illuminating gatsby hsd prez 10 16-14-revised
DESCRIPTION
From a presentation on a webinar for Human Systems Dynamics Institute, this is an overview of my work on an offshoot of the 21st century notebooking/"hacking the notebook"/writing and circuitry work introduced to me by Jie Qi, Paul Oh, David Cole, and Jennifer Dick. We are continuing to work together on a pilot project called "21st century notebooking." See last slide for Google+ information about this work.TRANSCRIPT
WELCOME!WEBINAR SERIES:
SIMPLE RULES FOR CHANGE MAKERS
Focus on the True & Useful:
Gatsby & Electrical Circuits in English Class
Molly AdamsA. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas, TX
A New Tech Network School
CHANGE MAKERS!
WE ARE EXPLORING A SHORT
SET OF SIMPLE RULES TO SET
CONDITIONS FOR GENERATIVE
CHANGES IN CLASSROOMS,
CAMPUSES, AND DISTRICTS.
AGENDA:
7:00 Welcome/Leslie
Power of Simple Rules in a
Complex System
Focusing on the True and Useful
7:10ish What? / Molly
The project, the work
7:35ish So What? / Questions
Molly’s Reflections and Q&A
Responses to Questions
7:45ish Now What? / Questions
Molly’s Next Steps and Q&A
7:55ish Closure/Aha’s
© 2014. HUMAN SYSTEMS DYNAMICS INSTITUTE. USE WITH PERMISSION.
In HSD we try to encourage “generative learning.”
“Generative learning” is the capacity to adapt appropriately to changing realities.
We try to see, understand, and influence patterns of generative learning in schools and beyond.
ADAPTIVE ACTION
So What?
Now What?
What?
WHY WE NEED SIMPLE RULES IN
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Dysfunctional Patterns
• Fragmentation
•Confusion
• Isolation
•Conflict
Simple Rules
•Shared agreements about how we work together.
Generative Patterns
•Coherence
•Collaboration
•Adaptive Capacity
SIMPLE (YET RADICAL) RULES
• SEARCH FOR THE TRUE AND THE USEFUL.
• TEACH AND LEARN IN EVERY INTERACTION.
• ATTEND TO THE WHOLE, PART, AND GREATER WHOLE.
• SEE, UNDERSTAND, AND INFLUENCE PATTERNS.
• RECOGNIZE AND BUILD ON ASSETS.
• ENGAGE IN JOYFUL PRACTICE.
• ACT WITH COURAGE.
SIMPLE RULE:
FOCUSING ON THE
TRUE AND USEFUL
What?
So what?
Now what?
CONNECTED EDUCATORS
• We are connected educators!
• #CE14
• Online, social media, blogging, PLC/Ns!
• We are also Educator Innovators!
• #connectedlearning, #clmooc
• Maker Movement
• @writingproject
• NWP: connecting academics to interests,
learners to mentors/peers, educational
goals to higher order thinking skills and
real-world ideas/ work
Photo taken from ConnectedEducators.org
IT STARTED WITH A PD SESSION AT NCTE &
NWP ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 2013….
1. Concept of remix 2. “Hacking the Notebook”
3. Using paper/flat circuits to
“highlight” ideas
21ST
CENTURY
NOTEBOOKING COMMUNITY
• Jie Qi, MIT Media Lab
• LED Circuit Stickers
• Chibitronics: http://chibitronics.com/
• Her work: https://www.youtube.com/user/qijies
• http://simonetti.media.mit.edu/~jieqi/
• Paul Oh, NWP Senior Program Assoc.
• His work: http://dcomposing.com/, http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/nwp_au/1102
• “Make. Write. Remix. Share.” – Edutopia
• David Cole, CV2 Founder, Pearson Foundation
Consultant
• http://www.cv2.co/about/
• Jen Dick, formerly of Nexmap, now at National Academy Foundation
• http://www.jennifer-dick.com/
REMIXING A PROJECT…
AND A NOVEL
• The Great Gatsby
• Light symbolism
• Dark conflict/ characters
• Usual methods of teaching
• Yes, an analysis
•Making it PBL
• Let there be… light?
• Let’s illuminate what we think is
important
• Mentor texts changed:
Tesla/Edison, direct/alternating
current, types of illumination
• Reasons we illuminate anything
HOW TO “ILLUMINATE”
GATSBY?
What thinking or skill do I want to “illuminate” with the circuitry activities and work?
ILLUMINATING OUR THINKING
• Remix materials
• Remix workshops
• Remix prior knowledge acquisition
• Goal: to learn about electricity in a
nontraditional way, so we can use
circuitry in a nontraditional way, so
we can learn about the power of
literature and writing… in a
nontraditional way
REMIX: making new meaning out of existing
learning; not about curriculum; about experience
THE REMIX APPROACH
MATERIALS WORKSHOPS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
THE REMIX APPROACH
PRODUCTSCOLLABORATIVE
WORK ACTUAL TASKS
OUR WORK
MIXING WITH THE TRUE AND
USEFUL? TESLA AND EDISON.
THE PROJECT:
ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT
FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.
THE PROJECT:
ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT
FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.
THE PROJECT:
ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT
FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.
