Evolutionary Education Personalized Learning

Elizabeth Haddon

2011

elizabeth.haddon@aisz.hr

Start with Learning Objectives• Tell students what they will be learning before the

lesson begins and student achievement increases as much as 27%

• Give students a scoring guide or rubric to assess their learning and student achievement increases as much as 37%

• Give the Purpose for Learning

• When teachers SEE learning through the eyes of the student and when students SEE themselves as their own teachers, engaged learning happens.

• www.visiblelearning.co.nz

Today’s Learning Objectives

• Identify 3 reasons why student engagement in learning is important.

• Identify 3 challenges to student engagement in learning.

• Identify 3 solutions to student engagement in learning.

• Commit to at least 3 methods you will use to promote student engagement in learning.

How will we achieve our learning objectives?

• Participate in thinking about student engagement in learning.

• Participate in the discussion of student engagement in learning.

• Participate in the learning activities.

• Self-Directed Learning AC (After Ceesa)

Take Away• Personalized learning strategies• The benefit of posting Learning Objectives• Khan Academy • How the Brain Learns • Dr. Judy Willis • Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning• The Granny Cloud • Happiness • Service Learning • Game-Based Learning • Inspiring Links

(Blind) Legislators and the Elephant

A “Kind of” Elephant

An Elephant

Mutual Respect

What do students need in order to learn?

• Safety First

• Children learn what they want to learn

• You are the most important person in the classroom.

• Children learn most deeply when they visualize and articulate their learning.

• Self-directed learning

• Make expectations and learning objectives clear

What do we already know about student engagement?

• Safety First

Personalized LearningTeaching the whole elephant-child• Start with clear, specific Learning Objectives from your

curriculum• Do a pre-assessment of your students regarding the

learning objective(s)• Track student data and use it to be more effective• Form flexible groupings of students with similar

learning needs or interests• Write personalized (or flexible group) learning plans

with each student or group• Frequent feedback and assessment for learning• Learn as many particulars about your students as

possible.

Personalized Learning Plan• Personalized Learning Plan (PLP)

– Learning Objective(s) clearly displayed– Pre-Assessment– Student Interests– Student Goals– Action Plan – Emphasize problem-solving and available

resources– Frequent Useful Assessment for Learning – Student-Teacher Teamwork– Self-Directed– Integrate learning across the curriculum

You are the most important person in the classroom.

Explore Tech Territory

• Google Personalized Learning• Watch TED TALKS for inspiration-tedtalks.com• Dr. Judy Willis http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=eMZnfFD1maU&feature=relmfu• Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs

• Sugata Mitra Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching

• Social-emotional academic learning (SEAL)• Edutopia• Slimekids, Gizmos, TeacherMates, Rosetta Stone, Podcasts, SchoolTube,

TeacherTube, NASA, Geographical Society, Virtual labs, Virtual field trips, Global classroom connections

• Pixar University, Randy Nelson (Collaborative learning) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhXJe8ANws8

• WatchKnow http://www.watchknow.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=6418

Parts of the Whole• Engagement BEFORE content –”Engage me or enrage me”• Begin with the end – Why are we learning this?• Clear expectations, rubrics, examples• Visuals BEFORE text• Questions BEFORE explanations• Mirror Neurons – Watching and Visualizing• Frequent feedback • Frequent review• Online and blended learning• Virtual learning• Interest-centric learning• Outdoor education• Application• Reflection

The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

Brains and Learning• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMZnfFD1maU&feature=relmfu

How the Brain Learns Best

Dr. Judy Willis• http://www.setgame.com• http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html

Neuroscience for Kids

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EyYG0DUG2A&feature=relmfu

Social and Emotional Learning• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2uSg-_KlI&feature=relmfu

Emotion in Education• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3HDNmdHxeA&feature=related

Emotional Intelligence and Academic Learning

Game-Based LearningAll games can teach, what do you want to learn?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGVEANUEVo&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phaatY_udck&feature=relmfu • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxQSyP7EQc&feature=relmfu (hands

on science)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNOI4EDivk&feature=relmfu

(assessment for learning)• http://www.carnet.hr/tematski/e-learning/Game-based_learning.pdf article• www.games2train.com Marc Prensky – articles, read them all• http://www.gamebasedlearning.org.uk/content/view/58/ article• Integrated content• http://education.usgs.gov/index.html

U.S. Geological Society

Which Games?Successes using the Wii

include:• Little Big Planet • Endless Ocean • Cooking Mama • Mario Kart • Samba de Amigo • Band or Guitar Hero • Brain Academy

Xbox success include: • Band Hero• Guitar Hero

Successes with the Nintendo DS include:

• Nintendogs • Professor Layton • Gardening Mama • Brain Training/Brain Academy

Successes with the PlayStation 3 include:

