topic 2b: instructional design to engage today's learners
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Instructional Design to Engage Today’s Learners
An artful marriage of instructional design and assessment to engage and empower today’s
learners“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” …President Barack Obama, 21st Century Skills
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” …President Barack Obama, 21st Century Skills
Problem: What is the problem in today’s classrooms?
Instructional Strategy
What is the teacher doing?
What is the student doing?
Virtual Field Trips: Inside Our Classrooms
How do we engage and motivate today’s learners?What do we need to learn in order to become instructional
leaders of instruction?What does research say about ‘quality instruction’?
My Story
Once upon a time in a
galaxy far, far away….
Me – in grade 2
Me – in grade 4
Me – in grade 6
Are We Stuck in the 70s?
So are we stuck in the 70s? I sure hope not….but I wonder? Let’s debate!
Brent – please role play for us your learning from the 1970s…..
Think WinWinWorking Interactively
Winning Independently
“many poor learners can be turned around if we just acknowledge differences amongst them
and re-educate ourselves on how to help them succeed.” If we know this, why don’t all of our students succeed? Why don’t we change our
instructional practice?
Why?
ThinkPair
Share Compare
What are our learning targets?
1. To create a “Instructional Strategies” booklet of ideas to help us grow as instructional leaders
2. To compare and contrast instructional strategies so that we will improve student learning and student engagement
3. To create a project-based learning plan that will improve learning and engagement of learners during this school year.
My Little White Book of Instructional Tips
Cover PagePage 1: Learning Pyramid
Page 2: The Brain.....Page 3: Learning Styles/Products
Page 4:The Engaged LearnerPage 5: Instructional StrategiesBack Cover: My Thoughts/Quote
The Learning Pyramid We
Learn……
What does the research say about how our students learn?
The Brain is ……..
5 Principles of the Brain Friendly Classroom
My Brain Metaphor______________
What do our students say about how they
like to learn?(brainstorm)
AISI Student Engagement Surveys
Grade 1 to 6 Student Survey – May, 2011 – 2,759 students surveyedGrade 7 to 12 Student Survey – May, 2011 – 739 students surveyed
Tell Them From Me Survey – May, 2011 AISI Instructional Design Teacher Survey – June, 2011
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
The Elementary Survey: A snapshot
Why are these rated as less effective?
Do we abandon these orjust do them better?
1st
2nd
3rd4th
5th
The Secondary Survey: A snapshot
Why are these rated as less effective?
Do we abandon these orjust do them better?
Used with permission, Speak Out, Wolf Creek Public School Division, 2010
Visualize: What would your classroom/school look like?
We All Learn Differently/We all Teach Differently
• Multiple Intelligences• Learning Styles (Visual, Auditory,
Tactile/Kinesthetic)• Brain Differences• Gender Differences
DIFFERENTIATED
INSTRUCTION
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
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VERBAL/LINGUISTIC(WORD SMART)Sensitivity to the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words and language, both written and spoken.
LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL(NUMBER SMART)Capacity to deal with numbers,formulae, abstract patterns andinductive/deductive thinking.
VISUAL/SPATIAL(PICTURE SMART)Reliance on sense of sight and ability to visualize; includes ability to create mental images.
BODILY/KINESTHETIC(BODY SMART)Ability to deal with and control body movements and handle objects skillfully.
MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC(MUSIC SMART)Capacity to recognize and produce tonal patterns, sounds, pitch, rhythms, and beats.
INTERPERSONAL(PEOPLE SMART)Has to do with person-to-person communication and relationships.
INTRAPERSONAL(SELF SMART)Relates to self-reflection, metacognition, awareness of one’s own feelings and internal states of being.
NATURALIST (NATURE SMART )Appreciation for nature and ecological issues; recognizes patterns in organisms & in nature.
Create
a
Concep
t Map
The Engaged Learner…
Drawing Exercise: Draw a time when you were highly engaged as a learner and “in the flow”. What did it look like? What did it sound like?
The Engaged Learner and Technology
What role does technology play? How can we use Web 2.0 Tools to help improve instruction and student achievement
How do we compare to our students?A Vision of K-12 Students Today
3Rs x 7Cs = 21st Century Learning
Planning Today Requires a New
Formula
Instructional Pedagogy
is Plentiful
Instructional Research is
Plentiful
So What’s the Problem?Let’s Get Engaged: Our Exit
Pass
So What’s the Problem?Let’s Get Engaged: Our Exit
PassWhat idea will you take with you today to help better engage the
learners within your classroom/school?How will you accomplish this?
How will you know if you were successful?What vow will you make today?
Think WinWin
20 Instructional StrategiesTo Engage the LearnerGraphic Organizers
Writing and ReflectionBrainstormingField TripsDebatesVisualsMovementHumor and CelebrationMusic, Rhythm, Rhyme & RapCooperative Learning
Problem Based LearningRole play/Drama/CharadesSummarizing and NotemakingTechnologyVisualizationGamesStorytellingManipulatives/ModelsMnemonic DevicesDrawing and Artwork
By Marcia Tate
High Yield Instructional StrategiesWhere do students “construct” their own
meanings?Where do students “direct” their own learning?
Cooperative LearningJigsaw/Community Circle/Task Rotation
Advance OrganizersGraphic OrganizersComplex OrganizersVisual Organizers
Non-linguistic representations Drawing and Artwork/VisualsVisual Representations/Mind MapsMind’s Eye
Summarizing and Note-takingSummarizing and Note-makingPlace Matt, Fish Bone, etc.Window Notes/New American Lecture/Direct Instruction
MARZANO
TATE
BENNETT
Academic GamesMovement/Games/Role Play/DramaActive Participation/Role-playingTeams/Games/Tournaments
Friendly ControversyDebates/Problem Based LearningAcademic ControversyMystery/Inductive Learning/Decision Making
SILVER Similarities/DifferencesSimile/MetaphorsEBS/PMI/Inductive Thinking/ de Bono’s Thinking HatsCompare and Contrast/ Concept Attainment/MetaphorPattern Maker
Will your project-based learning plan ….honour your students’ learning styles?
…honour the best instructional strategies?
Wise Words“The person who does the talking, does the learning”
The most powerful single influence on student achievement is feedback.”
John Hattie
"We Are Not Preparing Children For Our Future, We are Preparing Them for Their Future”
***David Warlick
“A good teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary”
Thomas Carruthers
“People learn by what they do, not by what they are told”
…Pat Wolfe
“Are we training students to write tests for life, or are we training students for the tests of life”
….Art Costa
“ Learn by Doing “4H Motto
“If we want to have engaged brains in the classroom, we have to have an interactive environment”
***Spencer Kagan
“"The quality of learning rarely exceeds the quality of teaching"
***Dr. David Sousa
“The brain holds onto information that is ‘relevant’. Thus, when teaching new
information, ‘hook’ it onto prior learning and experiences”…Marian Diamond
Resources:Books:
Kaufeldt, Martha. Begin with the brain: orchestrating the learner-centered classroom. Tucson, Zephyr Press, Inc. 1999.
Marzano, Robert. Classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA. ASCD Press, 2001.
Medina, John. Brain rules. Seattle, Pear Press, Inc. 2008
Tate, Marcia: Sit and get won’t grow dendrites. Thousand Oaks, Corwin Press, Inc. 2004.
Websites:A Vision of Students Learning Today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
Begin With the Brain: http://www.beginwiththebrain.com/
Brain Rules: www.brainrules.net
Cooperative Learning: http://www.kaganonline.com/