ntlt conference 2011 linda hutchings keynote
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Linda Hutchings keynote - get 'em engaged. Check out her speakers notes on the conference web site - http://www.ntltconference.ac.nz/p/speakers.htmlTRANSCRIPT
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WELCOMEto…
Get ‘emEngaged!
“who dares to teach, must never cease to learn”
John Dana Cotton
Who is Linda?Which 3 or 4 statements are true?
Got 92% in SchoolCertificate French
Has 4 cats, 2 goats and 1 dog
Has a silver medal in gymnastics
Has a rose tattoo on her right leg
Makes all her own jams and pickles
Won best female newcomer at 1992 C & W music festival
so...why
‘engagement’?
for my grandfather…information
was in the teacher
“children should be seen and not heard!”
for my father…information was in the teacher &
also in the books at the school
for me…information was in the teacher,
books at the school….
for me…information was in the teacher,
books at the school….
for me…information was in the
teacher, books at the school & also now at home
britannica encyclopedia
today… information is everywhere!
“people no longer have to come to the classroom to learn”
Diana Laufenman
“factual knowledge is no longer the great
differentiator between educators”
Sir Ken Robinson
so...what is the educator’s
role...
learners…• hostages• vacationers• consumers• adventurers
what’s my mix… today?
so...what is the educator’s
role...
today?
my role...ە sift...
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my role...ە sift...ە inspire...
• a love of learning • a love of l ife• a love of the topic
ە provoke...
“believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and
your own common sense”
buddha
my role...ە sift...ە inspire...
• a love of learning • a love of l ife• a love of the topic
ە provoke...ە engage...
So... who learns the
most in your class...
the person who is the most engaged!
So... what is the
average adult’s attention
span?
two questions...
• how do I get my learner’s attention?
• how do I keep theirattention?
engagement...“the art of getting into
the hearts & minds of our learners
So, how do we take information ...
& present it in a way that is engaging,
meaningful & relevant?
five strategies...1. unexpectedness
1.unexpectnessFamiliarity breeds….C--------?familiarity
breeds…
contempt!
break a pattern...• room layout• where you stand• getting into groups• ???
unexpectednesshow?
interaction
information
are ideas born interesting
or made interesting…
…the nature /nurture debate applied
to ideas!...
“create gaps in knowledge…
then systematically
fill them”
IQ accounts for what % of
career success?a. 50 to 60%
b. 35 to 45%
c. 23 to 29%
d. 15 to 20%
IQ accounts for what % of
career success?a. 50 to 60%
b. 35 to 45%
c. 23 to 29%
d. 15 to 20%
actually it’s 4 to 10%!
“create gaps in knowledge…
then systematically
fill them”
creatively!
break a pattern...• room layout• where you stand• getting into groups• ???
create gaps... • multi-choice• telling vs asking• curiosity• ????
unexpectednesshow?
interaction
information
five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions
emotions…• are they contagious?
• which ones are mostcontagious? why?
• so, what do people catch from you?
framingframing
framing
what you say …
…first…
shapes reaction &
engagement
Outrageous success...
What do you want from ...
..me
..other participants
..yourself
words…
find ten
Outrageous success...
What do you want from ...
..me
..other participants
..yourself
share a couple of your core
valuesso…
do you ‘walk your talk’?
Outrageous success...
What do you want from ...
..me
..other participants
..yourself
٭ authenticity gets attention
٭ caring gets attention
٭ competence gets attention
٭ passion gets attention
٭ laughter gets attention
what do youthink?
your vision...ە what level of performance do you aspire to?
ە what are the qualities that willdistinguish your performance?
ە who are your role models?
Glenn Capelli Stephanie Burns
Matt Church Colin James
your vision...ە what level of performance do you aspire to?
ە what are the qualities that willdistinguish your performance?
ە who are your role models?
ە what reputation do you want tobuild for yourself?
ە what will be your legacy – whatwill you be remembered for?
ە what’s your brand? (3 words)
ە ???
you cannot not
so..what do you model?
ە timekeeping?
ە diversity
ە manners?
model!
your students are learning
you…are you proud of
what they’relearning?
five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state
‘state changes’...when the educator changes
the method of instruction from one modality to another modality
• obvious eg pair discussion
• subtle eg pause
identify 10 state changes
so far…
mmmm...so…how often am I changing
your state?
more or less in the morning or the afternoon...
why?
remember...your state is the most
important in the room...
they say the fish rots from
the head!!
energisers
just to wake you up!!!
red blue green bluered green green limeblack red blue greenred pink black purple
red blue green blackblue green black redyellow blue pink redblack red blue green
number
energisers
what are your favourites?
music…a powerful manager of emotions
five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief
what do you know about your brain?
how many brain cells (neurons) do
you have...left?
how many brain cells (neurons) do
you have...left?(100 billion)
“the wayyou view your own intelligence, largely
determines how it will develop”
Carol Dweck
two mindsetsfixed mindset
people believe that their talents &abilities are fixed traits; they
have a certain amount and that's that; nothing can be done to
change it
growth mindsetpeople believe that their talents
&abilities can be developed through passion, education,
& persistence
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how good is your memory?
the body peg system
1. head2. eyes3. nose4. mouth 5. neck6. chest 7. belly button8. boys & girls9. knees10.feet
of course...
it’s not just your mindset about
yourself...
how do you see your learners?
“the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it”
Michelangelo
five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief5. story
hmmm??· what is a thought?
· how do you knowyou are having one?
· (have you ever had one?)
“people learn about life through
stories” Larry Prusak
stories...Before the written word, stories were
the means for passing along the important lessons of life.
The intention of stories is not just to entertain – they are also intended to
teach.
Good stories move us. They touch us, they teach us and they cause us to
remember. Storytelling is how we pass along lessons from generation to generation, culture to culture.
Story telling is more powerful than fact and figures. People believe stories
more than they believe numbers. Stories teach, mobilise and motivate.
stories you could tell...…
• do you have a turning point story?
• or a story that shows your values in practice?
• or maybe a story about you growing up?
Martin Luther King…
did not talk of his ‘strategic plan’!
keep a story journal
five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief5. story
So... do you care
enough about your content to deliver
it brilliantly?
two questions...
• how do I get my learner’s attention?
• how do I keep theirattention?
so…what got you
thinking?
• Carol Dweck(2006) Mindset
• Chip & Dan Heath (2007) Made To Stick
• Stephen Deeming (2005) The Leader’s Guide To Storytelling
• Eric Jensen (2000) Brain-based learning
• Nancy Kline (2009) More Time To Think
“…if you were to read one book a month about your industry, in ten years you will have read 120 books, that will put you in the top
1% of your field”Jim Rohn
“what we think or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end of little consequence. The only
consequence is what we do”so take action!
John Ruskin
thank you!
“we need to make learning a way of life,
rather than a phase of life”
Jim Clemmer