Back to basics
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The document is a slide presentation about back to school and basics. It discusses the speaker's identity as a teacher, golfer, husband/father, and community builder. It includes images related to nostalgia for childhood, managing attention in the digital age, the importance of play, storytelling and community. The presentation emphasizes building connections between educators and creating joyful learning experiences for students.
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Back to basics
- 1. Back to school... back to basics Dean Shareski Dean Shareski St. James-Assiniboia Tech Forum Opening Day Austin, TX Winnipeg, MB Nov. 4, 2011 September 4th, 2012
- 2. Who Am I?
- 3. Golfer Husband/Father Teacher Who Am I? Community Builder Learner Sharer
- 5. Sam’s First Day of Kindergarten 1995
- 11. “People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around.” ~Author Unknown http://www.flickr.com/photos/flossmoorhistory/3642378152
- 12. Prescribe http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwabr/6054399975/
- 13. Prescribe Describe http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwabr/6054399975/
- 15. ATTENTION
- 16. “It isn’t that they can’t pay attention; they just choose not to.” Mark Prensky
- 19. Abundance Scarcity http://www.flickr.com/photos/22539747@N06/3447814831/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/
- 20. Abundance Scarcity http://www.flickr.com/photos/22539747@N06/3447814831/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/ information
- 21. Abundance Scarcity http://www.flickr.com/photos/22539747@N06/3447814831/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/68187942@N00/3287986172/ information attention
- 22. Attention may be our most valuable resource/commodity
- 23. Attention may be our most valuable resource/commodity
- 33. 1,698 1,396
- 36. What are you doing personally to manage your attention? How can we be more intentional about teaching attention?
- 38. JOY http://www.flickr.com/photos/22326055@N06/4181823128/
- 58. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
- 59. With regards to creating a video like that do you: A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed.
- 60. With regards to creating a video like that do you: A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed. B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful things with students is important.
- 61. With regards to creating a video like that do you: A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed. B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful things with students is important. C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important.
- 62. With regards to creating a video like that do you: A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed. B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful things with students is important. C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important. D. Not do it at all.
- 63. Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
- 64. Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm "Why are our schools not places of joy?" http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
- 65. Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm "Why are our schools not places of joy?" http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
- 66. Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm "Why are our schools not places of joy?" http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
- 67. Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so: It’s an end in itself. http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/
- 68. Does your classroom or your office have room for joy?
- 70. PLAY
- 73. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and become more proficient at making sense of the environment in which they live, their world seems to become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need for play.”
- 74. “...the pattern has been that as children grow up and become more proficient at making sense of the environment in which they live, their world seems to become more stable. Thus, as a child grows and becomes accustomed to the world, the perceived need for play.” “As we watch the world move to a state of near-constant change and flux, we believe that connecting play and imagination may be the single most important step in unleashing the new culture of learning.”
- 75. “Play can be defined as the tension between the rules of the game and the freedom to act within those rules.”
- 77. Problem Solvers
- 78. Problem Finders
- 79. “Don’t watch guys teach you. Watch guys learn. They don’t know the answer. We’re in the journey together. Now the audience are participants. And we see not only the result but the process.” Marco Torres
- 80. “Don’t watch guys teach you. Watch guys learn. They don’t know the answer. We’re in the journey together. Now the audience are participants. And we see not only the result but the process.” Marco Torres
- 81. http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3165154438 "If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 86. How are you making play an intentional part of your day? Of your students day?
- 88. trust
- 97. Where do you need to build social capital? How might technology be used to help you?
- 101. 54
- 113. Are you telling stories in new ways? How are you helping students use new media to tell compelling stories?
- 114. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/education/pics/4_11_one_rm_school_520.jpg
- 116. The smartest person in the room, is the room. Dave Weinberger cc licensed flickr photo by torres21: http://flickr.com/photos/torres21/484675706/
- 118. Mind Your Own Business http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689
- 119. Mind Your Own Business http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689
- 120. Mind Your Own Business http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwentechaney/5438197592 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4309317689
- 122. What did you learn from others? What did you contribute to the learning of others?
- 123. You can't do this on your own
- 125. ...connecting educators to their greatest resource
- 126. ...connecting educators to their greatest resource ...each other http://www.flickr.com/photos/khokanson/188856360
- 146. Thanks shareski.ca @shareski dean_shareski@disco very.com