David Hayward's List: Flipped Classroom

• Willis also talks about the importance of an “achievable challenge.” ost effective video games are subtly designed to reinforce a player’s confidence; they encourage you to play until you finally succeed. This is why Seigel allows his students to retake tests and why he emphasizes interactive labs over problem sets. It’s his adaptation of the achievable challenge model, and a sharp departure from traditional learning, which some say is homogenous in a way that undermines growth. “Some children are not challenged because they’ve already mastered the knowledge. Others are disengaged because they’ve failed previously in the subject and do not believe they can succeed,” Willis says.
• They then photograph the work with their smartphones and upload the images to their folders in Google Drive. This helps them organize their work and allows Seigel to check it anytime and anywhere. 
• During the lab, he points to a chart on the wall outlining appropriate classroom usage for personal devices:
• You need to provide [revolving] deadlines and check-ins.

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• But not everyone believes that students need more technology in their lives. No long-term studies exist on the impact of digital multitasking on kids’ attention spans, but a recent Pew Research Center survey of more than 2,000 middle school and high school teachers found that 87 percent of them agreed with the assertion that “today’s digital technologies are creating an easily distracted generation.” Sixty-four percent agreed that “today’s digital technologies do more to distract students than to help them academically.” Other concerns that teachers attributed to digital “overexposure” included weak time-management skills, a tendency toward procrastination, and the troublesome certitude that tasks can be finished “quickly and at the last minute.” 

  • Tech fears in the classroom - how do we address the fears with strategies to support?

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