masscue 2011 motivating students to become self-directed learners
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If you want to learn more about understanding “how-to” motivate your students in their journey to becoming self-directed learners, this is for you. * Learn what self-directed learning skills are. * Understand what is critical you teach and how. * Gain tips you can immediately implement into your classroom.TRANSCRIPT
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Meg Robbins
Mary Wiseman
Motivating students to become self-directed learners
Wednesday October 26Session 1: 10:15-11:00
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As we get settled, please grab a pen and paper and do a pre-write to this prompt:
Think about something you do --but you don’t really want to do it?
So why DO you do it? What gets you going? What makes you finish?
WELCOME!
Pair Share/Listening
1. Turn to the person next to you (someone new?)
2. Decide who will talk first.
3. When the facilitators (that’s us) say “Start”, one of you shares with the other about what you wrote.
4. You have a minute to talk uninterrupted until we say, “Switch” so use your time well.
5. Only ONE person in you pair should be talking—the other just actively listens. No dialogue!
6. Share-out--What did you hear?
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Workshop Agenda
What are Self-Directed Learning Skills?
Why Teach them?
How
When?
On-line Resources/Classes
Follow-up Webinars
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Practice
Think about a time…• You have said (to yourself or out loud);
“Im not good at...”
• When did you first learn that?
• How do you know it’s true?
• Why? Pair Share
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Motivation
• Think in Questions
• Journaling
• Exit slips
• Self-grading
• Reflection
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Thinking Skills
Embed thinking skills across the curriculum
• Think aloud
• Learning contract
• Coaching partner
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Multiple intelligences
• VARK
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Rubrics
• Student friendly
• The limitations of exemplars
• Student- created
• Student-assessed
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Exit Slips
• One thing I “got” was…
• I want to know more about…
• One question I have is…
• Oh—and one more thing…
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Webinars
Connection Test date: Sat. Oct. 29 from 8-9am
Connection Test date: Tues. Nov. 1 from 5:30-6:15 pm
Webinar 1: Tues. Nov. 1 from 6:30-7:30 pm
Webinar 2: Wed. Nov 9 from 6:30-7:30 pm
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Next Online Course
January 2012 Watch your email
Check out: www.sdlskills.com
Thank you!
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