Episode 24 - How can students produce authentic work? Audience part 1
Description
Coronavirus has certainly provided us with a lot of struggle and challenges, and for every crisis situation we have an opportunity to lead. Especially right now, students need to see their school work is connected to a larger purpose because it will lead towards greater engagement and greater connection with school! Join me as I discuss one small, simple way to make learning more authentic for students - connecting them with an authentic audience.
If you want to jump ahead:
0:37 Download my dissertation on authentic learning here!
4:51 In today’s episode you’ll learn 1) Why authentic audience is important, 2) How to lead that conversation, and 3) What it looks like, including some common objections and how to handle them.
5:27 Start with Why by Simon Sinek
7:02 Why is authenticity important?
9:47 Download my dissertation on authentic learning here!
11:26 Caleb’s Boston Tea Party poster
16:34 Using the framework of authentic audience, how can we redefine what students are asked to do?
16:47 1st grade math: counting
19:57 5th grade social studies: Constitution and The Bill of Rights
22:19 12th grade ELA: argumentative essay
25:15 How do you lead the conversation around authentic audience?
29:25 Common OBJECTIONS (Yes, in the podcast I kept saying “objectives!”)
- I do this already
- It’s too hard to find a real audience (takes too much time, difficult to do, hard to manage)
- Having an authentic audience means it needs to be a major project
- I have to have an authentic audience for everything
- My content will go out the window.
- Tests aren’t structured that way
33:52 Students perform better on standardized tests when they learn in a more authentic environment
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