1. LETTING KIDS LEAD
Kate Messner
Penn State York – Summer Institute
http://www.katemessner.com

2. A, B, C, or D?
Mastering the Standardized Test

4. www.katemessner.com/PennStateYork

11. Lesson #1
Be brave.
But it’s also okay to be
afraid.

12. If you weren’t nervous, it wouldn’t be worth doing.

15. “You can’t have brave
without scared.”
~from Hound Dog True
by Linda Urban

16. Lesson #2
Never underestimate
the power of failure.

17. What would you do if you knew that
failure was impossible?

18. What if...?What if...?

19. Photo by Duncan Davidson, TED 2012

20. What if...?What if...?

22. What if...?What if...?

24. World BuildingWorld Building

27. World BuildingWorld Building

28. World BuildingWorld Building

30. What if...?What if...?
Image courtesy of ShutterStock

31. What if...?What if...?
Image courtesy of ShutterStock

38. Kid-Sourcing
Image courtesy of ShutterStock

39. What if...?What if...?

40. www.kid-sourcing.com

41. www.kid-sourcing.com

45. The Star Spangled
Setup

53. PA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE NOMINEES

54. PA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE NOMINEES

55. PA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE NOMINEES

56. PA YOUNG READER’S CHOICE NOMINEES

57. PA YOUNG READERS CHOICE NOMINEES

60. Mystery Writing
• CRIME
• SUSPECTS
• MOTIVES
• INVESTIGATORS
• MOTIVES
• CLUES
• FALSE CLUES

64. Deconstruct aDeconstruct a
DystopiaDystopia

65. World BuildingWorld Building
• MODERN-DAY PROBLEM/ISSUE
• BEST GUESS – 2050
• WORST CASE SCENARIO – 2050
• TIMELINE 2012-2050
• WHAT WOULD CREATE A BEST
CASE SCENARIO?

66. What do students
need to change the
world?

67. Courage
…and opportunities
to
be brave.

68. Creativity
…plus permission to
fail and try again.

69. Stories

70. Mentors

73. Mentors

75. Empathy

83. “Revolution for
the Tested”

84. LETTING KIDS LEAD
Kate Messner
Penn StateYork – Summer Institute
http://www.katemessner.com

86. www.katemessner.com/PennStateYork