Perhaps the most important understanding for adults is that students are volunteers, whether we want them to be or not. Their attendance can be commanded, but their attention must be earned. Their compliance can be insisted on, but their commitment is under their own control. ~ Schelcty
Going to school is not the same as getting an education or becoming a fearless, joyful lover of learning. Students are volunteers–educators may be able to muster general compliance but a learner’s attention and commitment has always been under their own control. Igniting a passion for learning cannot be done without engaging students as active partners in meeting academic challenges inspired by personalized choices [agency] that deliver rigorous and relevant experiences. Explore “Turning UP the H.E.A.T.™” (Higher Order Thinking - Engaged Learners - Authentic Tasks and added-value Technology Uses) as high-yielding instructional strategies for growing individualized cultures of curiosity, thinking and mastery of curriculum. Participants will leave inspired to incorporate H.E.A.T.™ strategies, harnessing technology’s capacity for unleashing every student's inner fire for owning learning, thinking, and communicating in a digital age.
Brains on Fire! Hearts on Fire!
Going to school is not the same as getting an education or becoming a fearless, joyful lover of learning. Students are volunteers–educators may be able to muster general compliance but a learner’s attention and commitment has always been under their own control. Igniting a passion for learning cannot be done without engaging students as active partners in meeting academic challenges inspired by personalized choices [agency] that deliver rigorous and relevant experiences. Explore “Turning UP the H.E.A.T.™” (Higher Order Thinking - Engaged Learners - Authentic Tasks and added-value Technology Uses) as high-yielding instructional strategies for growing individualized cultures of curiosity, thinking and mastery of curriculum. Participants will leave inspired to incorporate H.E.A.T.™ strategies, harnessing technology’s capacity for unleashing every student's inner fire for owning learning, thinking, and communicating in a digital age.
Session Handouts
Student AGENCY / Affinity
Engaged Learning Adventures
Resources
Tools for Students Documenting Own Learning