Illuminating gatsby nwp webinar

IT STARTED WITH A PD SESSION AT NCTE &

NWP ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 2013….

1. Concept of remix

2. “Hacking the Notebook”

3. Using paper/flat circuits to

“highlight” ideas

HOW TO “ILLUMINATE”

GATSBY?

What thinking or skill do I want to “illuminate” with

the circuitry activities and work?

REMIXING A PROJECT…

AND A NOVEL

• The Great Gatsby

• Light symbolism

• Dark conflict/ characters

• Usual methods of teaching

• Yes, an analysis

•Making it PBL

• Let there be… light?

• Let’s illuminate what we think is

important

• Mentor texts changed:

Tesla/Edison, direct/alternating

current, types of illumination

• Reasons we illuminate anything

ILLUMINATING OUR THINKING

• Remix materials

• Remix workshops

• Remix prior knowledge acquisition

• Goal: to learn about electricity in a

nontraditional way, so we can use

circuitry in a nontraditional way, so we

can learn about the power of literature

and writing… in a nontraditional way

REMIX: making new meaning out of existing

learning; not about curriculum; about experience

THE REMIX APPROACH

MATERIALS WORKSHOPS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

THE REMIX APPROACH

PRODUCTSCOLLABORATIVE

WORK ACTUAL TASKS

OUR WORK

MIXING WITH THE TRUE AND

USEFUL? TESLA AND EDISON.

THE PROJECT:

ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT

FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.

THE PROJECT:

ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT

FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.

THE PROJECT:

ILLUMINATE A TRUTH OR CONFLICT

FROM GATSBY USING ACTUAL LIGHT.

CRITICAL THINKING. LITERARY ELEMENTS.

AUTHOR’S TECHNIQUES. LIFE TRUTHS.

REAL, AUTHENTIC LEARNING. AND MAKING.

“

”

WE ARE CONNECTING

THEORY TO PRACTICE IN AN

AUTHENTIC, CREATIVE WAY.

THEIR INNOVATION

SURPASSED MY IMAGINATION.

THE LEARNING WAS

MEANINGFUL, LASTING,

AND COMPLEX.

“A truth about life I would illuminate would be the fact that trust is

fragile and loyalty is a blessing.”

“Wealth blocks Gatsby’s view of his true emotions, tricking him

into thinking he’s happy.”

“It’s not that bad things happen to good people…it’s that bad

things happen in general. Lives begin and suddenly end. What

we want to do with our lives, our plans, mean nothing to other

people as we continue to try to reach a higher level of success.”

THEIR WORDS.

“I learned through this project that I

knew more about circuits than I

thought. I was able to reteach the

subject of circuits to a whole table

group. I was proud of myself.”

“I learned more about

currents/electricity in this class than

in any science class. I think it was

the different approach.”

“A lot of us had the same theme but

expressed it in such different ways.”

“I liked that it really made me think bigger than

the classroom and that what I learned is A)

cool and B) actually applicable. I feel like we

get too wrapped up in one subject at school

and don’t take time to integrate others, so this

was a nice change.”

“I learned how to make a simple circuit. I

learned craft vocabulary like ‘apoxy.’ I learned

time management, the importance of planning

ahead, and following through with those plans.

I also learned the importance of understanding

metaphors, similes, and symbolism because it

can make a difference in the ‘truth’ you see.”

TRYING IT WITH OTHERS

TRYING IT WITH OTHERS

RESOURCES • SIMPLE RULES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=25BYDK70-VG

• HTTP://WWW.HSDINSTITUTE.ORG

• HTTP://WWW.ADAPTIVEACTION.ORG

• HTTP://WWW.HSDINEDUCATION.WORDPRESS.COM

• HTTP://WIKI.HSDINSTITUTE.ORG/

• EOYANG, G. & HOLLADAY, R. (2013). ADAPTIVE ACTION: LEVERAGING UNCERTAINTY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. CALIFORNIA.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

• PATTERSON, L., HOLLADAY, R., AND EOYANG, G. (2013). RADICAL RULES FOR SCHOOLS: ADAPTIVE ACTION FOR COMPLEX

CHANGE. CIRCLE PINES, MN: HUMAN SYSTEMS DYNAMICS INSTITUTE.

• PAUL OH’S “MAKE. WRITE. REMIX. SHARE.” BLOG ON EDUTOPIA

• TCTELA WINTER 2013 NEWSLETTER, TEXAS VOICES, P. 19 – “WHAT THE HECK IS A HACKJAM?”

• JIE QI’S SITES: HTTP://SIMONETTI.MEDIA.MIT.EDU/~JIEQI/ AND HTTP://TECHNOLOJIE.COM/

• PHOTOS EITHER COURTESY OF MOLLY ADAMS OR FOTER.COM/PUBLIC DOMAIN.

• HTTP://EDUCATORINNOVATOR.ORG/ AND HTTP://CONNECTEDEDUCATORS.ORG/

• CIRCUITRY HELP? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS! GETTING STARTED IN ELECTRONICS AND MAKE: ELECTRONICS

• MENTAL FLOSS ARTICLE ABOUT TESLA AND EDISON

• 21ST CENTURY NOTEBOOKING: NEXMAP RESOURCES, GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY, CHAD SANSING’S HACK YOUR NOTEBOOK

KIT, JIE QI’S PROTOTYPE AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS