Creative and Innovative Lesson Creative and Innovative Lesson Presentation for Meaningful Presentation for Meaningful Teaching and LearningTeaching and Learning

From Concept to Classroom From Concept to Classroom DeliveryDelivery

Approaches to Approaches to InstructionInstruction

Brain Based Learning: enhancing information Brain Based Learning: enhancing information processing by instructional scaffoldingprocessing by instructional scaffolding Do all of my students know how to make sense of Do all of my students know how to make sense of

this source of information ? (reception)this source of information ? (reception) Do all of my students know how to manipulate the Do all of my students know how to manipulate the

information in the way I am asking them to information in the way I am asking them to (transformation)(transformation)

Do all of my students know how to produce Do all of my students know how to produce information in the format I am requesting information in the format I am requesting (production)(production)

RememberRemember

Between spoon feeding learners and allowing Between spoon feeding learners and allowing learners to sink or swim is instructional learners to sink or swim is instructional scaffoldingscaffolding

Do 20% scaffolding that would address 80% of Do 20% scaffolding that would address 80% of student inefficiencystudent inefficiency

Scaffold less as learners internalize structures Scaffold less as learners internalize structures and skillsand skills

““The best teacher is one who becomes useless The best teacher is one who becomes useless to the students in the end.”to the students in the end.”

Inquiry Based LearningInquiry Based Learning

““Judge a man by his questions rather than Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers” by his answers”

- VoltaireVoltaireInquiry: not just asking questionsInquiry: not just asking questions

Considers:Considers:ContextContextFrameworkFrameworkFocusFocusLevelsLevels

Inquiry Based LearningInquiry Based Learning

Traditional TeachingTraditional Teaching

Seeking right Seeking right answers to questionsanswers to questions

What we knowWhat we know

Learning about Learning about technologytechnology

Inquiry-based TeachingInquiry-based Teaching

Seeking appropriate Seeking appropriate resolutions to resolutions to questions or issuesquestions or issues

How we come to How we come to knowknow

Using technology to Using technology to enhance learningenhance learning

Inquiry Based LearningInquiry Based Learning

Traditional TeachingTraditional Teaching Recipient of knowledgeRecipient of knowledge

Assess mastery of Assess mastery of contentcontent

Concerned with in -Concerned with in -school successschool success

Closed System Closed System Classroom and TextbookClassroom and Textbook

Lesson PlanLesson Plan

Inquiry-based TeachingInquiry-based Teaching Construction of Construction of

KnowledgeKnowledge Assess content Assess content

understanding and skills understanding and skills developmentdevelopment

Life Long learningLife Long learning Open System connecting Open System connecting

learning to world learning to world communication via communication via technologytechnology

Facilitation PlanFacilitation Plan

Sample QuestionsSample Questions

TraditionalTraditional What are the names and What are the names and

sizes of earth layers?sizes of earth layers?

What is hop-hop musicWhat is hop-hop music

In what year was Lincoln In what year was Lincoln killed?killed?

Inquiry-basedInquiry-based Who has gone below in Who has gone below in

the depths of the earth?the depths of the earth? How come we know that How come we know that

there are earth layers?there are earth layers? What musical styles What musical styles

does hop-hop draw fromdoes hop-hop draw from What factors caused his What factors caused his

assassinationassassination

ESA Lesson SequencesESA Lesson SequencesEngage

StudyActivate

EngageStudy

Activate

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InsightInsight

““The best tools are in the hands of those The best tools are in the hands of those who use them.”who use them.”

““We cannot do great things , only little We cannot do great things , only little things with great love.” Mother Theresathings with great love.” Mother Theresa