ted talk21: creating a dynamic and joyful environment marie alcock and allison zmuda

TED Talk21: Creating a dynamic and joyful environment

Marie Alcock and Allison Zmuda

Self Regulation

• Where am I in my process? • What are my

next steps?

Self Evaluation

• What is the criteria I am holding myself to?

• How am I doing right now?

• How do I feel right now?

Self Motivation

• Why do I care?• Why does the

work matter?• Is this the only

way?http://www.ctrustnetwork.com/c350p1/self-

help/mindset/motivation/how-to-self-motivate.html

Image from Flickr, by Sebastian Bergmann

Away State Toward State

http://publicintellectual.wordpress.com/tag/civic-disengagement/

http://factzo.com/ostrich-facts/

Creating a dynamic and joyful environment

• Know your students.• Invite students to co-create.• Teach them about the brain.• Connect them to how they learn.• Establish clear criteria of success.• Be mindful of what to put a score on.

From Hartford Public High SchoolHartford, CT

Students will work in small groups to quantify specific programs, policies or life-changing events. The goal is to determine the true costs and reasonable estimates in order to make informed decisions about current and future behavior. •Collaborate with others to complete an assigned tasks•Collect data, analyze to determine patterns/trends, display appropriately so that decisions can be made•Calculate budget: estimate costs, propose ways to finance, and execute/revisit plan •Use evidence to support thinking•Select appropriate language, techniques, processes, tools, and/or medium that communicate the desired message and capture others’ attention

What that looks like

http://en.paperblog.com/infographic-the-true-cost-of-dog-ownership-623140/

What that looks like

http://griid.org/2012/09/29/natural-gas-industry-claim-that-fracking-will-make-the-us-more-energy-independent-is-simply-not-true/

From Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD,TX

Select a musical instrument that you like. Describe to someone who has never touched the instrument what to do in order to produce sound. (NOTE: A more sophisticated version would be to describe how to get a range of sounds or to improve the quality of sound (e.g. different rhythms on a drum, chords on a piano that harmonize, a note on a recorder without the squeak). •Describes hand position or “fingering”•Explains what to do using words, pictures, and sounds•Tests explanation out and revises or rerecords to make sure it is helpful and accurate•Makes sure it is ready to publish (grammar, spelling)

What that looks like

http://sciencefocus.com/news/does-playing-music-make-you-smarter http://www.wikihow.com/Encourage-Your-

Child-to-Play-a-Musical-Instrument

From DIY.org

Biologists are into the processes of life in all of its forms. We study microscopic cells, vast ecosystems, and everything in between. Our discoveries can lead to new medicines and new theories of the past and future.

•Draw a food web•Make a model of DNA•Preserve a natural specimen•Build a bio-observer

What that looks like

DIY.org