TED Talk21: Creating a dynamic and joyful environment

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TED Talk21 Creating a dynamic and joyful
environment

• Marie Alcock and Allison Zmuda

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Self Regulation

• Where am I in my process?
• What are my next steps?

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Self Evaluation

• What is the criteria I am holding myself to?
• How am I doing right now?
• How do I feel right now?

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Self Motivation

• Why do I care?
• Why does the work matter?
• Is this the only way?

http//www.ctrustnetwork.com/c350p1/self-help/mind
set/motivation/how-to-self-motivate.html
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Image from Flickr, by Sebastian Bergmann
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Away State Toward State
http//publicintellectual.wordpress.com/tag/civic-
disengagement/
http//factzo.com/ostrich-facts/
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Creating a dynamic and joyful environment

• Know your students.
• Invite students to co-create.
• Teach them about the brain.
• Connect them to how they learn.
• Establish clear criteria of success.
• Be mindful of what to put a score on.

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From Hartford Public High SchoolHartford, CT

• Students will work in small groups to quantify
  specific programs, policies or life-changing
  events. The goal is to determine the true costs
  and reasonable estimates in order to make
  informed decisions about current and future
  behavior.
• Collaborate with others to complete an assigned
  tasks
• Collect data, analyze to determine
  patterns/trends, display appropriately so that
  decisions can be made
• Calculate budget estimate costs, propose ways to
  finance, and execute/revisit plan
• Use evidence to support thinking
• Select appropriate language, techniques,
  processes, tools, and/or medium that communicate
  the desired message and capture others attention

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What that looks like
http//en.paperblog.com/infographic-the-true-cost-
of-dog-ownership-623140/
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What that looks like
http//griid.org/2012/09/29/natural-gas-industry-c
laim-that-fracking-will-make-the-us-more-energy-in
dependent-is-simply-not-true/
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From Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD,TX

• Select a musical instrument that you like.
  Describe to someone who has never touched the
  instrument what to do in order to produce sound.
  (NOTE A more sophisticated version would be to
  describe how to get a range of sounds or to
  improve the quality of sound (e.g. different
  rhythms on a drum, chords on a piano that
  harmonize, a note on a recorder without the
  squeak).
• Describes hand position or fingering
• Explains what to do using words, pictures, and
  sounds
• Tests explanation out and revises or rerecords to
  make sure it is helpful and accurate
• Makes sure it is ready to publish (grammar,
  spelling)

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What that looks like
http//sciencefocus.com/news/does-playing-music-ma
ke-you-smarter
http//www.wikihow.com/Encourage-Your-Child-to-Pla
y-a-Musical-Instrument
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From DIY.org

• Biologists are into the processes of life in all
  of its forms. We study microscopic cells, vast
  ecosystems, and everything in between. Our
  discoveries can lead to new medicines and new
  theories of the past and future.
• Draw a food web
• Make a model of DNA
• Preserve a natural specimen
• Build a bio-observer

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What that looks like
DIY.org