Celebration is to my learning circles – what thinking is to brains! And it’s student-led.
Imagine your students raving about their final exam – because it magically transformed itself into a celebration! I’m talking about a Brain Based Celebration of Innovation. Imagine the anxiety of final exams converted into exhilarating adrenaline of student-led learning that engaged the entire community! No wonder students and parents and teachers love this opportunity to showcase learners’ awesome brains together. If you agree that it’s time to rethink how we know that students’ know – read on …
Students especially enjoy the opportunity to ask and 
be asked 2-footed questions – and they are far better than many adults at engaging others actively in responses to these brain based prompts!
In student-led celebrations students reach beyond paper and pencil tests to use facts in ways that create innovative solutions to problems that interest them.
They also enjoy guided approaches to track their progress and chart their successes.
That’s why students will often argue that all learning should be a celebration – and what a thrill they get out of helping to ensure our lessons meet the higher expectations of an active Celebration of Innovation!
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back in the future. I want to encourage continue your great writing, have a nice holiday weekend!
Thanks Marc – and do let me know what other questions I can answer. All the student-ready to go materials I use to guide their celebration – are located at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-Led-Celebration-of-Innovation-Interactive-Assessments-604410 Let me know what else I can help you with – as students love this event so much they come back raving years later:-) Fun part is – that they do lots of the planning as a group with your guidance! Your students will love it too! Best, Ellen
Great thoughts about celebrations of learning. I like the idea of turning final exams into a celebration of innovation.
I am interested in reading more about student led celebrations.