I encourage my students to set goals for themselves.
Here's the poster that is in the lunch room of the Lawrence Academy in Florida City.
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a student bank account (no
monthly charges)
a digital portfolio (to show your classwork on the Internet)
a digital Library on Google Drive
a USB with highlights of your portfolio, your libray and your résumé
a collection of your favorite songs on a CD
a résumé or list of skills, a business card
a YouTube Channel (so you can hit LIKE and leave comments)
a Facebook account, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn.com account
a blog so you can identify
something cool and tell others about the cool things you have found
a Tumbler account (if you want to curate your favorite things in life) a journal to capture your thoughts
a notebook to capture interesting designs
a domain name (your own “dot.com”) for $10 per year
How to play dominos and backgammon and chess
a Klout account (so you can measure your clout)
What else do you want to know
how to do?
a list of five websites and five videos that you recommend to cool people whom you meet.
I don't like watching TV or going to most movies. Why should I stop acting in MY movie to watch someone else's movie?
I am the producer of my movie. I invite you to participate as a supporting actor in my movie... I have written the script but sometimes the Director takes over and asks us to improve our acting and “take two.” Lights, cameras, action!
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Here is the list of videos and websites that I encourage students to visit.
VIDEOS (these are search words on Youtube)
1 - Dan Pink motivation
2 - Ken Robinson paradigm schools
3 - Sugata Mitra Hole in the Wall
4 - Dennis Littky TEDx New York
5 - For the Love of Learning, a tour of Highland Park school.
6 - 9 Minutes with Dennis Yuzenas
7 - 21st Century Skills Culture at High Tech High
8 - Arthur Benjamin: Focus on Statistics
9 - Dancing words by Orlando
10- Aleph Molinari digital divide
Here are the hot links. You can see these videos now, today, at this moment, but first go into your YouTube account and get ready to CLICK LIKE and leave comments.
WEBSITES
(1) www.p21.org This site gives you links to the skills that your child will need to participate in the global economy in the future. You can see another version of this presentation by searching “Tony Wagner survival skills.”
(2) http://www.tonywagner.com/7- survival-skills “Tony Wagner seven survival skills” Print this list. Post it. Give it to each of your child's teachers. Sit in a classroom and count the activities that support these seven skills. Or send your kid to the www.QBEAcademy.net website.
(3) www.theLearningWeb.net Keep returning to see the updates.
(4) www.Gutenberg.org One of the first places on the Internet to offer free ebooks.
(5) www.bigpicture.org is the organization that Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor founded. You can find an example of the dynamic Big Picture schools with interactive programs at www.MetCenter.org.
(6) http://scil.com.au/SCIL: The slogan is “Lead the Change.” I recommend that you study the videos on this site. A remarkable center or research connected with a school near Sydney, Australia.
(7) http://www.scribd.com/ Scribd is a source of more ebooks.
(8) http://bibpenpals.wordpress.com/2011/11/ Here's a program that is open to people who want to help others with language practice (conversation and accent reduction) BIBPenpals.
(9) www.johncorlette.com The meditations of the man who wrote the ebook called “Our Lives Are What we Make of Them.”
(10) www.Qbeacademy.net for applications of theories of teaching, especially the educational philosophy of John Corlette.
(11) http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTH/ I recommend the link for “digital portfolios” or “DPs” on www.HighTechHigh.org.
More examples of schools – if you are going deeper, visit some schools via the Internet, such as
www.urbanacademy.org, one of the schools profiled in Tom Toch's book.
GOING DEEPER
(12) www.Keepvid.com so that you can download useful videos.
(13) Go to www.vimeo.com and click on the download button.
Yes, you can download videos for your child
to watch instead of watching TV. You can feed that brain.
(14) Www.CreateSpace.com and www.LULU.com are useful for kids to know about. You can create a family album and post lots of photos in a book. Set an example to your children by maintaining highlights of your family's odyssey and then share that journey with a printed book showing what happened that year or over several years. When you go on a trip, make a scrapbook with the photos and notes that you pull from a journal (that you write with your family each night – set an example). Use www.createspace.com to make a collection of photos, the way my wife did in Vaison- la-Romaine. Search “jk mccrea eyes on provence” and you can see the book on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/
Provence-featuring
-Vaison-Romaine- ebook/
dp/B008ZIELE0
Please go here >>>>
Here's the poster that is in the lunch room of the Lawrence Academy in Florida City.
