Here is the Ted Talk by Susan Cain, who wrote Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking. Thanks to Gita for mentioning her work, it is definitely worth a look. . .
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Monday, 5 November 2012
Link to TED Talk: Beau Lotto + Amy O’Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included
http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_
HI team, this is the TED Talk I mentioned, it was inspiring to see what the possibilities are if teachers and students give each other permission to explore all possibilities.
Hope you get inspired as much I was.
Latest Research
- What is the definition of a 21st Century learner? (Chris, Gita)
- How can we instill the "State of Wonder?"
- What does brain research say? (Gita)
- How do we define service-learning and create the structures that will allow it to succeed? (Jason)
- How do we build a common understanding of best practices to guarantee consistency?(Aarthi and Andrea)
- What is the role of technology and teachers as we aspire to meet the vision? Interview Kevin to explore the possibilities of modifying Moodle
- Internationalism: how do we profit on the untapped resources of our demographics?(Stephania,
Ideas from November 5 Workday
Ideas from November 5 Workday
- Themes we have discovered
- Co-teaching and inclusion
- Project-based learning
- Choice
- The importance of failure and play/ risk-taking "State of Wonder"
- Meta-cognition, reflection and feedback
- Service-learning
- Technology
- Role of teacher
- Global essence
- Ideas to consider specifically for Service-learning
- What is service-learning?
- How do we meet that definition?
- How do we advise the Talent and Resources team?
- How do we define service (such as CAS), charity and service learning to the community and then manage each of those?)
- What system needs to be designed so that a service-learning program succeed?
- define the process from planning to reflection
- Service learning with local schools
- Resource team has done some research here- share that!
- What research needs to happen between now and January 14 based on our current reality
- What is the definition of a 21st Century learner?
- How can we instill the "State of Wonder?"
- What does brain research say?
- How do we define service-learning and create the structures that will allow it to succeed?
- How do we build a common understanding of best practices to guarantee consistency?
- What is the role of technology and teachers as we aspire to meet the vision? Interview Kevin to explore the possibilities of modifying Moodle
- Internationalism: how do we profit on the untapped resources of our demographics?
Monday, 15 October 2012
Update
Learning Action teammates,
I have broken down the questions into separate posts so that we can use this space to add information to the questions. As each of you have administrative rights, you can add hyperlinks, video clips or anything else that we can use to better understand how AISC might look as we strive to live the vision.
As I was looking back at the notes from the meeting with Teresa, I was reminded of the lens we should use: focusing not on the answer, but instead on the phenomenon.
What according to the literature are the conditions necessary for the ???? to exist?
What obstacles did organizations face?
examples:
I think one of the best ways to explore this is through conversation, so if you are feeling frustrated by the task, please chat with me or someone else who may be able to help you work through it. Also, there is a huge binder in my room full of resources and this link to some other resources as well.
I have broken down the questions into separate posts so that we can use this space to add information to the questions. As each of you have administrative rights, you can add hyperlinks, video clips or anything else that we can use to better understand how AISC might look as we strive to live the vision.
As I was looking back at the notes from the meeting with Teresa, I was reminded of the lens we should use: focusing not on the answer, but instead on the phenomenon.
What according to the literature are the conditions necessary for the ???? to exist?
What obstacles did organizations face?
examples:
- what is best practice relative to curricular alignment?
- what instructional practices are most appropriate for developing curiosity?
- what are the cutting edge thinkers saying about skills our students need for success in the future?
I think one of the best ways to explore this is through conversation, so if you are feeling frustrated by the task, please chat with me or someone else who may be able to help you work through it. Also, there is a huge binder in my room full of resources and this link to some other resources as well.
Question #7
This is for Jason and Jennifer:
What are best practices that other schools have adopted to take learning beyond the classroom?...look at your week without walls, service learning, internships
What does the research say?
Service-learning:
Students are using skills from the classroom to analyze an issue, creating a solution-based action plan and work with local community members to lead change.
Choice for students is key
Students who benefit from service learning are more likely to volunteer and vote as adults
Service-learning experiences need to be much more than a one day event in order to impact students
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Phillips Academy Community Service Page
This is a website with many examples of service and some discussion of service learning
NYLC Service Resource Library
Learn and Serve America
Does Service Learning Really Help?
