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Presentation by Brian Housand at IRA Phoenix as part of SEM-R Institute
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Brian Housand, Ph.D. East Carolina University brianhousand.googlepages.com brianhousand@gmail.com
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Components of the SEM-R Framework Increasing degree of student selection
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 20 Minutes 10 Minutes 30 Minutes 10 Minutes 30 Minutes 20 Minutes 5 - 10 Minutes 30 - 40 Minutes ???
Some Options for Phase 3 Implementation DAILY 15 - 20 minutes 1 center per day Small chunks of time BI-WEEKLY 30 minutes Twice a Week 2 Centers per day WEEKLY 60 minutes Multiple Centers OR Focused Investigation
A Teacher How-to • Start small (2-3 choices) • Organize supportive environment • Interest Development Centers • Pre-planned Creativity Activities • CD Listening/Reading Center • Set clear performance standards; perceived by students as attainable
Fluency Flexibility Originality Elaboration
Sir Ken Robinson We are educating people out of their creativity. Creativity is as important in education as literacy.
What’s Going On? • Phonics • Fluency • Guided Reading • Listening • Reading • Interview with book character • Reading in the content area • AR • Non-fiction • Graphic Organizers • Novel / Genre Study • Comprehension Checks • Computers • Compass Learning • Library Sharing • Read alouds • Shared Reading • Lit Circles • Reading Response Notebooks • TumbleBooks • Research Projects • Digital Storytelling • Podcasting • Can Do / Must Do
Learning and Innovation Skills 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration
Creativity and Innovation 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation • Demonstrating originality and inventiveness in work • Developing, implementing and communicating new ideas to others • Being open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives • Acting on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the domain in which the innovation occurs
Creativity Killers • Expected Reward • Expected Evaluation • Competition • Surveillance • Time Limits
A Highly Effective Phase 3 Intervention Includes: • Most students start to work without any reminders beyond the initial directions. • The activity choices offered include open-ended options and complexity to extend the challenge of previous phases.
A Highly Effective Phase 3 • The activity choices offered demonstrate responsiveness to specific student interests and varied expression styles in product development. • The teacher provides verbal guidance and/or environmental reminders of self-regulation strategies for activities (e.g., verbal reminders at start of Phase 3, self-regulation strategies posted in classroom); and all students self-regulate their behavior throughout Phase 3.
A Highly Effective Phase 3 • Most students demonstrate visible enthusiasm and task commitment for their chosen activity in Phase 3. • The teacher enhances Phase 3 activities through existing physical organization and ease of student access to resources.
The basic characteristics of this type of learning environment include: • The student and teacher select a topic that may be an off-shoot of the regular curriculum or an independent topic based on the student’s interests. • The student produces a product and/or service that is intended to have an impact on a particular audience. • The student uses authentic methods, technological resources and advanced level content to produce his/her product or service.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation • Exercising sound reasoning in understanding • Making complex choices and decisions • Understanding the interconnections among systems • Identifying and asking significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions • Framing, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to solve problems and answer questions
Communication and Collaboration 21st Century Skills Learning and Innovation • Articulating thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively through speaking and writing • Demonstrating ability to work effectively with diverse teams • Exercising flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal • Assuming shared responsibility for collaborative work
eBooks http://www.icdlbooks.org/ http://books.google.com http://kids.nypl.org/reading/Childrensebooks.cfm http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/
The 5 Functions of New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension IDENTIFYING important questions LOCATING information ANALYZING information SYNTHESIZING information COMMUNICATING information (Leu, Zawilinski, Castek, Banerjee, Housand, Liu, & O’Neil, 2006)
Gimme Five! Five Fabulous Tricks, Tips, and Tools for Today’s Teacher Today’s Five Flickr Writing Prompts Google Patents Torrance Creativity Activity New Directions Lit Trips
Flickr Writing Prompts • http://www.flickr.com
Google Patents • http://patents.google.com