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The
“GOALS” Poster
Every student (who wants one)
can have the following: |
| Go ahead, click here |
a digital portfolio (to show your classwork on the Internet)
a digital Library on Google Drive
a USB with highlights of your portfolio, your libray and your résumé
a collection of your favorite songs on a CD
a résumé or list of skills, a business card
a YouTube Channel (so you can hit LIKE and leave comments)
a Facebook account, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn.com account
a blog so you can identify
something cool and tell others about the cool things you have founda Tumbler account (if you want to curate your favorite things in life) a journal to capture your thoughts
a notebook to capture interesting designs
a domain name (your own “dot.com”) for $10 per year
How to play dominos and backgammon and chess
a Klout account (so you can measure your clout)
What else do you want to know
how to do?a list of five websites and five videos that you recommend to cool people whom you meet.
I don't like watching TV or going to most movies. Why should I stop acting in MY movie to watch someone else's movie?
I am the producer of my movie. I invite you to participate as a supporting actor in my movie... I have written the script but sometimes the Director takes over and asks us to improve our acting and “take two.” Lights, cameras, action!
=====
Here is the list of videos and websites that I encourage students to visit.
VIDEOS (these are search words on Youtube)
1 - Dan Pink motivation
2 - Ken Robinson paradigm schools
3 - Sugata Mitra Hole in the Wall
4 - Dennis Littky TEDx New York
5 - For the Love of Learning, a tour of Highland Park school.
6 - 9 Minutes with Dennis Yuzenas
7 - 21st Century Skills Culture at High Tech High
8 - Arthur Benjamin: Focus on Statistics
9 - Dancing words by Orlando
10- Aleph Molinari digital divide
Here are the hot links. You can see these videos now, today, at this moment, but first go into your YouTube account and get ready to CLICK LIKE and leave comments.
1) Dan Pink Motivation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A34AR57A1Eo.
WHY: In his book Drive, Dan Pink talks about
what many of us believe are the key motivators. We
assume that if we offer more money, we'll get more
from employees. His description of autonomy,
mastery and purpose helped me design better
classwork (and I hope you get some ideas about how
to motivate people you work with).
2) Ken Robinson paradigm schools. Sir Ken's talks have turned into an internet sensation. A search of “Schools destroy creativity” will give you a video that has been seen by more than 12 million (February 2013). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U .
WHY: The “animate” of this “paradigm” talk helps me follow the argument that nearly 10 million people have seen. It's a sophisticated word (what do you get for twenty cents? A pair of dimes) that means “model” or “view of the world.” I like this video because many parents begin to ask for more services for their children. They are more ready to leave behind the “lecture” and embrace the methods that make learning personal to the student.
WHY: In his book Drive, Dan Pink talks about
what many of us believe are the key motivators. We
assume that if we offer more money, we'll get more
from employees. His description of autonomy,
mastery and purpose helped me design better
classwork (and I hope you get some ideas about how
to motivate people you work with).
2) Ken Robinson paradigm schools. Sir Ken's talks have turned into an internet sensation. A search of “Schools destroy creativity” will give you a video that has been seen by more than 12 million (February 2013). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U .
WHY: The “animate” of this “paradigm” talk helps me follow the argument that nearly 10 million people have seen. It's a sophisticated word (what do you get for twenty cents? A pair of dimes) that means “model” or “view of the world.” I like this video because many parents begin to ask for more services for their children. They are more ready to leave behind the “lecture” and embrace the methods that make learning personal to the student.
3) Sugata Mitra Hole in the Wall. John, my
computer guy, asked me, “Have you heard of TED
Talks? There's this guy from India who has a really
good presentation.” That's how I learned about
TED Talks. (Thanks, Evgeny.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFT02STGKW8
WHY: Dr. Mitra's step-by-step presentation hooked me and I hope it will help you see where our taxes should go, both overseas through foreign aid and in Great quote by Arthur C. Clarke (the science fiction author): “A teacher who can be replaced by a computer should be.” I've listened to four versions of his talk about the “Hole in the Wall.” I selected this version because of its length. I usually like to link someone to an official version of the video, but I have to agree that this 5-minute excerpt gets the message across. I hope the channel owner (igaroy galroy) shares the revenue with a charity. You can also see Sugata Mitra on TED Talks with a variety of transcriptions. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html.