A pertinent point here is that all members of the relationship need to be cared for through careful coordination
Sustainability at American University
Students here served their own school as it worked to reduce its carbon footprint
Connecting Curriculum with Community
Where service learning is the norm in school districts, the end result is usually student empowerment. "We live in a democracy and need to draw on the skills and talents of everyone," McLane says. "Young people can provide meaningful contributions to the community," he adds. "An added bonus is that they can simultaneously master curriculum and develop real-world skills that will prepare them for their future.
What are best practices that other schools have adopted to take learning beyond the classroom?...look at your week without walls, service learning, internships
What does the research say?
Service-learning:
Students are using skills from the classroom to analyze an issue, creating a solution-based action plan and work with local community members to lead change.
Choice for students is key
Students who benefit from service learning are more likely to volunteer and vote as adults
Service-learning experiences need to be much more than a one day event in order to impact students
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Phillips Academy Community Service Page
This is a website with many examples of service and some discussion of service learning
NYLC Service Resource Library
Learn and Serve America
Does Service Learning Really Help?
A pertinent point here is that all members of the relationship need to be cared for through careful coordination
Sustainability at American University
Students here served their own school as it worked to reduce its carbon footprint
Connecting Curriculum with Community
Where service learning is the norm in school districts, the end result is usually student empowerment. "We live in a democracy and need to draw on the skills and talents of everyone," McLane says. "Young people can provide meaningful contributions to the community," he adds. "An added bonus is that they can simultaneously master curriculum and develop real-world skills that will prepare them for their future.
Question #6
This is for Chris and Jennifer:
Art Costa's Habits of Mind
http://www.instituteforhabitsofmind.com/resources/pdf/16HOM.pdf
Chapter 12: Schools with the Brain in Mind
What are the habits of the mind?
How do you cultivate it to take learning beyond the classroom?
What is the skills students need for future and how do we infuse these into the curriculum? Align into standards transdiscipline UbD
What foreign languages should be available to students in a world class school? Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Korean, Japanese, Tamil, HindiArt Costa's Habits of Mind
http://www.instituteforhabitsofmind.com/resources/pdf/16HOM.pdf
- PDF that explains each of his 16 habits: Persisting; Managing impulsivity; Listening to others with understanding; Thinking flexibly; Thinking about our thinking; Striving for accuracy and precision; Questioning and Posing Problems; Applying Past Knowledge to new situations; Thinking and communicating with clarity; Gathering data through all senses; Creating, imagining and innovating; Responding with wonderment and awe;Taking responsible risks; Finding humor; Thinking interdependently; Learning continuously
A Journey of Continuous Growth With Habits of Mind
http://www.instituteforhabitsofmind.com/resources/professional_reading/A_Journey_of_Continuous_Growth.pdf
- An understanding of the Habits of Mind should be used to help design curriculum as well as for assessments. As students learn and practice Habits of Mind, they are growing a repertoire of strategies to call upon. Students learn to be more self reflective, and problem solve better.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen. 2nd Edition. 2005.
Chapter 11: Brain
Based Teaching
Possible model for
instruction
10% of time before
class to prepare you learners and create an optional environment.
80% of time during
class to engage learners by getting
them vested emotionally with an attentional bias, frame learning to make it relevant, important and compelling, acquire knowledge, skills, values, and
experiences, elaborate and deepen
the learning through trial and error time, with feedback and active processing,
connect learning to other content,
processes, and self.
10% of time after
class to settle the learning with
time for passive processing and rehearse
and incorporate by revising learning and using it.
Chapter 12: Schools with the Brain in Mind
Encourage teachers
to think outside the box to making curriculum, assessment and staff development
connections
Curriculum
·
Not
everyone’s brain will be ready to read, grasp special relations for geometry at
the same time.
·
Emotional
well being is linked to cognition.
Students need to feel safe, important and successful.
·
Students
should be reading and counting but they should also be learning empathy,
fairness and honesty
Assessment
·
Memories
are variable so if it is going to be recall—students need significant practice
time.
·
Learning
to learn strategies are more essential to rel-world success
·
Mental
models are highly critical to thinking but rarely tested
·
Value
the process of learning: wide open, creative problem solving approach,
alternative thinking options, multiple right answers, and creative insights
Staff Development
·
To
improve student achievement, you must improve teacher effectiveness
hhttp://p21.org/storage/documents/p21-stateimp_learning_environments.pdf
hhttp://p21.org/storage/documents/p21-stateimp_learning_environments.pdf
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