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From Rap Music to Deep Learning Across the Curriculum
Mike Lombardo's video about rapping and its relationship to literature opened my eyes to a new way to educating students. It is safe to say, more people are becoming interested in rap music and its uses of specific grammatical techniques. I am constantly going back to implementing live performances in my future history classes. Have the students create and recite a piece of poetry in a flipped classroom environment. I could give each student a topic to teach the class about and their poetry will help them develop a sense of ways to use/create different types of literature in their learning. Someone so famous for spitting out the most intense songs, some more than others, is being used to show that rap can help students learn, not only in English classes.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Improv Learning
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/01/how-improv-can-open-up-the-mind-to-learning-in-the-classroom-and-beyond/
In How Improv Can Open Up the Mind to Learning in the Classroom and Beyond, author
Linda Flanagan quotes high school student Lilly Hartman as saying "Unlike the classroom, where the learning environment is often tense and competitive, an improv setting builds enthusiasm among the participants." This line was extremely appealing to me while reading the blog. As I have stated in previous posts, acting out historical events often help students remember key ideas and occurrences. While students are learning, they are given the opportunity to relax a bit and enjoy school. Along with gaining factual knowledge, students will become better at public speaking and more likely to think and act quickly. Although this blog is about an improv class, it can be easily introduced into any subject and practically any grade level. The article gives many examples of ways to use imrpov acting. In a history class, they discuss the idea of a project where students look up a historical figure and become that person. Improv learning enhances cooperation, collaboration, open-mindedness, and creativity.
In How Improv Can Open Up the Mind to Learning in the Classroom and Beyond, author
Linda Flanagan quotes high school student Lilly Hartman as saying "Unlike the classroom, where the learning environment is often tense and competitive, an improv setting builds enthusiasm among the participants." This line was extremely appealing to me while reading the blog. As I have stated in previous posts, acting out historical events often help students remember key ideas and occurrences. While students are learning, they are given the opportunity to relax a bit and enjoy school. Along with gaining factual knowledge, students will become better at public speaking and more likely to think and act quickly. Although this blog is about an improv class, it can be easily introduced into any subject and practically any grade level. The article gives many examples of ways to use imrpov acting. In a history class, they discuss the idea of a project where students look up a historical figure and become that person. Improv learning enhances cooperation, collaboration, open-mindedness, and creativity.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Out of your comfort zone
http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2015/02/other-boxes.html
Pat Hensley talks about not only thinking out side of the box, but going outside of your comfort zone. When your plans get messed up, you must be adaptable and have a back up plan. Hensey's blog helped me realize that things do not always go right, but there is almost always a way out of turbulent times.
I would use this idea in the class room by purposely manipulating a plan and having students adjust to the changes brought up. This will help the students, just like it helped me, know that there is always a way to get out of a difficult time. I may say an assignment is six pages long, and at a later date tell them that they must reduce it to a three page paper. This will also help the high school students prepare for college. Many times I have been asked to do that exact activity. I was forced to determine the most important points of my paper and manipulate it so that it still flowed.
Pat Hensley talks about not only thinking out side of the box, but going outside of your comfort zone. When your plans get messed up, you must be adaptable and have a back up plan. Hensey's blog helped me realize that things do not always go right, but there is almost always a way out of turbulent times.
I would use this idea in the class room by purposely manipulating a plan and having students adjust to the changes brought up. This will help the students, just like it helped me, know that there is always a way to get out of a difficult time. I may say an assignment is six pages long, and at a later date tell them that they must reduce it to a three page paper. This will also help the high school students prepare for college. Many times I have been asked to do that exact activity. I was forced to determine the most important points of my paper and manipulate it so that it still flowed.
The "A" Matters
http://www.edudemic.com/stem-vs-steam-why-the-a-makes-all-the-difference/
The newly implemented STEM program has become very popular in American schools. STEM focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math. The new question is whether or not the arts should also be applied to this program, renaming it to STEAM. The arts are an extremely important part of a student's education. The arts provide a creative outlet for students, allowing them to express themselves in a safe, productive way. Integrating the arts will help create well rounded students; students will certainly be efficient in the maths and sciences, but adding the 'A' will ensure the another possible subject of expertise.
Those who have influenced our society the most today, may agree that the arts are vital. Steve Jobs has created devices that allow people to search the web, join in on a conference call by video, and play all of your favorite games. It does not only take science and technology to come up with something so useful. It is certain that Jobs must have had a marketing strategy, which would include the arts. The overall design of the products would also need knowledge in the arts -- what would be most appealing to the customers.
If the 'A' was integrated into the STEM program, I would do my best to incorporate that into my history lessons. A simple, yet effective, way to do so, would be to have students research a prominent inventor. They would have to dig deep to discover each aspect of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, that helped create the product. I would then have the students come up with their own sketch of the same product with different designs. This will promote all of the aspects of STEAM into a history class.
The newly implemented STEM program has become very popular in American schools. STEM focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math. The new question is whether or not the arts should also be applied to this program, renaming it to STEAM. The arts are an extremely important part of a student's education. The arts provide a creative outlet for students, allowing them to express themselves in a safe, productive way. Integrating the arts will help create well rounded students; students will certainly be efficient in the maths and sciences, but adding the 'A' will ensure the another possible subject of expertise.
Those who have influenced our society the most today, may agree that the arts are vital. Steve Jobs has created devices that allow people to search the web, join in on a conference call by video, and play all of your favorite games. It does not only take science and technology to come up with something so useful. It is certain that Jobs must have had a marketing strategy, which would include the arts. The overall design of the products would also need knowledge in the arts -- what would be most appealing to the customers.
If the 'A' was integrated into the STEM program, I would do my best to incorporate that into my history lessons. A simple, yet effective, way to do so, would be to have students research a prominent inventor. They would have to dig deep to discover each aspect of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, that helped create the product. I would then have the students come up with their own sketch of the same product with different designs. This will promote all of the aspects of STEAM into a history class.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Student's Helping Students Learn
http://www.edudemic.com/student-to-student-teaching-online-video/
The Educdemic Staff write their blog about how student are able to help students learn. They offer ways for students to assist their peers in subjects like math, as told by educator Eric Marcos. One of the techniques for peer learning that I found beneficial would be the storytelling technique. I could easily implement this into many history lessons, by having students create movie trailers, comic books, or radio broadcasts to project to other students. This blog was more so about video projects, however, a kinesthetic technique may be more beneficial as it puts the information in motion in front of the class.
The Educdemic Staff write their blog about how student are able to help students learn. They offer ways for students to assist their peers in subjects like math, as told by educator Eric Marcos. One of the techniques for peer learning that I found beneficial would be the storytelling technique. I could easily implement this into many history lessons, by having students create movie trailers, comic books, or radio broadcasts to project to other students. This blog was more so about video projects, however, a kinesthetic technique may be more beneficial as it puts the information in motion in front of the class.
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