Slides from an online presentation given to faculty of Woodward Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. March 16, 2009.

1. quot;We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.quot;
Awakening Possibilities
Darren Kuropatwa
Woodward Academy
adifference.blogspot.com
16 March 2009

2. into41cold@photos.flickr.com
awakeningwa09.wikispaces.com
quot;We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the
ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.quot;
Awakening Possibilities
Darren Kuropatwa
Woodward Academy
adifference.blogspot.com
16 March 2009

3. into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about me

4. into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about me

5. into41cold@photos.flickr.com
it’s not about how hard I work planning the lesson

6. it’s not about how well I teach it

7. it’s not about me covering material

8. it’s not about the tests they write

9. it’s not about the stories I tell

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it’s not about “best practice”

11. it’s an intensely social activity

12. it’s messy

13. it takes time ... one drop at a time

14. it’s not about the textbook they read

15. it’s not about the mind maps they make

16. “I didn't know how
many things appear
as parabolas.Very
interesting.”
it’s not about the mind maps they make

17. it’s not about the problems I model

18. it’s not about the problems I model

19. it’s not about the
projects I assign

20. 1
2
3
4
http://www.answers.com/main/answertips.jsp
5
it’s not about
6
the tools I use
http://clustermaps.com

21. it’s about the connections they make

22. it’s about being curious

23. Before After
it’s about the possibilities awakened

24. it’s about the difference YOU can make

25. into41cold@photos.flickr.com
Photo Credits
Drop of rain 1 Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Text
http://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/
http://flickr.com/photos/scottbutler/215851826/
Headshot July 2008 (cropped) My version of a quadratic !
http://flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/3024596851/ http://flickr.com/photos/40256716@N00/316074893/
°hard.Thinking° Obligatory Wiki Photo
http://flickr.com/photos/curzio/452671008/ http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/
The_joy_of_teaching rose + tool
http://flickr.com/photos/jcrojas/63949879/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/busymonster/1721427424/
Day 110 - Judy and the Dream of Horses New Laptop
http://flickr.com/photos/margolove/2079365397/ http://flickr.com/photos/arbron/56216464/
math Fly, Hummingbird Fly – IX
http://flickr.com/photos/akash_k/125489887/ http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/33237322/
Rapt with the storyteller Curious?
http://flickr.com/photos/heandfi/2479240973/ http://flickr.com/photos/monica143/317506718/
Coachella 07: The Saharan Sea Kool Aid Man - What Happened To You?
http://flickr.com/photos/emayoh/479260033/ http://flickr.com/photos/elemente/123901373/
Mud Fest 2008 i want you
http://flickr.com/photos/stinkiepinkie_infinity/2664380700/ http://flickr.com/photos/tripulante/363217704/
go slow ... just don’t stop growing