@AaronSitze

Synthesis • 2021 Illinois Teacher of the Year NW Region • NBCT • TED-Ed • Invested in the future of education

 Illinois, USA
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Joined November 2015
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Time travel -- view of American education from 2030: a thread Education has shifted considerably since the pandemic of 2020, but the writing was on the wall… (1/25)
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@synthesischoolMay 28
AI can answer questions. But can your child ask better ones? Adapt under pressure? Lead a team? Change strategy when the game changes? That’s what Synthesis Summer Camp is built for. A 4-week live online camp for kids ages 8–14. synthesis.com/summer
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Teachers: is SEL / mindset training effective or ineffective in your district? Why? #edchat
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My dog looks like General Grevious. I call her Jeneral Jrevious.
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"What have you learned from your experience?" is an open-ended question. It requires students to form their own schema and articulate it. Much different than, "Say back to me what I said you should learn."
Chrisman@chrisman8 Mar 2025
A glimpse into Synthesis Teams. The goal is to create an education environment that approximates the complexity of solving real life problems. Rama here talks about achieving her next milestone, then helping pull others up behind her. Humans are hard-wired to learn this way.
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Later in life, whether it's university, starting her own business, or joining an organization, Rama's brain has an entire library of social situations to draw from.
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And, she's done the hard work of turning those experiences into her own mental models. She's learning how to make her own heuristics.
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As promised, here's the session. It's called "Black Swan Events." In the first half, we gave students a few hypotheticals to introduce this particular type of risk.
Aaron Sitze@AaronSitze19 Feb 2025
I’ll add it into an upcoming session and let you know what the students come up with.
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The scenarios: Funding: invest a lot, a little, or nothing? Why? Prototyping: build none, one, or many? Why?
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So how will kids respond? The session is this week. We'll find out.
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I’ll add it into an upcoming session and let you know what the students come up with.
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Synthesis is a different approach to learning — wilderness training but for the mind.
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This is the best last-minute gift for curious kids. 🎁 🌲 No shipping fees. No delivery issues. No wrestling with wrapping paper. synthesis.com/camp
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"My favorite part is to hear her learning to communicate her ideas with confidence." youtu.be/CoLq6e2oT-s?si=VcLu… #homeschooling
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Full drum kit made from one disposable coffee cup 😳 youtu.be/Xqyc_CkTIiI?si=StdB…

making a drum kit using a single coffee cup

a bored lad crafts a drum kit using only samples from that day’s di...

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For the kids who love gaming (and for the parents who don't). Synthesis Holiday Camp: immersive, two-week experience in the fundamentals of game design. Learn through discovery and small-group discussions. Open to kids from around the world aged 8-14.
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