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Sara Wilkie

Transformation Begins With Reflection: How Was Your Year? | Edutopia - 0 views

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reflection transformation edutopia

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  • Sara Wilkie on 04 Jun 13
     
    "direct my energy and attention on what worked, what went well, and what I feel was successful. I've discovered that this strategy is critical to build my emotional resilience. One of the only things in life that I have control over is how I tell my story -- how I interpret my experiences and make sense of them. If I create a story that is one of learning, growth, and empowerment, I feel better. So how are you telling the story of this school year? "
Sara Wilkie

Ramsey Musallam: 3 rules to spark learning | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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TED curisoity learning

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  • Sara Wilkie on 28 Jun 13
     
    Ramsey Musallam, a high school chemistry teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been creatively using digital tools in his classroom for several years as a way to drive students to deeper inquiry. In a recent TED talk, Musallam says that a teacher's strongest tool - the force that draws students deeper into learning - is piquing students' curiosity. In his classroom, Musallam follows three rules: curiosity comes first, embrace the mess, and reflect and revise.
Sara Wilkie

Teach Kids to Use the Four-Letter Word | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Sara Wilkie on 22 Jan 14
     
    "Grit." A four-letter word that every teacher and student should know and use. 3 Steps: Powerful Words, Weekly Reflection Journals, Community Meetings
Sara Wilkie

kindergarten-learning-approach.pdf - 0 views

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creativity learning Kindergarten resnick Scratch play research

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  • Sara Wilkie on 17 Jul 13
     
    "All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten * Mitchel Resnick MIT Media Lab Cambridge, MA 02139 USA +1 617 253 9783 mres@media.mit.edu ABSTRACT This paper argues that the "kindergarten approach to learning" - characterized by a spiraling cycle of Imagine, Create, Play, Share, Reflect, and back to Imagine - is ideally suited to the needs of the 21 st century, helping learners develop the creative-thinking skills that are critical to success and satisfaction in today's society. The paper discusses strategies for designing new technologies that encourage and support kindergarten-style learning, building on the success of traditional kindergarten materials and activities, but extending to learners of all ages, helping them continue to develop as creative thinkers. "
Chris English

Lectures Didn't Work in 1350-and They Still Don't Work Today - Atlantic Mobile - 0 views

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learning education technology

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    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      How effective is this title at grabbing attention?  What evidence in the text supports the claim?
  • David Thornburg
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Learn more about David here:  http://www.tcpd.org/david-thornburg/
  • four learning models: the traditional “campfire,” or lecture-based design; the “watering hole,” or social learning; the “cave,” a place to quietly reflect; and “life”—where ideas are tested.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      What is your initial reaction to this framework?  Do the metaphors work for you?
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      What is your initial reaction to this framework?  Do the metaphors work for you?
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  • e four types of learning
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Is this a misnomer?  Is there a significant difference between "four learning models" and "four types of learning" ?
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Here, we finally get to the point suggested in the title.  Is this an organizational problem?
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      From a learning perspective, what if we started with the image.  What do you see?  What does this image reveal?  What is the assertion being made?  What evidence supports the assertion?
  • it’s not because of a decreased attention span—it’s because they aren’t given tasks that honor their dominant ways of learning.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      In the neurodevelopmental framework, we call this Satisfaction Level, a function of attention. What is your reaction to the language here - the change to "dominant ways of learning"? 
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      In my work, I look at how the affordances of new technology are subsumed into old practices.  Collaborative digital technologies can radically transform pedagogy if we allow ourselves to shed traditional practices.
  • Lectures Didn't Work in 1350
Jason Friedman

Is the Lecture Dead? - Richard Gunderman - The Atlantic - 2 views

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learning education pedagogy lecture

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  • e lecture as the prototypically old school, obsolete learning technology,
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Is it difficult to view the lecture as a technology? What physical objects support the lecture? 
    • Jason Friedman
      Jason Friedman on 22 Nov 13
       
      Isn't technology just the delivery of information?
  • placed one of Texas's medical schools on probation, in part because its curriculum relied too heavily on "passive" approaches to learning -- foremost among them, lectures. In medical education circles, "lecture" is fast becoming a term of derision.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      LCME accreditation is serious business.  Check out the standards here :  http://www.lcme.org/publications.htm#standards-section
  • And yet
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      What is the rhetorical effect here?  What signal is the author giving the reader with these two words?
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  • e should attempt to understand better the features that distinguish effective, engaging lectures from those that leave learners limp.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Good idea.  I'm on board with understanding the difference between a good lecture and a bad one.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Let's highlight these with pink.
    • Jason Friedman
      Jason Friedman on 22 Nov 13
       
      I agree.
  • we lecturers
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      What revelation do we have here about the author's persona and the intended audience for this article?
  • What will I be able to get across to learners through a lecture that they could not get just as well and with less inconvenience by reading a book or working through an online learning module?
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Golden question.  Essential to good practice and pedagogy
  • The real purpose of a lecture is to show the mind and heart of the lecturer at work, and to engage the minds and hearts of learners.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Primary assertion of the text.  Is this an appeal to ethos, logos, or pathos?
  • pens learners' eyes to new questions, connections, and perspectives
  • Great lecturers not only inform learners, they also engage their imaginations and inspire them.
  • A great lecturer tells a story
  • Great lecturers often share responsibility for solving these problems with learners, working with them in real time to find a solution
  • Learners are not merely sitting and passively listening
    • Jason Friedman
      Jason Friedman on 22 Nov 13
       
      I always say learning shouldn't be a spectator sport.
  • actively thinking and imagining right along with the lecturer as both struggle toward new insights
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      Sharing responsibility, collaborating in real time, solving problems, active thinking and imagining - these are all valued in the classroom.  What does that look like during a lecture?  What should I be seeing?  How do I gauge whether or not a students is engaged?
  • Pausch and Jobs could have confined their presentations to small groups, relying on much more direct interaction with a few audience members. They could have embedded their messages in interactive computer software programs that asked learners numerous questions and provided constructive feedback on their responses. They could have phoned their lectures in, using the latest distance-learning technology. Fortunately, however, they did not, and our world and the world of today's health professions students is the richer for their choice to lecture.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      These are good examples of great speeches, but I hesitate to buy the idea that they are reflective of classroom lectures.  Neither example is comes form a classroom setting where students are meeting on a regular basis to learn.
  • Nor can efforts to cut down on the amount of lecturing be justified on the grounds that the lecture is dead or even moribund.
    • Chris English
      Chris English on 22 Nov 13
       
      I'm willing to accept the argument that the lecture has a place in education.  Lectures can be an effective and inspirational teaching tool.  I don't think the argument leads to the second part of the conclusion - that we shouldn't reduce the number of lectures.  Lecturing is one tool.  As educators, we should have more than one tool.
  • I believe that we should revisit this venerable educational method before we sign its death certificate.
    • Jason Friedman
      Jason Friedman on 22 Nov 13
       
      I think this is important.  The lecture need not die but it can be improved.  Any technology if not used effectively is a disservice to the classroom.
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