WILD: A Way to Learn NAGC 2014

A Way of Learning

WELCOME

Born to Be

Friday, November 14, 14

ON.

THEIR.

OWN.


The real voyage of Discovery consists not

in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust



IS IT POSSIBLE THERE IS A LEARNING STRATEGY THAT WOULD CAUSE

STUDENTS TO BE PASSIONATELY PURPOSEFUL

LEARNERS?Friday, November 14, 14

A Way of Learning

Why?


Lisa Cooper

Patty Walters


BECAUSE:


BECAUSE:THINKING PATTERNS ARE UNIQUE



BEHAVIORS ARE LEARNED




IT’S FUN TO LEARN




IT’S FUN TO LEARN

WE NEED GIFTED LEARNERS




IT’S FUN TO LEARN

WE NEED GIFTED LEARNERS

and because of this......




“Let the W.I.L.D. rumpus begin!”

Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak


BDNF: BRAIN DERIVED

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR



Wander to Wonder


WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO WANDER IN THE CLASSROOM?




Wander to Wonder


“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder...

he needs the companionship of at least one adult

who can share it...”rachel carson


“Wonder is the beginning of Wisdom.”

Socrates


Who? What?

When? Where?

How?

Why?Friday, November 14, 14

Time and Space depth and breadth

inspiration


DynamicDiscoveryquestion


“The whole art of teaching is only the art of

awakening the natural curiosity of young minds

for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”

Anatole France


Initiate an Investigation


Growth MindsetCarol Dweck

Science of AttentionAdele Diamond

Profiles of the Gifted and Talented

George Betts


Initiate an

InvestigationFriday, November 14, 14

21st Century Standards

Build understanding across and among core subjects and 21st Century themesEmphasize deep understanding rather than shallow knowledgeEngage students with real world data, tools, and expertsAllow for multiple measures of mastery


Common Core ELA StandardsRead closely. Make logical inferences

Summarize key supporting details and ideas

Analyze how events and ideas develop and interact by analyzing a variety of text structures

Integrate knowledge and ideas from diverse media and formats

Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently

Evaluate the validity of reasoning within texts


Common Core Math StandardsMake sense of problems and persevere in solving them

Reason abstractly and quantitatively

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

Use appropriate tools strategically

Attend to precision

Look for regularity in repeated reasoning

Look for and make use of structure



Photo used with permission of NeuroSpin/CEA (Saclay/France).

#W.I.L.D.Thinking


W.I.L.D. is a Win-Win!

Serendiptyand

standardsFriday, November 14, 14


Listen to Learn


The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication

between the senses and the mind.Napoleon Bonaparte


Multiple IntelligencesHoward Gardner

Naturalist

Logical Mathematical

Visual Spatial

Bodily Kinesthetic

Verbal Linguistic

Intra personal

Interpersonal

Existential


Six Thinking HatsEdward DeBono

Red: through lens of EmotionYellow: through lens of PositivityBlue: through lens of ManagerWhite through lens of InformationGreen through lens of CreativityBlack through lens of Negativity F


Appropriate challenge balanced with an accomplished skill set channels

FLOWMihaly Csikszentmihalyi


Learners discover that their passion has been shared across time and space

OR

they discover that no one has ever asked this particular question!


A Mind once expanded never returns to its

original size.

oliver wendell holmes


Discoverthe Dance



“The enigma becomes the known.”



Discoverthe

danceFriday, November 14, 14

A Way of LearningFriday, November 14, 14

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when what you

are doing is right.”Rosa Parks


“Tell me what it isyou plan to do with your one WILD and

precious life?” Mary Oliver


Why Walk When You Can Dance?


A Way of Learning

Join us in the Dance


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WILD: A Way to Learn NAGC 2014