Transcript Creative Teaching and Learning
22 nd International Conference on College Teaching and Learning
Daiva Kennedy Mathematics Department St. Petersburg College
“Reform of education is the most important economical challenge of the USA.”
President of U.S.A
B. Obama
What do you know about Gen Y students?
A Vision of Students Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related
Our Students • Millenials, Echo boomers, Digital Natives, Generation Y, Net Generation, Me Generation • Birth dates ranging from mid 1970s-early 2000s (no real precise dates) • Most ethnically and racially diverse generation entering college • The most tolerant, believing everyone should be part of the community.
• Increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies Taken from: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/01/60minutes/main646890.shtml
The Digital Natives Prefer: •Receiving information quickly from multiple resources •Multitasking and parallel processing •Pictures, sounds and video before text •Hyperlinked sources •Interacting in “real-time” •User generated content •Learning that is instant and fun
How do we motivate our students?
Engage them in the classroom!
• Create a safe, trustworthy and engaging classroom environment • Motivation is important!
• Millennial students need to feel connected in their classrooms • Keep lectures interactive They need to feel part of the learning process, not just be the audience
Brainstorming
• • Great way to generate ideas on a topic Different Types – Whole class – – Carousal Think/Pair/Share • The rules: – Everything is accepted – Allow for everyone’s ideas to be shared – Come up with as many ideas as you can
Employ Collaborative Learning
What: Getting two or more students together to learn Why: –Promote student learning and academic achievement –Increase student retention –Enhance student satisfaction with their learning experience –Help students develop skills in oral communication –Develop students' social skills –Promote student self-esteem –Help to promote positive race relations Adapted from: http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm
Examples –Think-Pair-Share –3-minute review –Numbered heads –Team-Pair-Solo – Team Jeopardy –Jigsaw
Linear Equations
Linear Inequalities
Graphing Polynomials
Radicals
4 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt
5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
Use YouTube
What: Provides a venue for sharing videos anytime, anywhere Why: –Engage students more deeply –Promotes collaboration and feedback –See, hear, and learn from top experts in any field Short video sites available: Teacher Tube SchoolTube Big Think TED Hulu How-to video sites (tons!) Video: A Vision of Students Today (Time: 4:44) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related Adapted from: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky-Why_You_Tube_Matters-0 1.pdf
Use Graphic Organizers
What: Visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas Why: – enhances recall – provide motivation – create interest – clarify information – assist in organizing thoughts – promote understanding – relieve learner boredom Examples of Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Use Rubrics
What: a scoring guide used to assess more complex, subjective criteria Why: – Examines students during learning – Clearly defines how their work is being evaluated Large rubric collections and many subject specific rubrics are on the Internet and are copyright free… http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Adapted from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/roomforubrics.htm
Interest Survey-Texting
Pollseverywhere.com
Use cell phones to text in the answers for the survey
Journals & Reflections
• Conclude your lesson (more than just time’s up, time to go) • Spend a few minutes concluding the day’s lesson – Journal – Reflections – Word Wall
Education is Important
2 teach is 2 touch lives 4 ever
What about professionalization?
Important questions to ask
• What is the learning outcome we are focusing on? (content, curriculum knowledge) • How do we apply the art of teaching? (didactics) • How do we approach/engage the learners? (pedagogy) • How do they learn? (learning psychology, neuro scientific research)
Matching Instruction to Brain Learning Brain Seek Patterns (establish immediately) Must establish relevance and meaning Students learn the best when applying learning Give explicit examples of the application of the concept Give examples of how a concept may be used when applied in a different areas Reinforce information Review on a regular basis Connecting new information to previous experiences Allow students time for processing information
Possibilities ?
•Do student exchange program with King William I College, Netherlands •Share teaching strategies, sources of inspiration with King William I College •Participate in a statistical survey with Florida International University (Dr. M.O.Thirunarayanan invitation) •Adam Falkner, an award-winning New York City-based poet and educator, enthusiastic about doing workshops at SPC (Dialogue Arts: Performance, Poetry, and Intergroup Dialogue in Higher Education)
Implementation
Make small changes to practices Add one tip per semester Ask for help (colleagues, even students) Observe resulting improvements in student outcomes “Student Engagement Techniques”, Elizabeth F. Barkley “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day”, Michael J. Gelb “A Whole New Mind”, Daniel H. Pink