Topic
Curiosity
43 posts.
Building Curiosity Sparks in Google Slides
Using Google slides to spark/curate student curiosity.
Using 'What If' Videos to Empower Thought Experiments During Distance Learning
Leveraging thought experiments to promote engagement in online learning.
Feynman and Delayed Direct Instruction
How Richard Feynman embodied inquiry learning.
Incompetency
Analysis of discussion on pedagogy between Tim Ferris and Seth Godin
Spark Learning Masterclass: Part I Recording
This session explored research and strategies related to sparking student curiosity at the beginning of an inquiry learning cycle.
Sparking Curiosity Toolki
Toolkit to help educators learn the research and strategies around sparking student curiosity .
Free 'Spark Learning' Masterclass!
Announcing a free Masterclass on sparking student curiosity.
Teaching for Curiosity
Integrating current research on curiosity into the online teaching/lesson planning process.
5E / Hero's Journey Example: Stoichiometry (Reactions as Recipes)
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Spark Learning to Unlock and Harness the Power of Student Curiosity
I was honored to join Barbara Bray on episode #89 of her podcast RethinkingLearning. Click here to listen to the the entire episode where Barbara. Cycles of Learning
This is Your Brain on Curiosity (via TEDxUCDavisSalon)
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Post 1982 Penny Battery: Experiment in Withholding Information
CYCLES OF LEARNING
5E Lesson Example: Cellular Respiration w/Crosscutting NGSS Integration.
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Sparking Curiosity in the Humanities: Data Visualization
As a science teacher, I often get the following statement when working with other educators: 'Sparking student interest in the Sciences is just easier. You get to show cool demonstrations and...
Revised 5E-Hero's Journey Lesson Planning Template
Revised 5E-Hero's Journey Lesson Planning Template! | written to annoying lengths about my love for the connection between the 5E Inquiry Learning Cycle.
Editing Videos for Involuntary Curiosity: 3 Chemistry Examples
When reading the research on Curiosity , Involuntary Curiosity is of particular interest to us teachers. Defined by Loewenstein (1994) as curiosity that '...arises spontaneously as a result of...
8 Awesome Inquiry Lesson Cycles!
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with the science educators at D211 in Chicago's Northwest Suburbs. As part of the workshop, all teachers were challenged to work in discipline specific...
5th Grader Designed My AP Chemistry Lesson!
That Time a 5th Grader Designed My AP Chemistry Lesson! | About the connection between the 5E learning cycle and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
3 Ways to Simplify, Streamline, and Empower Your Lesson Design
3 Ways to Simplify, Streamline, and Empower Your Lesson Design
'Spark Learning' 10 Copy Mother's Day Giveaway!
CYCLES OF LEARNING
The Life-Saving Benefits of Being Curious! (warning: serious TMI).
In her lecture, The Hungry Mind: Origins of Curiosity, Susan Engel beautifully explains the benefits of curiosity not only on student motivation, but learning.
Movies, Clips, Curiosity, Spark, Videos
My 15 Favorite Movie Clips to Use as Science Curiosity Sparks, Strategically leveraging clips from movies that show various phenomena. Read more: Cycles of Learning.
Curiosity, Technology, Chemistry
Most powerful ways to spark Involuntary Curiosity in students is to strategically trim a video clip to remove content or present an unresolved of the content.
Phase 3 = An Obligation to Share! (...and other forms of ignoring the Imposter Complex)
When I reflect back on the last 16 year of teaching, I see three distinct phases: Phase 1: Love Phase 2: Oblivion Phase 3: Awareness Phase 1 was crucial. I fell in love with the profession...
EdTech Team Hangout on Blended Learning
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Assistive Technology Course Using Arduino & MakeyMakey: From Design to Delivery
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Keynote Presentation & Online Courses
Keynote Presentation & Online Courses | I have received many requests for recorded versions of a Keynote presentation on the relationship between the Hero's Journey
Sparking Curiosity Tool Kit
Sparking Curiosity Tool Kit - Excited to share this quick, 'Sparking Curiosity' document I put together for my colleagues. Learn with Ramsey Musallam.
Assistive Technology with MakeyMakey
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Sparking Curiosity Using 'Vibby'
CYCLES OF LEARNING
littleBits Interview
CYCLES OF LEARNING
'Hero's Journey' Learning Cycle Template (2015-2016 School Year)
For the past two years I have been leveraging the ' Explore-Flip-Apply ' learning cycle framework in my chemistry class. I love this framework as it simultaneously merges two important facets of...
Explosive Science Camp: Day 2
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Explosive Science Camp: Day 1
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Inquiry Learning and the Hero's Journey
Notice any similarities?
Sparking & Organizing Curiosity: An EdTech Mission Statement
CYCLES OF LEARNING
ChemEd 2105 Speaker/Facilitator Submissions
Presentation As chemistry educators, we are called to not only help our students negotiate the algorithmic complexities intrinsic to the discipline, but perhaps more importantly, work towards a deep..
Curiosity SketchNotes
Recently I gave a talk on sparking student curiosity and my friend/colleague Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) took the below SketchNotes of the session. Thanks Carl!
#Caedchat on Curiosity!
I was honored to be the guest moderator for tonight's #caedchat on curiosity. Click here to see the archive and access all links and resources. As a reminder, please share sample student work that is.
Direct Measurement of Curiosity using the Mindwave Mobile
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Jay Silver Interview: Pedagogy of Makey Makey Video
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Involuntary Curiosity Sparks (Loewenstein, 94)
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Cultivating Involuntary Curiosity
I just finished reading the Loewenstein (1998) article The Psychology of Curiosity: A Review and Reinterpretation . Not surprisingly the paper begins by reminding the reader of the strong...