Unclassroom elementary 2014

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What are armpits for?

What would happen if the moon crashed into the earth?

If you were good, but you really wanted coal, would

Santa bring it to you?


“How did cavemen learn?”


Oral Culture


1. How can we move beyond the traditional

classroom?

2. What can we glean from other models of learning?


1. Lecture, independent reading, & worksheets fail to engage students.

2. An examination of other models of learning helps to

(1) improve lecture (2) explore increasingly student-centered instructional techniques.


A fly on the wall…Classroom


What would happen if…Classroom


Work like crazy!Classroom


A little while ago…


Nonlinguistic Representations


“Un-schools”


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vs.


“Please draw what teaching looks like in this school.”


The


If you were in charge of teaching your elderly relative how to use

their first smart phone...


Would you…


Would you… Lecture


Would you… Lecture Make them read


Would you… Lecture Make them read Audio-Visual


Would you… Lecture Make them read Audio-Visual Demonstrate


Would you… Lecture Make them read Audio-Visual Demonstrate Discuss


Would you… Lecture Make them read Audio-Visual Demonstrate Discuss Practice by Doing


Would you… Lecture Make them read Audio-Visual Demonstrate Discuss Practice by Doing Teach Others


When the stakes are high…

Lecture Reading Audio-Visual Demonstration Discussion Practice by Doing Teaching Others


Power in the PresentationLearners are likely to retain…• 5% Lecture• 10% Reading• 20% Audio-Visual• 30% Demonstration• 50% Discussion• 75% Practice by Doing• 90% Teaching Others

Adapted from David Sousa, How the Brain Learns, Reston, VA, The National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1995, ISBN 0-88210-301-6. Classroom


Technology can replace a teacher who lectures.


What makes this type of lecture effective?


What makes this type of lecture effective?

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-Object lesson-Props-Multi-modality-Rehearsed-Interacts with the audience-Abstractions are tied to concrete objects-Intonation


--Different things--Lecture is widely used --Lecture places learners in a passive role--Lecture can be effective, but is often not--Lecture can be enhanced by multi-modality and novelty--Often perceived negatively by learners… but not always.


Technology makes it easier to…


Let’s look at some


Joe Maciello


Wall Word Song…


Student Created…


Use music, movement, and

student creativity to improve vocabulary

mastery.


Use technology to digitize student work and to share it with others…especially

next year’s students.


• All these roots help us figure out new words we haven’t seen.–Agri is to use the soil–Aud is to listen–Bene means good or well–Circum is to go around–Corp is a body–Dict to say or speak–Dur means long lasting –Equ/equi means the same


Mad Scientist Paul


A class designed like angry birdsContent is

designed to be mastered

and remastered

Points earned for each module

mastered

Leveling system tied to

a narrative


Kyle Hileman


Kyle Hileman

Make learning more

experiential and

participatory!


What should a class look like?



• Broadway musical



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum• A video game



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum• Video game• ANYTHING BUT A CLASSROOM!!!


CLASS DOJO


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The


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(1) most users

(2) most hands-on


Classroom

(1) most users

(2) most hands-on

(3) messiest

(4) tended to be the least like the

activities they were doing in

school


Classroom

(1) most users

(2) most hands-on


Classroom

(1) most users

(2) most hands-on

(3) messiest

(4) tended to be the least like the

activities they were doing in

school


Classroom

Young people are inventors.


Classroom

Young people are scientists.


Look at other models.

The


The


How to use audiovisual effectively


Classroom

Build a Rube Goldberg machine

that turns on a light.


How to use audiovisual effectively


English Shorts


Teachers must experience this as learner for it to permeate

their own instructional/assessment practices!


1. In a group of two or three “like” persons, pick something coming up in your content area.2. Create a short introductory video or one verse of a vocabulary song.3. Make it accurate and funny.4. Do it one take and record it.5. Upload it to youtube.


What is being used?


Would you… Lecture Reading Audio-Visual Demonstration Discussion Practice by Doing Teaching Others


The


Look at other models.

The



• Broadway musical



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum• Twitter



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum• Twitter• A video game



• Broadway musical• Angry Birds• A museum• Video game• ANYTHING BUT A CLASSROOM!!!


1. How can we move beyond the traditional

classroom?

2. What can we glean from other models of learning?


The

Classroom @CurtisChandler6BetterLearningForSchools.com

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