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		<title>Lesson Plan for Avatar and Empathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 01:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been quite a bit of interest generated amongst my colleagues for a lesson plan using Avatar.  I plan on using an activity this week for the movie Avatar that will develop Dan Pink&#8217;s aptitude of empathy, so I thought I would share it with you. This lesson plan involves using Dr. Milton Bennett&#8217;s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity and applying the concept of intercultural competence to the movie Avatar. According to Dr. Bennett, people go through a number of different stages as they learn about and hopefully adapt to different cultures.  Using the six stages from Dr. Bennett, I created this chart for students to complete during the movie Avatar.  I plan on discussing Bennett&#8217;s DMIS model for the first 30 minutes of class, and then have students fill out the chart as they watch Avatar. It sounds like a pretty easy, clean-cut lesson plan for Avatar, and I always enjoy developing Dan Pink&#8217;s aptitude of empathy in students, especially with an activity over something the love. But Milton Bennett&#8217;s model is complex, and my American History students do not have much formal training in cultural studies.  So I am preparing myself for a number of questions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Futurity.org – Strong racial identity intensifies empathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 10:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article highlights some interesting research into empathy and offers a strategy that may help us develop empathy towards others. According to the research, our &#8220;ability to identify with another person dramatically changes how much we can feel the pain of another and how much we&#8217;re willing to help.&#8221; The case in point is the ability of African-Americans to more fully empathize with the victims of Hurricane Katrina, a large portion of which are African-American. One of the study&#8217;s authors, Joan Chiao, provides a universal concept that she believes should be taken from the study: “We think this is really interesting because it suggests mechanisms by which we can enhance our empathy and altruistic motivation simply by finding ways in which we have commonality across individuals and across groups,” As teachers this study should really be a call to arms.  Since I teach history and cultural studies, this statement resounds intensely with me.  Developing empathy in my students requires that they find commonalities with the people we are studying.  That may be a person from the past or a person from another culture. In one professional development session it was explained to me as a Venn Diagram.  Imagine two circles [...]]]></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.]]></description>
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		<title>Marzano&#8217;s Instructional Strategies and Dan Pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great site for resources on Robert Marzano&#8217;s instructional strategies. If you are familiar with Marzano, then you will find this site particularly interesting as it connects instructional technology resources with each of his strategies.  If you are not familiar with Marzano, each strategy is briefly defined so that you can implement the technology while knowing which instructional strategy you are using. I also sorted out a few of Marzano&#8217;s strategies and applied them to Dan Pink&#8217;s aptitudes from A Whole New Mind.  Here are a few of the obvious connections that I made after reviewing the strategies on the Marzano website: #3 Complex Cognitive Tasks (Symphony) #4 Cooperative Learning (Empathy) #8 Graphic Organizers, #12 Non-linguistic Representations (Design) #11 Interactive Games, #12 Kinesthetic Activities (Play) #19 Summarizing (Story/Design) I&#8217;m sure there are any number of parallels that can be drawn between Marzano and Dan Pink&#8217;s aptitudes, but I thought these were the easiest to implement. So if your district is asking you to utilize the Marzano startegies, don&#8217;t worry.  You can still develop your students&#8217; right-brain aptitudes at the same time! Marzano&#8217;s Instructional Strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Futurity.org – Web access alone won’t bridge digital divide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that most of us would assume, but here is the data to back it up. Just providing access to the internet will not necessarily benefit students.  They must know how to use it. The study surveyed freshmen from the University of Illinois to test their &#8220;internet know-how&#8221;.  Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds had considerably less skill in using the internet than those students that were &#8220;better off&#8221; economically. I know that as a teacher I get frustrated with the capabilities of my students to use technology in an effective, research-based manner.  After all, they can use their I-Phones and I-Pods well enough. But that only makes them efficient consumers of technology, not effective users.  So even though I assume that all of my students are digitally savvy does not make it so. This is where Dan Pink&#8217;s right-brain aptitudes from A Whole New Mind become a necessity.  Students may be able to access the information, but can they find the relevant patterns?  Symphony.  Do they know how to look at a web page and understand the organization?  Design.  What about the slanted viewpoints of a blogger?  Empathy. So I&#8217;m always glad to read articles like this one.  [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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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>History comes alive through program at Montgomery elementary school &#124; MyCentralJersey.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another great use of empathy in the classroom. History is an excellent medium for developing empathy.  And these New Jersey elementary students have taken it to the next level. In the first part of the project they research historical figures.  They look into their early life and careers, following the figures throughout all of their contributions to society.  Seems standard enough. But then they upgrade that lesson to incorporate Dan Pink&#8217;s aptitude of empathy from AWNM. Students team up with a partner and write anonymous pen pal letters to each other, from the perspective of their historical figure! What a great idea.  And what an easy way to develop empathy.  You could take any small research project and add a simple upgrade to enhance empathy.  And think about the high-level thinking skills that are required to write from another person&#8217;s perspective.  Amazing. Even though this example is from an elementary school, I plan on using something similar with my high school kids.  There are any number of opportunities to enhance empathy in American History.  I can&#8217;t wait to take advantage of a few of them. History comes alive through program at Montgomery elementary school &#124; mycentraljersey.com &#124; MyCentralJersey.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools are friending social media &#124; ScrippsNews</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Empathy in math?  That&#8217;s the point of this pilot program in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Elementary students are using new math software that takes advantage of social networking.  The goal: Forcing kids to interact instead of working alone.  In other words, developing the aptitude of empathy from A Whole New Mind. Social networking has long been seen as a hindrance to the educational process, not as a tool.  But this program may shift the scale in favor of using the platform to engage students. According to the article, the school district is having great success in utilizing the social media tools that are familiar with students.  They even incorporate some strategies into their card catalog, allowing students to create friend lists and book reviews. What a great tool for these students.  They can use a technology with which they are comfortable, and enhance their right-brain skills by developing empathy. Schools are friending social media &#124; ScrippsNews.]]></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>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>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
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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.]]></description>
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