Whatever happend to joy

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Dean Shareski Hamilton, ON June 11, 2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichards-gallery/9215560918

Whatever Happened to

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Is JoyEven a Thing anymore?

Moment # 1

Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Why Doesn’t Christina Ever smile?

Moment # 2

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“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time.”

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Moment # 3

With regards to creating a video like that do you:

A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed.

B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful things with students is important.

What do you believe about learning?

And what do you mean by “student achievement?”

Do you Believe Learning is Like Buckley’s?

How to motivate kids to learn Math

Language Matters

Every Mission Statement on the Planet

“...rigorous and relevant education to all students in a learning environment that fosters high expectations and data.”

Every Mission Statement on the Planet

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Feel-Bad Education The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy by: Alfie Kohn !

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

"Why are our schools not places of joy?"

I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so: It’s an end in itself.

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data driven

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accountability

student achievement

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Why Do I Have to Learn This?

/joi/ !!

!1.the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires

You know it when you See it

Is Joy Really the Schools Responsibility?

Do We Teach Students How To Be Happy?

Planning and Designing For Joy

Wonder

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Boring

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I’m bored

“Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Stryrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.” Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“We Have Responsibility to Awe”

How often do your students get to wonder? !

What if each day your students left with school with a great question?

Be Interesting

“one of the best things you can do for your students is to be an interesting adult”

Gary Stager

“We needed to deliver something more, give the viewers another reason to tune in.”

“...it was a show about people who loved what they were doing, who were informed, but who were also trying to bring a smile and a laugh to their audience.”

How Do You Learn?

...And this is all we know so far

SAGE ON THE STAGE

GUIDE ONTHE SIDE

MEDDLER IN THE MIDDLE

The Learning Project

My Teaching Staff

What are you learning right now? Do your students know about this?

(Bonus points if it has nothing to do with your job)

How are your interests/passions infused into your classroom?

Share It

“TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF JOY YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO DIVIDE IT WITH.”

Mark Twain

"The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher

at the University of California, San Diego. "We are connected, and so is our joy." The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that living near a friend who becomes happy increases the probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25 per cent.

"The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher

at the University of California, San Diego. "We are connected, and so is our joy." The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that living near a friend who becomes happy increases the probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25 per cent.

Cantiague Weekly Update @Cantiague_Lead

@RobCFisher

How are you spreading and sharing joyful moments in your school/classroom?

Be Grateful

How are you showing gratitude to your students? parents? colleagues?

Text, tweet, message someone right now and say thank you.

Just do It

"There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it." She said, "I know. I've done studies."

When’s the last time you did something in which its primary purpose was to bring joy to you or your

students?

It’s an End in itself

It’s an End in itselfThank you

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