The document presents innovative approaches to enhance student learning through interactive technology, specifically using the Nearpod platform for engaging presentations and assessments. It emphasizes the importance of social and experiential learning, referencing cognitive neuroscience and social learning theory. The speaker, Molly Adams, advocates for teachers to facilitate hands-on experiences that promote student agency in their educational journey.

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Puts the learning in THEIR hands.
Presented by Molly Adams for iNation 2014
Waxahachie Global High, T-STEM/ECHS
madams@wisd.org, @finchgirl10 (Twitter)
Photo by KJH Photography via EdWeek.com
ELA/Dual Credit/FIRST Robotics/TC for North Star of TX Writing Project

2. www
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http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/UNQLiX8rjaLv54B

3. “Klaus found he had little interest
in books. The gears in Violet’s
inventive brain seemed to stop.
And even Sunny, who of course
was too young to really
understand what was going on, bit
things with less enthusiasm.”
Lemony Snicket,
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
WHILE WE WERE FIGURING OUT HOW
TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN OUR CLASSROOMS?

4. LABEL WHY STUDENTS END UP THIS WAY.
NEARPOD INTERACTIVE SLIDE HERE.

5. TALK ABOUT YOUR DRAWING WITH
YOUR SHOULDER PARTNER.

6. “The youth gets together
his materials to build a
bridge to the moon, or,
perchance, a palace or
temple on the earth, and,
at length, the middle-aged
man concludes to build a
woodshed with them.”
Henry David Thoreau
From BrainyQuote.com

7. Learning is more social for young people.
It’s scientifically proven. Listen to Sarah-Jane Blakemore, a cognitive
neuroscientist at University College in London, at TED Edinburgh, 2012.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zVS8HIPUng
Beginning to 4:15, at end, start at 13:04

8. NEARPOD INTERACTIVE SLIDE HERE.

9. Join the class! Download app or go to
website www.nearpod.com, and put in
this pin:

10. According
to c│net reviews, Nearpod is “enables teachers to use
their Tablet to manage content on students' mobile devices. It
combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment
tools into one integrated solution.”
Interactive digital platform, webtool and app for giving students
direct access to teacher content, with teacher maintaining
central control of the information
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Create slideshows
Give presentations
Watch videos
Interact as a class – video, web page, response, quiz, draw
Give a self-paced or timed test
“Copy of teacher notes” – accommodations??
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT!!!!

11. 1. Set up an account

12. 1. Set up an account

13. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.

14. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.

15. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.

16. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.
http://content.nearpod.com/

17. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.

18. 2. Play – create, engage, assess.

19. 3. Watch something. Respond.

20. 4. Explore a site.
www.p21.org

21. 5. Talk to each other.
Youth is a wonderful
thing. What a crime to
waste it on children.
George Bernard Shaw
Provocative
Pics or Quotes

22. Formative Assessment.
Technology.
Interactive teaching.
Social and individualized
learning.
Enough said.

23. Social Learning Theory and
Brain Research:
Peak in pre-frontal cortex
development between
10 and 16 years old
21st Century
Learning
www.p21.org
From Dr. Blakemore’s TED Talk, 2012.

24. Albert Bandura’s research, 1971:
“…virtually all learning phenomena resulting from direct
experiences can occur on a vicarious basis through observation
of other people’s behavior as its consequences….”
HOWEVER
“…new patterns of behavior can be acquired through direct
experiences….”
WHICH CAN BE ALTERED OR INFLUENCED BY
“reinforcement” regarding “the relationship between one’s
actions and their outcomes”
From Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, 1977, pp. 305-16.
http://www.jku.at/org/content/e54521/e54528/e54529/e178059/Bandura_SocialLearn
ingTheory_ger.pdf

25. Graphic from Edudemic’s Blog.
It’s a BYOD thing, too. And it just happens to be fun.

26. Share
reports from
assessments
Grades for
you
Individual
and
collective

28. “Hey, are we going to use that Nearpod
thing again tomorrow? I think I did better
on the test on there than on paper.”

31. How might your students respond to it?

32. How might your students respond to it?
NEARPOD
INTERACTIVE
SLIDE HERE.

33. In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed
in different countries, that the more public
provisions were made for the poor, the less
they provided for themselves, and of course
became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less
was done for them, the more they did for
themselves, and became richer.
Benjamin Franklin

34. Photo courtesy of M. Adams
Let us not forget that teachers teach kids.
And kids need to EXPERIENCE learning first-hand to
continue to develop their schema and decision-making skills.

35. But it is never a replacement for the rich breadth of
knowledge and experience you can provide in your
classroom.
If it’s too easy, they will never feed themselves.
Thanks for coming!
Molly Adams, Waxahachie Global High – ELA/Robotics
madams@wisd.org, @finchgirl10

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www
.nearpod.com
c│net review: http://download.cnet.com/Nearpod/3000-20414_4-75978624.html
Albert Bandura’s original work on social learning theory, via Google Scholar:
http://www
.jku.at/org/content/e54521/e54528/e54529/e178059/Bandura_SocialLearningTh
eory_ger
.pdf
Edudemic blog review: http://www
.edudemic.com/nearpod-app-adds-exciting-new-feature/
Student feedback via Schoology discussion board.
BrainyQuote.com for all quotes on “youth”:
http://www
.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/youth.html
A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket, HarperCollins, ©
1999.
Sarah-Jane Blakemore’s TED Talk, Edinburgh, 2012:
https://www
.youtube.com/watch?v=6zVS8HIPUng
Nearpod Testimonial video: http://vimeo.com/35385312
PollEverywhere: http://www
.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/UNQLiX8rjaLv54B
Thanks for coming!
Molly Adams, Waxahachie Global High – ELA/Robotics
madams@wisd.org, @finchgirl10