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Presented at MGH October 24, 2009

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Karen Janowski Assistive & Educational Technology Consultant

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Focus on at least one tool or strategy that you will use with your students

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What are your struggles?

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What does it feel like to struggle with reading and writing?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyteacher/3578653239/in/pool-858082@N25

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Five minute discussion:

1. What tools and strategies are you currently using with your studentsthat are successful?

2. How do you know they are successful?

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Flow(engagement?)

Defined by Mihály Csíkszentmihály

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The mental state of operation in which the

person is fully immersed

in what he or she is

doing by a feeling of energized focus,

full involvement, and

success in the process

of the activity.

WIkipedia

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Balance between

ability level and challenge

Wikipedia

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Lack of awareness of time,

distorted sense of time

(clock watcher?)

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A sense of personal control over the situation or activity.

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The activity is intrinsically rewarding, effortless

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53539456@N00/437085000/

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When are you in the flow?

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http://www.thinktogether.org/images/newpages/forweb/programpic4.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonjazz/1793342687/

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So how do we get there?

How do we help our students reach a state of flow?

How do we equip and empower them?

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Guiding Principles

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Student First

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JoyfulLearning

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One Size does not fit all

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TTWWADIDoesn’t cut it anymore

http://shahuchhtrapatishikshan.com/smbmsm/classrooms.jpg

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Model life-long learning

http://isc.blog.fairport.org/files/2009/07/teachers-300x227.jpg

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Mistake Tolerant

vs.

Mistake Intolerant

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Are your current methods Mistake Tolerant or Mistake Intolerant? (POLL)

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Sound educational rationale For EVERY thing we do

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Remediation

and

Compensation

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Innovate

Not

TTWWADI

http://www.biojobblog.com/uploads/image/innovation%282%29.jpg

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Stuck?

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Paralyzed? Learned helplessness?

For teachers AND students

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“A book that is shut is

"A book that is shut is but a block."

Thomas Fuller

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Florida Center For Reading Research

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/colemama/3776316986/

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http://www.afslegal.com/images/frustrated.jpg

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There’s a

tool for that

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http://www.lifeisunlimited.com/images/ADD.jpg

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There’s a

tool for that

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There’s a

tool for that

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There’s a

tool for that

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There’s a

tool for that

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Richard Wanderman

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There’s a

tool for that

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http://www.ncgs.org/uploads/textWidget/wysiwyg/images/548/handraised.jpg

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There’s a

tool for that

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Powerless Empowered

http://mediconeasystreet.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/benefits_of_studying_by_savethemuzika1.jpg

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There’s a

tool for that

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Word IDEAS

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UDL Tech Toolkit

UDLTechToolkit.wikispaces.com

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‘We’re not reading and writing across and down the page anymore.We’re reading and writing in three dimensions – across, down and out, the out being hyperlinks.

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It’s a whole different kind of literacy; it's a whole different kind of writing; it’s a whole different kind of reading.

It’s a type of literacy that can’t be done anywhere else but on the web.

James Yap Director of instructional technology

Ramapo Central School District, Hillburn, NYT.H.E Jounal, april 2009 p. 24

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It’s a different world for our students

http://earth.google.com/images/index-earth_lg.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aegishjalmur/2288932018/

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http://www.nobully.com/graphics/happy.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/leefly/416980365/

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Become an Architect for Change

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Ideas?

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Thank you!

[email protected]

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Photo Credits

• Arms reaching - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelvin_luffs/3457687245/• http://www.rainbowreaders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/boy-struggling-

reading.jpg• Distorted clock http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dali-

clock-500x500.jpg

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/sizumaru/781601603/in/pool-toteach/ (sleeping)http://www.flickr.com/photos/21468527@N07/2085259490/ (engaged)http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlejeane/46988578/ (broken pencil)

• Tool - http://www.flickr.com/photos/58534808@N00/323527111/• http://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/single-brick.jpg brick• Lightbulb - http://www.dceb.ie/download/1/sLightbulb%20White.jpg