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CAIS Tech RetreatApril 2009


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The kids are fine; its theteachers who need

fixing.RCDS Student,1990


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Excerpt from:

TED Talk: Tim Brown on creativity and play
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.html


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30 seconds todraw yourneighbor


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#1

List 2 facts about thebrain.


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#2

What changes have younoticed in your ownbrain as you have

matured?


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#3

How do you learn best?


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#4

What is the best way forsomeone to convince

you to change?


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#5

What are the differencesbetween learning,memory, and

understanding?


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Brain Quiz


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Excerpt from:TED Talk: Jill Bolte Taylor on her stroke of insight
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html


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as a rule, theability tomaintain focused

attentiondeclines withage

Aaron Nelson


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As you age, you

accumulatemore and moreinformation that

remainsunrecalled forlonger and

longer periods oftime.Aaron Nelson


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Discussion:

What changes have younoticed in your ownbrain as you have

matured?


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Working MemoryActivity


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Discussion:

What would have madethat activity easier for

you?


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movementnovelty


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Movement can

be an effectivecognitivestrategy to (1)strengthenlearning, (2)improve memory

Eric Jensen

and retrieval, and

(3) enhance learner motivationand morale.

movementnovelty


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emotional

stimulus andnovelty are thetwo biggestattention getters.Novelty isappealing to the

Marilee Sprenger

brainWhenanything is perceived as

unusual, it releasesnorepinephrine to wake up thebrain.

movementnovelty


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Brainstorm: Learning


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Discussion:

Optimizing Adult Learning activities, venues,

conditions


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QuickTimeand aGIF decompressor

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reason

control

safe

prior

emotion

experiential

reflection


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EXERCISE


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LEARNING


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NOVELTY


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NOVELTYCOMMUNITY


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experience

test out reflection

impact


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collaborative learning andreflective practice are necessaryfor transformative learning tooccur.

Rena Palloff & KeithPratt


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Transformative learning moves astudent from someone whotakes in information to a

reflective practitioner involvedwith the creation of knowledge.

Rena Palloff & KeithPratt


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Zone ofProximal

Development

taps into priorknowledge

on thefrontierof newlearning

guidance encouragement a manageable

challenge


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Comprehension Activity


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Once upon a time, in a country

called Clarita, there lived a gadiousbemple named Chup. Chup lasiedMormie and together they gopperedand morted throughout the dotter of

Clarita.

Clarita was a rablited fott. Fromevery Wesson and vaxter, Chup and

Mormie could hetter numally. It wasa duffours webbe!


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Discussion:

How do we handlechange?


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If colleagues cant learnthe way we teach,

maybe we should teachthe way they learn.

CAIS Brain Institute


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Excerpt from:Ben Zander Davos Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErpOnYZZH0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErpOnYZZH0


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Excerpt from:TED Talk: Ken Robinson Do schools kill creativity?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html


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Visualization Activity


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If the balloons popped, the sound would not beable to carry since everything would be too far

away from the correct floor. A closed windowwould also prevent the sound from carryingsince most buildings tend to be well insulated.Since the whole operation depends on asteady flow of electricity, a break in the middle

of the wire would also cause problems. Ofcourse the additional problem is that a stringcould break on the instrument. Then therecould be no accompaniment to the message. Itis clear that the best situation would involveless distance. Then there would be fewerpotential problems. With face to face contact,the least number of things could go wrong.


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Discussion:

What would have madethat activity easier for

you?


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Excerpt from:Ben Zander Davos Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErpOnYZZH0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErpOnYZZH0


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those of us who are trying

to get colleagues to identifyand question theirassumptions, or to look at

their practice throughdifferent lenses, must do thesame

STEPHEN

BROOKFIELD


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Final Activity {poetry}


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