Storytelling Trojan Horse for Learning

storyﬁnding Darren Kuropatwa
about.me/dkuropatwa
Building Learning Communities Conference,
Bostom, MA July 2012

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we are the stories we tell

How does the mundane become a story worth telling?

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Hermann Göring
Vermeer’s Christ and the Adulteress

Hermann Göring
HanVan Meegeren Vermeer’s Christ and the Adulteress

HanVan Meegeren Christ and the Adulteress
Hermann Göring

the importance of narrative
4' 33" by John Cage / Steve Rhodes / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

John Cage - 4'33" (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7UK-6aaNA

And there was this boy who loved her ...

Troy [HD 1080p Blu-ray Ofﬁcial Trailer]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJYNuWBJ9g

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engagement

… for the best of reasons; love.

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1Be interested
in your subject.

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2
Know your
subject.

in our
heads
it’s between us
knowledge isn’t
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I don’t have
that kind of
time to waste.

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Know about the
ways of learning
the best way to
learn anything is to
discover it by yourself

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4putyourself
in
theirplace

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5
do not give them
only information

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Do
not give
away your
whole
secret at
once

Remember there’s a war going on ...

for the best of reasons; love ...

Thank you for everything we had.

A
tree is made of air
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most of a trees’ mass is
from the carbon it breathes

the girl is sad
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Once, all villagers decided
to pray for rain, on the day
of prayer all the People
gathered but only one boy
came with an umbrella...
THAT'S FAITH

Once, all villagers decided
to pray for rain, on the day
of prayer all the People
gathered but only one boy
came with an umbrella...
THAT'S FAITH
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When you throw a baby
in the air, she laughs
because she knows you
will catch her...
THAT'S TRUSTTHAT'S TRUST

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When you throw a baby
in the air, she laughs
because she knows you
will catch her...
THAT'S TRUST

the greatest war against boredom
needs the greatest heros

we can be heros
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“The human species thinks in metaphors and learns
through stories.” Mary Catherine Bateson
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the story of
little Gauss
1 2 3 ... 98 99 100

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
100 x 101 =
the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
100 x 101 = 10 100
the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
100 x 101 = 10 100
2the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
100 x 101 = 10 100
2
I need
half as
much
the story of
little Gauss

1 2 3 ... 98 99 100
100 99 98 ... 3 2 1
101 101 101 ... 101 101 101
100 x 101 = 10 100
2
I need
half as
much
5050
the story of
little Gauss

What’s the secret to victory?

Trojan Horse clip from "Troy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbiR6IMf5KQ

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Storytelling
is aTrojan Horse
For Learning

On this day
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On this day
in math

On this day
in history

On this day
in science

On this day
in literature

On this day
in music

On this day
in art

On this day
beyond the news

Let me tell you another story.

ﬁnding your students’ stories

Tech BuddiesVideo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=212lvShWvus

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