The Path
The Neocortex
Where are long-term memories are stored?
Materials (curricula) and Paths (strategies).
What makes up the "how" of a learning journey?
Capture interest and establish relevance
What is the purpose of the Hook?
Backseat Driver
What is the teacher's/presenter's role in participant-directed learning?
The most neglected part of the teaching plan
What is Closure?
Declarative (hiking) and procedural (racing)
What are the two paths learners travel?
Working memory capacity and prior knowledge.
What determines learning speed?
Dopamine/Unexpected surprise pay off
What does a "good" hook provide?
Best way to learn unfamiliar "hard stuff".
What is the declarative (hiking) pathway that allows working memory deliver new information to the neocortex with the help of the neocortex?
Asking students Questions & Exit Tickets
What are review and summative assessment activities?
The map teachers plot.
What is the lesson plan?
Individual, pair, and small groups
What are learning preferences?
1-2 minutes
What is the ideal length of a multi-media clip?
The initial phase of direct instruction
What is I Do, We Do?
Glows and Grows T-chart
What is a method for balanced self-assessment?
Standards, Objectives, Focus questions and Assessments
What are the four parts of Plotting the Path?
Gets participants "on your time" by giving them an immediate task to do.
What is the Bell Ringer?
Everyone
Who should participate in the "Hook"?
Think-aloud Show & Tell
Beware of excessive teacher talk
Plan your questions Note Taking
What are strategies and tips for leading participants to learning?
Reflect and Revise
What are things we should do after every presentation, workshop and training that often gets overlooked?
The most critical part of plotting the path for our ECC PD.
What is the ___?
Best way to sequence the journey in our ECC PD.
What is....
Best types of Hooks in our ECC PD.
What are...?
Best types of retrieval techniques when chunking information during our ECC PD.
What are....?
Best types of closure activities to use in our ECC PD.