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		<title>Learn Geography, Help Those In Need-Dan Pink&#8217;s Meaning and Play in the Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn Geography and donate water to those in need. What a great way to create Meaning by simulating the aptitude of Play, both of which are part of Dan Pink&#8217;s right-brain aptitudes from his book A Whole New Mind.  Not to mention the reinforcement of effort and practice that are effective Marzano Strategies.  This is a win-win. Basically you go to the site and play a game in which you label cities and points of interest around the world.  The faster and closer you get to the actual city, the more cups of water you donate.  If you would like more info, go to their FAQ page and check out the details. Take a few minutes and play this game.  I found a 10-minute period of free time and tried it myself.  Give it a shot.  How many glasses of water can you donate?  What if we took our classes into the lab and had them play this game a few times at the end of the hour?  What if it was just an &#8220;extra&#8221; for those kids who get done early in the lab?  How many glasses of water could we donate as a group? Teachers have a powerful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can We Make Student Work Meaningful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of our students&#8217; days are filled with abstract concepts?  How often do kids actually get to work with their hands? This article in the New York Times caught my eye after a day of teaching intangible, purely conceptual material.  What did my students actually apply that day?  In Dan Pink&#8217;s words, what meaning did my students get?  What worthwhile cause did I convey? How many times in a day are you asked by your students &#8220;Why do we have to do this?&#8221; or &#8220;Is this for a grade?&#8221;  Students increasingly need immediate gratification in order to be motivated.  They no longer learn for the sake of learning, if they ever did.  So how do we motivate the next generation? In his book Drive, Dan Pink discusses purpose as a key component of &#8220;Motivation 2.0&#8243;.  If you want someone to be motivated, you need them to feel that a greater  purpose is being served than just the completion of a task.  So our students need to feel like they are actively creating meaningful knowledge that will make the world a better place.  Something beyond filling in the answers and getting a grade. Or maybe the answer lies in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP Oil Spill Lesson Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the horrific environmental damage that will surely impact the Gulf Coast due to the BP oil spill, I thought I would share some thoughts on using this disaster in the classroom.  Unfortunately I think we will still be hashing out the impact of BP&#8217;s spill during August and beyond. The opportunity that teachers have in  this disaster is to provide a background and some understanding of humans&#8217; impact on the environment in which we live.  This would fall right in line with the aptitude of Meaning that Dan Pink discusses in A Whole New Mind. To start with, I would address a bit if history.  We could begin with Teddy Roosevelt&#8217;s preservation efforts during the Progressive Era of U.S. history.  President Roosevelt was a vivid outdoorsman, and he had a personal passion for preserving our nation&#8217;s natural resources for future generations.  The Theodore Roosevelt Association has an excellent lesson plan on their site that provides a background into Roosevelt&#8217;s legacy of conservation. You could start this lesson by having students locate the Breton National Wildlife Refuge on a map.  Be sure to mention that this preserve is over 100 years old.  It was the second nature preserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Incredible, Historical Speeches You Should Watch Online &#124; Online Universities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no better example of story, empathy, and meaning than in a great speech.  You&#8217;ll have to forgive my inner history geek here, but this collection is a truly amazing insight into human history. The collection spans political, presidential, and cultural episodes in our history, and highlights the men and women who gave a voice to those events. John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Lou Gehrig, and Nelson Mandella are just a sampling of these incredible speakers. Check it out.  I would love to hear your thoughts.  Which presidential speech do you think is the most meaningful?  Which speech in society and culture did you find most moving? 50 Incredible, Historical Speeches You Should Watch Online &#124; Online Universities. Share]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day: Laura Kutner Builds Guatemalan School With Plastic Bottles &#8211; ABC News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great example of Daniel Pink&#8217;s aptitude of Meaning from A Whole New Mind. Students in Guatemala collected plastic water bottles and built themselves a new school.  The project was was initiated by Laura Kutner, a Peace Corps volunteer. Bottles were collected, stuffed with plastic bags for reinforcement, and then made into &#8220;bricks&#8221; by using chicken wire.  A thin layer of cement was applied over the exterior and then painted.  (photos) With all of the doom and gloom facing school financing, it was uplifting to see a creative solution that addressed financial shortfalls and the quality of life.  Students got a new school for a fraction of the cost, and their village was cleared of trash.  Plus, students did so well at collecting bottles that they had to visit neighboring villages in order to gather enough material to finish. Even though I may never be able to put together a project of such magnitude, it made me think of the power of school-wide service projects.  Any time learning can include meaning, students are motivated and teachers get an extra &#8220;feel good&#8221; moment.  