CRITICAL THINKING. LITERARY ELEMENTS.
AUTHOR’S TECHNIQUES. LIFE TRUTHS.
REAL, AUTHENTIC LEARNING. AND MAKING.
SIR KEN ROBINSON,
ON CREATIVITY
“AND THE THIRD PART OF THIS IS THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED,
NONETHELESS, ON THE REALLY EXTRAORDINARY
CAPACITIES THAT CHILDREN HAVE -- THEIR CAPACITIES FOR
INNOVATION…. WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IS A PERSON OF
EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION WHO FOUND A TALENT. AND
MY CONTENTION IS, ALL KIDS HAVE TREMENDOUS
TALENTS. AND WE SQUANDER THEM, PRETTY RUTHLESSLY. SO
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT CREATIVITY. MY CONTENTION IS THAT CREATIVITY
NOW IS AS IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION AS LITERACY, AND
WE SHOULD TREAT IT WITH THE SAME STATUS.”
“
”
WE ARE CONNECTING
THEORY TO PRACTICE IN AN
AUTHENTIC, CREATIVE WAY.
THEIR INNOVATION
SURPASSED MY IMAGINATION.
THE LEARNING WAS
MEANINGFUL, LASTING,
AND COMPLEX.
“A truth about life I would illuminate would be the fact that trust
is fragile and loyalty is a blessing.”
“Wealth blocks Gatsby’s view of his true emotions, tricking him
into thinking he’s happy.”
“It’s not that bad things happen to good people…it’s that bad
things happen in general. Lives begin and suddenly end. What
we want to do with our lives, our plans, mean nothing to other
people as we continue to try to reach a higher level of success.”
THEIR WORDS.
“I learned through this project that I
knew more about circuits than I
thought. I was able to reteach the
subject of circuits to a whole table
group. I was proud of myself.”
“I learned more about
currents/electricity in this class than
in any science class. I think it was
the different approach.”
“A lot of us had the same theme but
expressed it in such different ways.”
“I liked that it really made me think bigger
than the classroom and that what I learned is
A) cool and B) actually applicable. I feel like
we get too wrapped up in one subject at
school and don’t take time to integrate others,
so this was a nice change.”
“I learned how to make a simple circuit. I
learned craft vocabulary like ‘apoxy.’ I
learned time management, the importance of
planning ahead, and following through with
those plans. I also learned the importance of
understanding metaphors, similes, and
symbolism because it can make a difference
in the ‘truth’ you see.”
“
”
BODIES BEGIN MOVING IN
UNISON WHEN WE START
FOLLOWING SIMPLE RULES
DR. LESLIE PATTERSON AND HSD
WHY CAN’T THIS APPLY TO CREATIVITY, MOTIVATION, THE
LEARNING OR WRITING PROCESS, AND STUDENT CHOICES?
RESOURCES • SIMPLE RULES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=25BYDK70-VG
• HTTP://WWW.HSDINSTITUTE.ORG
• HTTP://WWW.ADAPTIVEACTION.ORG
• HTTP://WWW.HSDINEDUCATION.WORDPRESS.COM
• HTTP://WIKI.HSDINSTITUTE.ORG/
• EOYANG, G. & HOLLADAY, R. (2013). ADAPTIVE ACTION: LEVERAGING UNCERTAINTY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. CALIFORNIA. STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
• PATTERSON, L., HOLLADAY, R., AND EOYANG, G. (2013). RADICAL RULES FOR SCHOOLS: ADAPTIVE ACTION FOR COMPLEX CHANGE. CIRCLE PINES, MN: HUMAN SYSTEMS DYNAMICS INSTITUTE.
• PAUL OH’S “MAKE. WRITE. REMIX. SHARE.” BLOG ON EDUTOPIA
• TCTELA WINTER 2013 NEWSLETTER, TEXAS VOICES, P. 19 – “WHAT THE HECK IS A HACKJAM?”
• JIE QI’S SITES: HTTP://SIMONETTI.MEDIA.MIT.EDU/~JIEQI/ AND HTTP://TECHNOLOJIE.COM/
• PHOTOS EITHER COURTESY OF MOLLY ADAMS OR FOTER.COM/PUBLIC DOMAIN.
• HTTP://EDUCATORINNOVATOR.ORG/ AND HTTP://CONNECTEDEDUCATORS.ORG/
• CIRCUITRY HELP? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS! GETTING STARTED IN ELECTRONICS AND MAKE: ELECTRONICS
• MENTAL FLOSS ARTICLE ABOUT TESLA AND EDISON
• 21ST CENTURY NOTEBOOKING: NEXMAP RESOURCES, GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY, CHAD SANSING’S HACK YOUR NOTEBOOK KIT, JIEQI’S PROTOTYPE AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
THANKS!
Mary Nations, Webinar Producer
Royce Holladay, Human Systems Dynamics Institute
@rjholladay
Leslie Patterson, Human Systems Dynamics Institute
Site Director for NWP’s North Star of Texas Writing Project
@lesliepatterson
Molly Adams, A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School
Dallas ISD
North Star of Texas Writing Project Teacher Consultant
@finchgirl10
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