• Little Big Planet • FIFA World Cup • Mario Kart • EyePet (Early Education)• Civilization

Game-based Learningo Greatly increased motivation, engagement and

enthusiasm o Increased social interaction, problem-solving,

communication, cooperation, collaboration, planning, responsibility and increased confidence and self-esteem

o Improvements in writing and numeracy skills o Multisensory learning allowing for a range of different

learning styles o Pupils and teachers partner in learning o Pupils often lead the learning as well as becoming

more independent learners themselveso Improved teacher-pupil relationships

The Impact of Console Games in the Classroomhttp://www.gamebasedlearning.org.uk/content/view/75/89/

• Future Lab (UK)

http://futurelab.org.uk/sites/default/files/Console_Games_report.pdf

• Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) www.curriculum-for-excellence.co.uk/

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/understandingthecurriculum/whatiscurriculumforexcellence/curriculumasawhole.asp

Sugata Mitra

Blow your mind researcher, thinker, educator …unbelievable!

Videos for sugata mitra ted • Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves  

ted.com• http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_ki

ds_teach_themselves.html

We Become Shamans Begin with learning objectives Understand how to promote thinking and learning Willingness to learn from and with our students Confident learning professionals Partner with students regarding learning and assessment Continuous learners

Happiness• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13cohen.html?_r=1&nl=todaysh

eadlines&emc=tha212

The Happynomics of Life (N.Y. Times)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSREpjLyvUA

Tal Ben Shahar – everything you can find on him• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8DngXKtvEQ&feature=related (Part 1)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I6YJtq2Oqk&feature=related (Part 2) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQt_WNewOKs&feature=related (Part 3)

Shawn Anchor – everything you can find on him

Take Away• Personalized learning

• Khan Academy

• Learning and our brains

• Social Emotional and Academic Learning

• The Granny Cloud

• Happiness

• Service Learning

• Game-Based Learning

• Dr. Judy Willis

• Inspiring Resources

21st Century Learners• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF1L5Dr5g44&feature=related• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZW49n5UO8&feature=related Digital Kids• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYcWq_GYEN0&feature=related Digital Media’s Effect on Kids and Learning• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58X7YPebJVo&feature=relmfu Mimi Ito on why time spent online is important for kids• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecFizWZgIiA&feature=related Understanding Digital Natives• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJ1sM_IvHU&NR=1 Katie Salen on Digital Media and Learning (started the New School, game based learning)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y&feature=relmfu Malcolm Gladwell – What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (great piece on personalization)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4hPbHIZ6Y&feature=related Malcolm Gladwell on Outliers• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSRu6CaJd_g&NR=1 Malcolm Gladwell on Big Success• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TRioBKpUwY&feature=related Malcolm Gladwell on Blink• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIYUMwxKFzo&feature=related Malcolm Gladwell on Meaningful Work, Not Genius• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiH4UOEjxgM&NR=1 Capitalizing on Human Potential• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_cmlvzwlI&feature=related Malcolm Gladwell on Q & A

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=related Where good ideas come from (animated)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=related Sir Kenneth Robinson – changing education paradigms (animated)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LelXa3U_I&feature=related Sir Kenneth Robinson – bring on the educational revolution• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg Philip Zambardo, The secret powers of time (animated)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6_U6jOKsG4&NR=1 James Gee – Finding your science• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0l-rNZ9qtE&NR=1 Finding your science – Singing in the brain• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY5uAsJ4ubE&feature=relmfu Finding your science – Good idea, bad idea• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTb4ycwa1c&NR=1 Finding your science – Your unique voice• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOIhseXXMA&feature=list_related&playnext=1&li

st=SP6A14474690DDA20E An evening to re-imagine learning in the 21st century – 3 videos• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMqA7PqHySk&NR=1 Re-imagining learning in the 21st century• Scam School - Podcast

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2qc2DcdUL4&feature=relmfu D. Pink, choosing a major• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFQ78HbJK0&feature=related A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink (1of 6)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI3gkwxc_Ds&feature=related D. Pink (2 of 6)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLuWU_RTy0E&feature=related On Next-ing• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Kf9QcC4xY&feature=related What’s the next project?• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLGfc4rl6c&feature=related D Pink working with and managing gen X• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y&feature=related D. Pink Drive • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=relmfu D. Pink Drive and Motivation• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykq6XSO0c0M&feature=fvwrel D. Pink, Education and the changing world of work• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o89V8YJ09uE&feature=relmfu D. Pink, Exercise Creativity at Your Job

• http://www.eht.k12.nj.us/~jonesj/differentiated%20instruction/Independent%20Projects.htm

Differentiated instruction resource – stunningly useful

http://www.eht.k12.nj.us/~jonesj/differentiated%20instruction/1%20DI%20Homepage.htm

Home Page for Differentiated Instruction – overflowing with resources