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UNLEASH YOURMIND //SHIFT

Activated Classroom Teaching

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ACT BLENDED LEARNINGCOURSE OVERVIEW

A TO TA L APPROACH

The ACT approach arose out of extensive research into how modern students’ learn withthe aim of developing appropriate digital-age teaching approaches (pedagogies). Inaddition to this, the goal was to develop an easy-to-apply, cohesive arrangement ofpedagogies. The ACT model represents the first Taxonomy Of Teaching And Learning(TOTAL) approach for the 21st century that maximizes technologies affordances,resonates with modern students and develops key 21st century skills. What Bloom’s taxonomy did for thinking skills in the classroom, the ACT taxonomy isdoing for digital-age pedagogies in the classroom.

" GEN I U S "

The Activated Classroom Teaching (ACT) approach has been described as “genius”, “inspiring”, “a first”, “a mind shift of epic proportions”, and “like a good book you can't put down". In addition to being used by leading schools around the world, the ACT approach has been featured in the Huffington Post, LifeHacker, CNBC, World Economic Forum, Carte Blanche, as well as academic publications. The reason for this unprecedented response is because it represents the first research-supported, easy-to- apply, arrangement of digital-age pedagogies.

P EDAGOGY T H EN T E CHNO LOGY

“For the first time, I see a real way that education and technology can be linked successfully” (Claire). The aim of the ACT approach is to let teachers see technology-based teaching in a whole new way. The aim is not to prescribe what technologies are used in the classroom, but rather to equip teachers with a pedagogic lens through which they view these technologies. Seeing pedagogies before technologies fundamentally changes how we approach teaching in the digital age.

“It is not app driven but pedagogically driven…as a teacher you can pick and choose those apps that you like and you feel will advance your subject knowledge or skills.” (Stephen Ireland, Deputy Headmaster, Thomas More College)

MAS S I V E L E ARN I NG GA I N S

Research by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman from Stanford has proven that active learningapproaches can “double the amount a student learns”. This has been confirmed byongoing research by the ACT Academy which has shown that active pedagogies, such asthe pedagogy of Creation, more than double recall rates.

TH E AC T APPROACH

The Activated Classroom Teaching (ACT) approach is based on the ACT model, a taxonomy of digital-age pedagogies. The pedagogies employ active learning teaching approaches that maximise engagement, learning and performance. In addition to encouraging active learning with technology, the pedagogies are designed to encourage the development of key 21st century skills, such as creativity, problem solving, curiosity, critical thinking, etc.

AC T   ON L I N E COUR S E

Aim: Teach how to apply 21st Century Teaching approaches

Duration: Approx. 50 hours (self-paced online)

Content:

- Based on book "Wake Up Class!"

- Issues with current approaches

- The ACT 21st-century Taxonomy Of Teaching And Learning

- Millennial Age Survival Skills

- Teaching with Curation

- Teaching with Conversation

- Teaching with Correction

- Teaching with Creation

- Teaching with Chaos

Outcomes:

- Aware of the need to adjust how we teach

- Understand why current edtech approaches are failing

- Aware of a new taxonomy of pedagogies for 21st-century teaching

- Appreciation of how technology could potentially be used in new ways

- Experience a range of tools supported by digital-age pedagogies

Approach:

- Online course in Moodle

- Active learning based on ACT pedagogies

- Consumption - Videos, eBook, notes

- Curation - Badges, Database

- Conversation - Forum, Google Docs

- Correction - Quizzes, Active Videos

- Creation - Active Videos, Powtoon

- Chaos - QR Codes, Comic creation

Assessment:

- BP: Badge Points (20%)

- QP: Quiz Points (50%)

- LP: Lessons Plans (10%)

- FP: Final Assessment Points (20%)

By the end of this course, you will:

Understand the 5 vital ACT digital-age pedagogiesHave experienced the 5 ACT digital-age pedagogiesHave produced 5 ready-to-apply ACTivated digital-age lesson plans

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REVIEWS

"Thank you...for the excellent course, it has really been an eye-opening experience. I have been looking for something like this for a while to help me take my class to the next level. I loved it! The course got me @ctivated so that I can now go and @ctivate my own

course." - Alastair

"(The course) was like a ray of light in the darkness...(it) made me smile and hope" (Deborah)

"I've been searching for practical ways of implementing active learning in my classroom, I

now found the @CTIVATED way." (Hafizah)

"This course is awesome! It makes me excited about teaching and I am confident that my students will become excited about ACTivating their learning experience." (Dalene)

This...was the most incredible course. Not only was it interesting, engaging and topical,

but it was also practical! (Kerry)

“This course is a gift for both teachers and students.” (Vanessa)

“The most amazing course…I'm like a soldier going to the war armed with advanced strategies of shifting teaching and learning in the classroom in an active and exciting

way.” (Lungelo)

“I have been activated...(this) provided me with tools and skills that some teachers haven’t learned in 25 years of teaching!!” (Wendy)