WHY: Dr. Mitra's step-by-step presentation hooked me and I hope it will help you see where our taxes should go, both overseas through foreign aid and in Great quote by Arthur C. Clarke (the science fiction author): “A teacher who can be replaced by a computer should be.” I've listened to four versions of his talk about the “Hole in the Wall.” I selected this version because of its length. I usually like to link someone to an official version of the video, but I have to agree that this 5-minute excerpt gets the message across. I hope the channel owner (igaroy galroy) shares the revenue with a charity. You can also see Sugata Mitra on TED Talks with a variety of transcriptions. http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html.
4) Dennis Littky TEDx New York. The “x” means that there is no official TED.com transcript
available, but the talk is lively. I hope the view
counter reaches more than four million.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbpqVPtUIFQ
WHY: Littky started a school in Providence, Rhode Island, that got the attention of Bill Gates. Littky's book (2004) used the phrase “the New Three Rs: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships.” Gates used the phrase in a talk to the nation's governors in February 2005. The Littky video gives you an idea of the mental and emotional force behind the ebook excerpt (see the ebook section) and the two websites (www.bigpicture.org and www.metcenter.org) that are listed in this book.
More: Hear the interview on National Public Radio 25 April 2005. Search: “Dennis Littky npr.org.” You'll see this reference in the search result: School Features Real-World Learning, No
5) For the Love of Learning. This is a tour of Highland Park school in Los Angeles and an interview with Enrique Gonzalez. The camera work and editing is by Erik Friedl, whose channel Aiglon27 has several videos that are in the 500 videos book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A34AR57A1Eo.
WHY: Littky started a school in Providence, Rhode Island, that got the attention of Bill Gates. Littky's book (2004) used the phrase “the New Three Rs: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships.” Gates used the phrase in a talk to the nation's governors in February 2005. The Littky video gives you an idea of the mental and emotional force behind the ebook excerpt (see the ebook section) and the two websites (www.bigpicture.org and www.metcenter.org) that are listed in this book.
More: Hear the interview on National Public Radio 25 April 2005. Search: “Dennis Littky npr.org.” You'll see this reference in the search result: School Features Real-World Learning, No
5) For the Love of Learning. This is a tour of Highland Park school in Los Angeles and an interview with Enrique Gonzalez. The camera work and editing is by Erik Friedl, whose channel Aiglon27 has several videos that are in the 500 videos book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A34AR57A1Eo.
WHY: Enrique led the transformation of a
high school and then worked at a middle school (see
the Nightingale Initiative in the ebook section). In
the stories the he tells in the video, he puts a
California spin on what Dennis Littky writes about
in the 2004 book, The Big Picture: Education is
Everyone's Business.
6) 9 Minutes with Dennis Yuzenas. This award-winning teacher let me come into his classroom and interview his students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnR_nCakIKk
WHY: Dennis shows how projects don't need to be complicated and how rubrics (checklists with expectations spelled out) can turn almost any teacher (preacher?) into a “guide on the side.” If you work with me, you'll see some of Dennis in much of what I do. Watching this video is a way of knowing how I like to work.
7) 21st Century Skills High Tech High. I read about this school in Tom Toch's book, High Schools on a Human Scale.: How Small Schools Can Transform American education. http://www.amazon.com/High-Schools-Human-Scale-Transform/dp/080703245X High Tech High is located in San Diego, Calif., with opportunities for training for teachers on its website www.hightechhigh.org and its channel www.Youtube.com/hthvideo.
6) 9 Minutes with Dennis Yuzenas. This award-winning teacher let me come into his classroom and interview his students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnR_nCakIKk
WHY: Dennis shows how projects don't need to be complicated and how rubrics (checklists with expectations spelled out) can turn almost any teacher (preacher?) into a “guide on the side.” If you work with me, you'll see some of Dennis in much of what I do. Watching this video is a way of knowing how I like to work.
