Story of the book read in its entirety
The text used for my summer 2005 class "tutorials."
The FIRST ENTIRE BOOK one of my undergrad students had ever read.
High quality teaching and learning?
What does it look and sound like to you?
What is Education?
"Education is what you have left when you have forgotten everything you learned in school." (Albert Einstein, 1936)
Traditional education is:
- A Banking / Transmission Model
- Filling in someone else's blanks
- Show up / Throw Up / Suck Up / Throw Back / Forget it
- Passive
- Disconnected from the real word
- Focused on Minimum Standards
Just What is Wesley asking for here?
Not asking you to change the system.
Just asking you to change your own classroom.
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Keys to Authentic Learning:
- Engagement
- Active
- In-depth
- Learning outcomes involve higher order thinking
- Long-term retention
- Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Formative, summative, and ongoing assessments
Authentic Learning Litmus Tests:
- Can you copy/paste the assignment from the web?
- Do high quality completed assignments look the same as others of similar quality?
- Do you have incontrovertible proof it is the student's own work?
- Does the assignment enhance student skills for self-directed learning and self-assessment of QUALITY?
- Do students voluntarily strive to make their work better on their own time?
Needed Student Skills
For the state's test? For the life's tests?
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How Can We Win This Race?
We must encourage student PRODUCTION of authentic knowledge products! (Digital Storytelling)
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3 Final Questions:
- Who were your two most demanding teachers?
- Do you want your students to remember you forever?
- Do you want to have fun with your students at school?
Digital Storytelling is the light
Teach and assign digital storytelling in your classroom!
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