I made this presentation using Voice Thread. Very soon, I will be asking my students to use Voice Thread to create multi-media presentations of their own. I should point out that the content of the last four posters was developed at the American International School of Hong Kong.
I would appreciate it if you would make comments to the work that I have done. This will help me to teach the necessary skills to use Voice Thread more effectively. And try it yourself. It’s not easy!
Categories: Argumentation · Collaboration and Contribution · Communication · Critical Thinking and Problem Solving · Global Patterns/Processes Over Time/Space · Relating to Others
Tagged: skills, success orientations, Voice Thread
My new school, QSI, breaks down education into three parts – “to be,” “to do” and “to know.” “To be” refers primarily with how we interact with others, ourselves and our environment. It is made up of success orientations. I have discussed this previously. The success orientations are:
“To do” is made up of skills. This is where students learn to write thesis statements, or categorize, or synthesize, or add, or a myriad of other skills. I actually find it the most challenging area to teach, but also the most rewarding. The third part of teaching is made up of subject knowledge. It is here that we find out about what happened in 1451 or 1054, and why those events matter to us today.
So what is the undeniable pattern that I am seeing played out? It is this; whenever success orientations are violated, learning stops – it is invariably stopped in its tracks. For example, when students become irresponsible, or show a lack of concern for others, learning stops until those the student is re-oriented toward success.
Does this go beyond the classroom? Just ask the students who won’t be able to attend school because of the greed of a few men willing to put everyone at risk for their own gain.
Categories: Communication · Critical Thinking and Problem Solving · Relating to Others
Tagged: learning, skills, success orientations
For the last year or so, I have been attempting to distill a list of skills that high school students should be able to successfully accomplish before they graduate. I have borrowed from countless sources to come up with this list. A rich source of information comes from The Blue Skunk Blog as well as the sources cited in the article. I have also borrowed from Smart and Good High Schools. I should also acknowledge the good work done at the American International School of Hong Kong.
Having said all of that, I am sure that there is room to improve on the list of skills that I have identified. I would appreciate hearing what you think.
Information Acquisition and Management
Thinking
Self-Management
Relating to Others
Math and Accounting
Categories: Collaboration and Contribution · Communication
Tagged: skills, teaching
