It is not merely just a physical change but...
Police Apathy
Taylor R, , Call to Action, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #police, RHS, 0It is very disturbing to see the apathy of the general community when a police officer gets hurt and...
Make Your Choice
Tia, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, RHS, vaping, 1Imagine a young high school student. She is a senior this year and in the thick of college application...
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Hannah F, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Responding with wonderment and awe, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, #happiness, RHS, 3Can money buy happiness? This question has been thought over and analyzed by hundreds of sources and people. Everyone’s...
NCAA Paying players
Francisco P, , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Sports, college athletes, Orange Cove High School, 5The NCAA is a business in colleges and universities. The NCAA makes around $842 million annually annually; big colleges...
Learning to Find My Own Way
Dominick M, , Bio ELL, Family, Gathering data through all senses, Immigration, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, brooklyn, Guitar, Park Slope Collegiate, 10My name is Dominick. What’s important to know about me is that I’m a shy person, I can get...
My body creates
Sianni, , Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), This Is My Body, poetry, The U School, 4The reason for my being here has always been quite clearMy body can create. It creates friendship and cheer,Trust...
Veterinarian
Ernesto, , Career & Job Readiness, Environment, Life on Land, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Animals, Orange Cove High School, Veterans, 5In the article, “Careers: Veterinarian” (BTW) I learned that working with adorable pets comes with a lot of obvious...
Children Hospitals Need Help!
Sayra, , Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Media, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Stories, children, Orange Cove High School, 5The article “Children Hospitals in Crisis” ( Mcgraw hill) I learned that children hospitals are asking President Biden for...
Discrimination: Elizabeth Peratrovich
Ana, , Gender Equity (Women), History, Listening with understanding and empathy, Remaining open to continuous learning, Discrimination, Orange Cove High School, 3In the article, “Profiles in Women’s History: Elizabeth Peratrovich” (McGraw Hill) I learned that Elizabeth Peratrovich was an Alaskan,...
Staying True
Zahir, , Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Poetry, Showcase, This Is My Body, Body Image, The U School, 2This is my body… I can bring positive vibes Born during the scariest month of the year, OctoberBorn and raised...
9/11
James, , Fall 2021, Listening with understanding and empathy, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, 9/11, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article “Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later”(McGraw). I learned that that morning fourteen members of the terrorist group...
Finding and Recognizing Our Forces
Mirseda, , Bio, Getting Started, Listening with understanding and empathy, Persisting, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Summer 2021, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, 2We need to find the force to fight ourselves when we say ” I can’t do it”. Persisting is...
COVID-19 Around the World: El Salvador
Edwin, , Coronavirus, COVID Around the World, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, Spring 2021, Berkeley High School, coronavirus, COVID-19, el salvador, Healthcare, Latinx community, Pandemic, 6It’s been a year since we began social distancing caused by the well known COVID-19 virus, which has caused...
What Is Life Without Risk
Nicolle, , American Dream, Books or Plays, Character Archetypes, Fall 2020, Friendship, Listening with understanding and empathy, Showcase, Taking responsible risks, Tracking Characters, Adventure, fun, Harvest Collegiate High School, Mystery, 6The book “Paper Towns” by John Green is a really interesting and captivating book with things people have or...
Maggie’s Diary
Celines, , Books or Plays, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Everyday Use, Listening with understanding and empathy, Point of View, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, ELLIS Preparatory Academy, point of view, 5Today was a great day. When I woke up, everything looked like a normal day but I never imagined...
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Listening with understanding and empathy
Understand others!
Devoting mental energy to another person's thoughts and ideas. Make an effort to perceive another's point of view and emotions. (Click here to see more.)
Examples of students exhibiting this habit
- Sara reads characters the way she “reads” people when she annotates (see some she bookmarked)!