7) 21st Century Skills High Tech High. I read about this school in Tom Toch's book, High Schools on a Human Scale.: How Small Schools Can Transform American education. http://www.amazon.com/High-Schools-Human-Scale-Transform/dp/080703245X High Tech High is located in San Diego, Calif., with opportunities for training for teachers on its website www.hightechhigh.org and its channel www.Youtube.com/hthvideo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yie4q8LscBs
WHY: Here's a charter school that puts digital portfolios and descriptions of projects on the internet. This openness helps advocates of interactive learning. I can say to one of my
students, “That's what a good project looks like.
What is missing from your project?”
The description panel of the clip in the YouTube channel reads “A school culture is key to cultivating and supporting 21st Century Skills. At High Tech High, 21st century skills are fundamental to everything that happens.”
Here are transcripts from stages of the video:
“Employability skills are really college prep skills.” (1:30)
“The whole village has a hands-on approach.” “Teachers need to learn how to structure projects and give clear expectations to the kids. (3:24) “Build a common culture of learning and asking questions.” (4:00)
“just like you would do in the real world.” (5:00)
WHY: Here's a charter school that puts digital portfolios and descriptions of projects on the internet. This openness helps advocates of interactive learning. I can say to one of my
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The description panel of the clip in the YouTube channel reads “A school culture is key to cultivating and supporting 21st Century Skills. At High Tech High, 21st century skills are fundamental to everything that happens.”
Here are transcripts from stages of the video:
“Employability skills are really college prep skills.” (1:30)
“The whole village has a hands-on approach.” “Teachers need to learn how to structure projects and give clear expectations to the kids. (3:24) “Build a common culture of learning and asking questions.” (4:00)
“just like you would do in the real world.” (5:00)
8) Arthur Benjamin. Teach statistics
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=BhMKmovNjvc A short video that draws attention to the current culture in math circles that elevates calculus above statistics.
WHY: I wish I had shown this video to my niece before she entered high school. She could have anticipated the fun she would have in statistics class. “Statistics is about stories. What are the chances that something will or won't happen?” she said “I wish I had known about this before I took calculus.”
9) Dancing words by Orlando. This video is based on the quotes selected for commentary by Dr. Abraham S. Fischler. Search terms are "Dancing Words Transform Education." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLaDFBtqGY4
WHY: Sometimes reading a list of quotes is not enough. The quotes appear in the ebook (suggested in another chapter of this book). Some people will “get” the quote only after seeing it flash on a screen.
Go deeper: Look at the power of “dancing words” in the work of Box of Crayons and the “Entrepreneur” video created for Grasshopper. That's where I got the idea to make the words dance. Here are some links:
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=BhMKmovNjvc A short video that draws attention to the current culture in math circles that elevates calculus above statistics.
WHY: I wish I had shown this video to my niece before she entered high school. She could have anticipated the fun she would have in statistics class. “Statistics is about stories. What are the chances that something will or won't happen?” she said “I wish I had known about this before I took calculus.”
9) Dancing words by Orlando. This video is based on the quotes selected for commentary by Dr. Abraham S. Fischler. Search terms are "Dancing Words Transform Education." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLaDFBtqGY4
WHY: Sometimes reading a list of quotes is not enough. The quotes appear in the ebook (suggested in another chapter of this book). Some people will “get” the quote only after seeing it flash on a screen.
Go deeper: Look at the power of “dancing words” in the work of Box of Crayons and the “Entrepreneur” video created for Grasshopper. That's where I got the idea to make the words dance. Here are some links:
Entrepreneurs can change the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0
Words for 2011 inspiration is a way to find this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGr76EUyQbY
10) Aleph Molinari digital divide. This presentation took place at a TEDx event in San Miguel Allende, a town in Mexico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxCRnZ_CLg WHY: This video and the Sugata Mitra video are not the best choices for some parents. Some parents might not relate to the situations of areas that lack wi-fi. “Why are you showing me a segment about computers in Mexico?” I was particularly enamored with One Laptop Per Child (a campaign to help more families get online) ... until I saw this video.
