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The Power of Play – How the Learning Sciences Support Innovation - Brenda Sherry, Upper Grand District School Board

Innovative learning environments are essential in order to serve the students of today and tomorrow and to support equity, well-being and achievement. This session will explore some of the lessons Ontario educators are learning: the fundamental role of exploration, play and inquiry in learning in face-to-face and virtual spaces, how a focus on deeper learning fosters the development of global competencies, and what we know about professional learning models that have been most effective to help educators deepen their practice.

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The Power of Play – How the Learning Sciences Support Innovation - Brenda Sherry, Upper Grand District School Board

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  1. The Power of Play: How the Learning Sciences Support Innovation July 19, 2018.

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  3. 2016

  4. “Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” John Holt

  5. Planet Papert

  6. Mitchel Resnick MIT The Lifelong Kindergarten

  7. Think of your favourite game… What are the elements that make it powerful for you? •Who plays? •How do you play? •How did you learn it? •What learning sticks from having played that game?

  8. Global Competencies

  9. Critical friend – Dr. Chis Dede

  10. What is deeper learning? 1. Re-balancing 3 domains 2. Transfer to other contexts National Research Council, 2012

  11. Powerful Learning International Lessons knowledge of how people learn 2015 ✓ Ground innovative learning environments in ✓ Understand in detail and be inspired by actual learning environments ✓ Move beyond the level of individual cases to deepen understanding of how to grow, scale and sustain innovative practice 2017

  12. Courtesy of Simcoe County District School Board

  13. Competency vs Skill A competency is more than just knowledge or skills. It involves the ability to meet complex demands, by drawing on and mobilizing psychosocial resources (including skills and attitudes) in a particular context. For example, the ability to communicate effectively is a competence that may draw on an individual’s knowledge of language, practical IT skills and attitudes towards those with whom he or she is communicating.” (OECD, 2003, p. 4)

  14. • Early Years and Child Care • Elementary and Secondary Curriculum • Experiential Learning – K-post secondary • Well-being PreK – Post Secondary (measures other than student achievement)

  15. Scaling vs. Depth

  16. What have we learned about teacher professional learning?

  17. Innovations that support deeper learning • Breakout EDU • EdCamps • Inquiry-based approaches • Professional Learning Games

  18. Courtesy of Emma Reay

  19. blog: blog: Learning Zone Learning Zone

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