Summary: You spoke in pairs about Professor Mitra’s or Professor McDonald’s video that you read and took notes about self-directed learning. We primarily discussed the article “Rethinking Education in the Digital Age.” 

Here is his awarded TED Talk:

Mitra, S. (2010, July). The child-driven education. [Video]. Ted Conferences.

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education?language=en 

McDonald, K. (2019, September 19). Self-directed learning: How ‘unschoolers’ control their education [Video]. Big Think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWP_6RV6nmA

1. What was interesting about Mitra’s TED Talk?

2. What was interesting about McDonald’s concept about unschoolers, robots, and creativity?

3. Was there anything that was not clear in either video? If so, what was that? Or what were they?

An Introduction to Growth Mindsets:

Mindset Works!

Spencer, J. (2017, March 27). Growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset. [Video]. YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CHPnZfFmU

Homework due at 13:00 the day before Class_05 in your Google Doc: 

1. Complete your three-question reflection in your Google Doc share file.

Please choose either Dweck (2010) or Cobb (2013, October 8) reading and take 2 to 3 pages of notes in keywords, summaries, and quotation marks as needed. For Dweck, please read all of the article, or for Cobb (2013, October 8), please research your top self-directed learning problem of the 15 tips, and take notes on only the advice that you think will be good for you. I suggest five of the most important ones to you.

Note Taking Samples, Noting the Pages for In-text Citations

 Dweck, C. S. (2010). Mind-sets. Principal Leadership, 10(5), 26-29. 

https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mindsets-and-Equitable-Education.pdf

Or

Cobb, J. (2013, October 8). 15 ways of the successful self-directed learner. Mission to

learn. http://www.missiontolearn.com/self-directed-learning-success/

PS: If you want to read ahead for future homework, here are the links below:

Alternatives to School. (2017). Benefits of self-directed learning. Alternatives to school.

http://alternativestoschool.com/articles/benefits-self-directed-learning/

Association for Psychological Science. (2012, October 4). What makes self-directed learning effective? ScienceDaily.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121004134843.htm

Fink, J. W. W. (1999). True grit: 10 tips for promoting strength, resilience, and perseverance among your students. Instructor, 26-31.

4. An option to do Freerice.com: This United Nations project website has 60 levels of English vocabulary to learn and develop. For each correct vocabulary word comprehended, Free Rice will donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger, so students can learn new words and also contribute to reducing world hunger at the same time. And the levels of difficulty range from low to very high, so it is also suitable for teachers. There are also various subjects, including English Grammar and SAT Test Preparation. And amusingly, the site has a warning that claims this game may make the person smarter! http://freerice.com/#/englishvocabulary/1424

Your Free Rice goal for the semester is 4,000 points!