Post on 16-Apr-2017
An Invitation
to Innovate
Bridge 2 Tech Innovation Summit SFCUE 2016
Sam Patterson Ed.D.
hello!
I am Sam Patterson
Teacher of students.You can find me at @SamPatue
Every time we change our plans, we have an opportunity
to improve the pedagogy as well as the outcomes.
This is the golden moment of change.
be brave
Why our students deserve fun in the classroom
1.
The F word
Fun is good for learning
If we can laugh and dance together we can learn together
Refuse to Make False Choices
Fun and Learning
Creative and Academic
MakerSpace and English Class
What they want and What they need
A “Yes and” approach to integration
Fun and Learning
Seriously, this false choice can cost you your job.
#burnout
Do not…keep children to their studies
by compulsion but by play.
Plato
Greek philosopher
427–347 BC
I had to get a degree to learn:
When students say they are having fun, they are providing evidence of genuine engagement.
On the Job Training
I was taught to manage my classroomI learned to engage my students
Creative and Academic
“ Do you teach real writing or the fluff stuff? ”
Creative self expression can be used for ruthlessly academic means.
MakerSpace and English Class
From Puppets to Programming-
Have kids do stuff and write about it.
Looking for inspiration? Check Instructables.com
Have kids do stuff and write about it.
How to
What they want
and What they need
Deconstructing Toys#alwaysteachingwriting
Cardboard Arcade
Cardboard Arcade
● Transforming Elementary Science● NGSS -Forces● Hands on● Inspired the Teachers with Caines Arcade● Research
““We only think when confronted
with a problem.” ― John Dewey
If your room is loud with
learning, give the kids earplugs
#ProTip
And be ready to share them
2.
Know your goals
Creative
Self
Expression
and why it matters
Logical Tech Extensions
Write a skit
Complete a matching activity
Create a video
Make it big and put it on the floor
The
lucky
ones get
to pick
all the
tape up
And use what you have
3.
Start where you are
““Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to
demand thinking; learning naturally results.” ― John Dewey
Iterate the lesson in whichever direction seems natural
Learning Outcomes
� More Shakespeare out loud in class� Critical engagement of the play� Group Problem Solving� Fun� Sewing Skills� Puppet Skills
Puppet Building and
Storytelling Elective
6th Grade Humanities
Edutopia Staff
ISTE2015
Workshop
It was never about the puppets
We change
Self perceptions
by designing
experiences
Learning with
Robots
Learning is
Social
Communication
Problem
Solving
Perseverance,
and Physics
“
Don't let your plans shut them down
4.
Teach Them to Learn
Introduce them
to a tool like you
would a book
Challenge
them to
discover
their own
understanding
Give
them
time
Minecraft
School Map
““We always live at the time we live and not at
some other time, and only by extracting at each present time the full meaning of each
present experience are we prepared for doing the same thing in the future.”
― John Dewey, Experience and Education
Mindfulness circa 1938
Where will
you start?
Join Sam every week on The Tech Educator Podcast
On twitter @SamPatue
2nd Session in person
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