What would happen if people looked at dozens of these videos? Would they ask for a different type of school? Would teachers (after viewing the videos) start delivering different types of lessons? Would principals design their schools differently? I don't know. I use these videos to connect with students and parents. I'm at heart an introvert, so it helps me to have a reason for talking to a parent that I haven't met yet. “Hey, thank you for coming to my class. Can I give you a DVD with some cool videos on it?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0
Words for 2011 inspiration is a way to find this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGr76EUyQbY
10) Aleph Molinari digital divide. This presentation took place at a TEDx event in San Miguel Allende, a town in Mexico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxCRnZ_CLg WHY: This video and the Sugata Mitra video are not the best choices for some parents. Some parents might not relate to the situations of areas that lack wi-fi. “Why are you showing me a segment about computers in Mexico?” I was particularly enamored with One Laptop Per Child (a campaign to help more families get online) ... until I saw this video.
What would happen if people looked at dozens of these videos? Would they ask for a different type of school? Would teachers (after viewing the videos) start delivering different types of lessons? Would principals design their schools differently? I don't know. I use these videos to connect with students and parents. I'm at heart an introvert, so it helps me to have a reason for talking to a parent that I haven't met yet. “Hey, thank you for coming to my class. Can I give you a DVD with some cool videos on it?”
Go deeper: “What about the Steve Jobs video?”
Steve Jobs gave a talk at the 2005 Graduation
ceremony. Some readers might prefer to spend time
with him. Nearly two million views (as of January 2013) on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM
What about videos by Richard Branson? Advice for Entrepreneurs is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH35Iz9veM0
Maria Andersen's descriptions of the future of learning? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWdSz2nHQNY She has a clever suggestion for a “learn this” button on our web search program.
What about videos by Richard Branson? Advice for Entrepreneurs is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH35Iz9veM0
Maria Andersen's descriptions of the future of learning? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWdSz2nHQNY She has a clever suggestion for a “learn this” button on our web search program.
WEBSITES
(1) www.p21.org This site gives you links to the skills that your child will need to participate in the global economy in the future. You can see another version of this presentation by searching “Tony Wagner survival skills.”
(2) http://www.tonywagner.com/7- survival-skills “Tony Wagner seven survival skills” Print this list. Post it. Give it to each of your child's teachers. Sit in a classroom and count the activities that support these seven skills. Or send your kid to the www.QBEAcademy.net website.
(3) www.theLearningWeb.net Keep returning to see the updates.
(4) www.Gutenberg.org One of the first places on the Internet to offer free ebooks.
(5) www.bigpicture.org is the organization that Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor founded. You can find an example of the dynamic Big Picture schools with interactive programs at www.MetCenter.org.
(6) http://scil.com.au/SCIL: The slogan is “Lead the Change.” I recommend that you study the videos on this site. A remarkable center or research connected with a school near Sydney, Australia.
(7) http://www.scribd.com/ Scribd is a source of more ebooks.
(8) http://bibpenpals.wordpress.com/2011/11/ Here's a program that is open to people who want to help others with language practice (conversation and accent reduction) BIBPenpals.
(9) www.johncorlette.com The meditations of the man who wrote the ebook called “Our Lives Are What we Make of Them.”
(10) www.Qbeacademy.net for applications of theories of teaching, especially the educational philosophy of John Corlette.
(11) http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTH/ I recommend the link for “digital portfolios” or “DPs” on www.HighTechHigh.org.
More examples of schools – if you are going deeper, visit some schools via the Internet, such as
www.urbanacademy.org, one of the schools profiled in Tom Toch's book.
GOING DEEPER
(12) www.Keepvid.com so that you can download useful videos.
(13) Go to www.vimeo.com and click on the download button.
 |
| Find this video please |
(14) Www.CreateSpace.com and www.LULU.com are useful for kids to know about. You can create a family album and post lots of photos in a book. Set an example to your children by maintaining highlights of your family's odyssey and then share that journey with a printed book showing what happened that year or over several years. When you go on a trip, make a scrapbook with the photos and notes that you pull from a journal (that you write with your family each night – set an example). Use www.createspace.com to make a collection of photos, the way my wife did in Vaison- la-Romaine. Search “jk mccrea eyes on provence” and you can see the book on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/
Provence-featuring
-Vaison-Romaine- ebook/
dp/B008ZIELE0
Please go here >>>>
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