1:1 Education
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Ideas to reach the upper level of Bloom's taxonomy now that you have 1:1 technology in your classroom. Give the students less information, let them research, analyze, evaluate, and create for better educational outcomes.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1:1 Education
Learner-Centered Teaching
Welcome, today we plan on sharing with you how giving students less information will actually help your students learn, retain information , and reach the higher levels of Blooms Taxonomy.
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Why?
- College instructors complain students don't know how to learn.
- Employers complain graduates cannot apply what they have learned.
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Is Not Working
Why the Teacher-Centered Approach
Teacher-Centered Approach is what most teachers use today, a majority of the information is presented by the teacher. Why it is not working:
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Students cannot apply concepts
to solve problems
How many of your students have problems with word problems in math? They cannot solve the problems because they don't understand the concept.
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Accommodates different learning styles
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Increased Student Engagement
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Long Term Retention
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Bloom's Taxonomy
If we can get students analyzing, evaluating, and creating, they will be high up on Bloom's and use higher order thinking skills. The potential for them to retain information increases.
Experiment Time
To give you an idea of how this would work, we are going to do a little experiment. We will divide the room into two groups and spend about 5 minutes on an activity. Then we will discuss how each group felt about the activity.
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ZARF
Definition, History, and Examples.
You are allowed to help each other.
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Zarf (1)
- A holder for a coffee cup that does not have a handle.
- Created in Turkey in the thirteen Century.
- Zarf's were usually ornamental, made of gold, silver, copper or brass.
- Today's Zarfs are those paper sleeves you get at coffee shops to put over your coffee cup.
Turkey - thirteen century
Zarfs were used with cups without handles known as fincan
Zarfs were ornamental
Usually made of gold, silver, copper, or brass.
Zarf
Present Day
Experience
How was your experience? Those in the lecture group, did you wish you could have been part of the group exploring on their own?
Those in the Exploring group, did you enjoy learning about the Zarf? Do you think you will remember the word zarf and what it is in the future?
Did working with each other, peer teaching, help you learn?
Those in the Exploring group, did you enjoy learning about the Zarf? Do you think you will remember the word zarf and what it is in the future?
Did working with each other, peer teaching, help you learn?
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in the Classroom
Examples to apply "Less is More"
I will now share with you a couple of examples and talk about some apps and websites your students can use to create short "presentations of understanding".
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"Presentations of Understanding"
- Haikudeck
- Book Creator
- StoryKit
- Pezi
- Explain Everything
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Draw a square on the board
- Definition of square
- Definition of the area of a square
- Definition of the perimeter of a square
- Value of each
- Use any app/website to create a "presentation of understanding"
Draw a square on the board but do not put any dimensions on the square. Ask them to produce a "presentation of understanding" that contains all the information you have requested. Let them use any app they want. Some might just type up the information. Some might draw a square with labels describing everything you have asked for. Others might create a voiceover or video, verbally describing their findings.
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Some students might need help finding the definitions.
Your students may need help using a web browser to look up information, that is alright. Everyone has different levels of computer literacy; the object is to get them to learn how to research effectively on the internet.
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Most will have trouble finding the values.
When you drew the square you did not give any information about the length of the side of the square. Students should tell you they can't determine the area or perimeter because you didn't give them enough information or...
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Some students might surprise you and bring a ruler to the board to measure the square.
The goal of exercises like this is to make all students better analyzers and evaluators. Creating the "presentation of understanding" also makes them use their creative thinking.
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How am I going to correct
all of those presentations
You don't always have to correct all the presentations you can...
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Social Studies Example
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Ask the students to create a presentation, using any app, to describe 10 Minnesota state symbols
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By researching, choosing, and creating their own presentation the student will remember the material better and be more engaged. If the students present their creations or "presentations of understaning" to the rest of the class, it will further increase their memory.
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References
- Blumberg (2004) Beginning journey toward a culture of learning centered teaching.
- Blumberg (2008) Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty.