What else could you ask for? An incredible project that&#8217;s definitely worth the time to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy and Dan Pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked once by a colleague to relate Dan Pink&#8217;s Right-Brain aptitudes to Bloom&#8217;s taxonomy.  To be honest I have always preferred to apply Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy through the verbs that are usually associated with his work.  My colleague and I threw out as many verbs as we could remember, and I wrote them on a whiteboard, categorizing them within the six AWNM aptitudes. Our list was very basic, but we launched a great discussion about higher level thinking skills and Daniel Pink&#8217;s Right-Brain skills. I would like to offer a version of that discussion here.  I took some time to recreate my previous conversation and wrote down a number of verbs from Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy.  There were many verbs that could fit within multiple aptitudes, and my categorization is just one person&#8217;s opinion. (The Chart) But as I struggled to find the &#8220;perfect&#8221; category for each of Bloom&#8217;s verbs, I reflected on a statement by Dan Pink that I read in an interview with him.  To summarize, Dan Pink stated that it is essential to develop all of the aptitudes in an effort to stimulate the full creativity offered by our &#8220;Right-Brain&#8221; skills.  Furthermore, the six aptitudes are interconnected and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High school puts its eggs in a high-tech basket &#8211; chicagotribune.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like this Chicago school is going to implement quite a few of Dan Pink&#8217;s right-brain aptitudes, even though they did not call them by name. The article highlights a school that is implementing a new curriculum supported by Partnership for 21st Century Skills.  They will move to a collaborative, inquiry-based learning model with real world applications.  Empathy, design, symphony, and meaning.  And that&#8217;s just from A Whole New Mind. But let&#8217;s add some elements from Dan&#8217;s new book, Drive.  As the article highlights the move from teacher-led instruction to student-based projects, it seems they are allowing autonomy to flourish.  And by focusing on real-world applications, purpose becomes apparent.  I will assume that students will also experience mastery as they continue to focus on their individual interests. As you read through the article, it is interesting to see the full-scale implementation of 21st Century Skills, and of course the ideas of Dan Pink.  But I continued to reflect on how I could adopt some of these practices into my traditional classroom.  Could I provide students more autonomy?  Am I keeping their sense of purpose alive?  What about meaning and empathy? There are any number of small upgrades that can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land O&#8217;Lakes students prepare sign language videos for the deaf &#8211; St. Petersburg Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article from the St. Petersburg times really highlights Dan Pink&#8217;s meaning and purpose. Students take the sign language that they learn in the classroom and create videos for deaf patrons of theme parks. So not only are students motivated by having a purpose in their studies, but they are also developing the right brain aptitude of meaning.  They are helping others and learning some irreplaceable life lessons.  What a great way to prepare students for a fulfilling life. Land O&#8217;Lakes students prepare sign language videos for the deaf &#8211; St. Petersburg Times. Share]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Rigor and Student Engagement: A Perfect Match &#124; Asia Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an interesting application of Dan Pink&#8217;s ideas from A Whole New Mind. Chris Livaccari outlines how to apply Dan Pink&#8217;s ideas in a Chinese language classroom. Although I have always held the flexibility of Dan Pink&#8217;s ideas in the highest regard, I never could have imagined applying them in a Chinese language class. If you would like to get straight to the details of Dan Pink, scroll down to the heading entitled &#8220;A Whole New Mind.&#8221;  There you will see how this teacher specifically applies Dan Pink&#8217;s six aptitudes to her language course. What a great, engaging application of AWNM.  Every time I read a teacher&#8217;s application of right-brain skills, I learn something new.  I hope you take the time to get some ideas from this article. Academic Rigor and Student Engagement: A Perfect Match &#124; Asia Society. Share]]></description>
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		<title>Aurora Sentinel: Aurora school district eyes new diploma for student with college credits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I spend half of my day at a high school technical center, I am always looking for examples of using focused learning to enhance Meaning in a student&#8217;s education. As I have mentioned before, one way I like to think of Dan Pink&#8217;s Meaning aptitude from A Whole New Mind is how I can create a meaningful experience for my students&#8217; education.  How can I take their experience in the classroom and provide a purpose beyond themselves? This article talks about a growing movement in education that connects academic learning to larger concepts outside of the classroom walls.  The specific method in this article is the offering of &#8220;pathways&#8221; program which will allow students to focus their learning and to receive college credit. But this Aurora school district is contemplating stepping things up by requiring that students complete advanced placement or concurrent enrollment programs in order to graduate. The technical center where I teach offers a large variety of college credit opportunities for students, and I can say that it is extremely successful.  Students seem to see a purpose in their studies.  They can see the meaning in what they are doing. And I can also attest to the [...]]]></description>
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