Iag 2014

A Way of Learning

WELCOME

Born to Be

Tuesday, December 16, 14

patty walters

lisa cooper


A Way of Learning

Why?


BECAUSE:


BECAUSE:THINKING PATTERNS ARE UNIQUE



BEHAVIORS ARE LEARNED




WE NEED GIFTED LEARNERS





IT’S FUN TO LEARN





IT’S FUN TO LEARN

and unfortunately because of this......


“The whole art of teaching is the art of awakening the natural curiosity

of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it

afterwards.”Anatole France


IS IT POSSIBLE there is a

learning strategy that would create

Passionate and Purposeful

LEARNERS?


A put it in your pocket.pull it out anywhere, anytime

strategy that creates

AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS

That would be wild!


W.I.L.D.An autonomous learning strategy

that promotes independence, proficiency, rigor and

engagement for all learners.Tuesday, December 16, 14

W.I.L.D.Wander to Wonder

Initiate an Investigation

Listen to Learn

Discover the DanceTuesday, December 16, 14

Wander to Wonder

Wonder is the beginning of Wisdom. Socrates


WANDERBDNF: BRAIN DERIVED

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR


Wander...Among Topics

Across Disciplines

Through Ideas

Around Perspectives

.


....To Wonder!


...To Wonder!


Wander to Wonder

Time and Space depth and breadth

Inspiration


What are you

Wondering?Wander to wonder exercise


How might your students wonder in your

classroom?•class wonder journal•individual wonder journals•wander walk•wall of wonder•wonder space - topical table


W.I.L.D. WONDER

leads beyond Google to deeper Learning via a

DynamicDiscoveryquestion


Initiate an Investigation

A Mind once expanded never returns to its original size! Oliver Wendell Holmes


A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES

BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.

INITIATE...


...AN INVESTIGATION


...AN INVESTIGATIONRead closely. Make logical inferences

Summarize key supporting details and ideas

Analyze how events and ideas develop and interact by analyzing a variety of text structures

Integrate knowledge and ideas from diverse media and formats

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently

Evaluate the validity of reasoning within texts


...AN INVESTIGATIONRead closely. Make logical inferences

Summarize key supporting details and ideas

Analyze how events and ideas develop and interact by analyzing a variety of text structures

Integrate knowledge and ideas from diverse media and formats

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently

Evaluate the validity of reasoning within texts

ELA STANDARDSTuesday, December 16, 14

21st Century Standards

Build understanding across and among core subjects and 21st Century themesEmphasize deep understanding rather than shallow knowledgeEngage students with real world data, tools, and expertsAllow for multiple measures of mastery


Math StandardsMake sense of problems and persevere in solving them

Reason abstractly

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

Use appropriate tools strategically

Attend to precision

Look for regularity in repeated reasoning

Look for and make use of structure


The AHA Network...deep thinking because of movement, chaos and intermingling of people and ideas...sharing

mistakes, combining thoughts and lingering over time.Steven Johnson, TedX


Initiate an Investigation:

What would you like to ivestigate?

How will you get started?


Initiate an

Investigation: How will your students investigate

in your classroom?

•www.Brainpop.com Fab Five Facts •Youtube A-Z Book•ted talks for kids Top 10 List•visual thesaurus.com I have, Who Has?•www.wonderopolis.org Paragraph/essay•Read, Read, Read flow chart

Pre-Assess your high ability students and command rigor


http://www.Brainpop.com

http://www.Brainpop.com

http://www.wonderopolis.org

http://www.wonderopolis.org

Where is this in your schedule?

Genius Hour20% Time

W.I.L.D. Wednesdays


Listen to Learn

“SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD.”

STEVEN COVEY


a prepared student “learns to listen”

in order to “listen to learn”


Through The Senses...Tuesday, December 16, 14

Through Multiple Intelligences

Naturalist

Logical Mathematical

Visual Spatial

Bodily Kinesthetic

Verbal Linguistic

Intra personal

Interpersonal

Existential


Through

Six Thinking HatsRed: through lens of EmotionYellow: through lens of PositivityBlue: through lens of ManagerWhite through lens of InformationGreen through lens of CreativityBlack through lens of Negativity


Active Listener


“Listen to Learn” moves us to Synergy.

We are more than the sum of our parts


In what ways do you Listen to Learn?

Reflection? music? art? relationships?


How might your students listen to learn?•Art or music connection•interview an expert•quotes collage wordle.net •reflection journal •learning loop


Discoverthe Dance

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” Martha Graham


https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47790.Martha_Graham

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47790.Martha_Graham

students move from what - to so what?

Passion becomes purpose


students are challenged to move from

scholar to activistto answer the question:

“How will you change or change the world

because of what you know?Tuesday, December 16, 14

Every high ability student celebrates

all the questions all the effort all the thinking all the listening

by taking on the challenge to share what they know!


real world interaction with an authentic audience


Four Levels:aha!

AwarenessAdvocateaction


Let’s dance!

Create an analogy for the type of dance you will

perform as you go W.I.L.D.


What might this dance of discovery look like for your

students?

•letter to the editor•keynote at the staff meeting•press conference•service learning

andraka vs. wwii thank you


A Way of Learning

No BoundariesNo Penalties


Are you wild enough to differentiate for your high ability students?

We hope you will go wild... in your planning in your environment with your schedule with your homework assignments with your curriculum in your leadership at schoolTuesday, December 16, 14

“Tell me what it isyou plan to do with your one WILD and

precious life?” Mary Oliver


will you dance?


www.wildaboutwonder.com

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Join us in the Dance!


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