Nancy NelsonNancy Nelson

June 2010June 2010

Stretching Your Stretching Your Teaching Comfort ZoneTeaching Comfort Zone

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Our Comfort ZoneOur Comfort Zone

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Our Students’ Comfort Zone?Our Students’ Comfort Zone?

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What do you think?What do you think?

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Our Students’ Comfort ZoneOur Students’ Comfort Zone

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Compatible Comfort Zones?Compatible Comfort Zones?

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Demands for use in class

The Research says …The Research says …

not age or

genderbut

MAJOR

use for

LIVINGnot

learning

suffer fromCONSTANTPARTIALATTENTION

want FTFuse media for productivity,

convenience,supplement

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http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2010-05-23/

Constant Partial AttentionConstant Partial Attention

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How can we use that knowledge?How can we use that knowledge?

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What makes a good learner?What makes a good learner?

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CONTROL

CONTENT

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The RealityThe Reality

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Which are our Preferred Pedagogies?Which are our Preferred Pedagogies?

most to least common

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June 8, 2010

25% 54% 35% 33% 36% 58% 46% 42% 49% 55%

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What the Students Said …What the Students Said …

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CONTROL

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The StretchThe Stretch

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Stretching toward AUTONOMYStretching toward AUTONOMY

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Set yourself an action trigger …Set yourself an action trigger …

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Stretching toward AUTHENTIC CONTEXTStretching toward AUTHENTIC CONTEXT

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Set yourself an action trigger …Set yourself an action trigger …

Time for aTime for aReal Stretch!Real Stretch!

Please be back andPlease be back andready to go at 10:30!ready to go at 10:30!

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CONTROL

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The StretchThe Stretch

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How most of us keep up …How most of us keep up …

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Stretching our PStretching our Personal ersonal LLearning earning EEnvironmentnvironment!!

Based on Gabi Witthaus’ PLE @ http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams#whitthaus

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Warm-up PLE Stretch …Warm-up PLE Stretch …

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Cool Down Stretch …Cool Down Stretch …

Even Tablescreate an Animoto summary of today’s session

Odd Tablescreate a bubbl.us map of today’s session

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Feel free to visit my wiki and blog for

more details …

http://allthingsacademic.wordpress.com/

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http://engagingourlearners.pbworks.com

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Recap …Recap …