This document discusses the importance of storytelling for learning. It notes that humans think in metaphors and learn through stories. Several images are included that depict storytelling, with captions about telling stories, developing empathy, and the three elements of a good story: characters, conflict, and resolution. Rules of thumb and activities for moving classroom learning from lower to higher order thinking skills are presented, emphasizing personalizing tasks, collaboration, feedback, and publishing. Storytelling is described as a Trojan horse for learning.
1. stories
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Darren Kuropatwa
Building Learning Communities
Boston, MA
July 2015
we learn
through
12. “The human species thinks in metaphors and learns
through stories.” Mary Catherine Bateson
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http://flickr.com/photos/kharied/4156478671/
13. make
me care
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by Jenavieve:
http://flickr.com/photos/blackstarryskyy/4548257851/
14. Empathy is an increasingly important skill
to develop in an increasingly hybrid world.
How would you go about doing that?
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16. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Martin Gommel:
http://flickr.com/photos/kwerfeldein/2104791931/
Don’t
just shoot
23. flickr photo by hang_in_there http://flickr.com/photos/
59632563@N04/6238711264 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
flickr photo by AlicePopkorn http://flickr.com/photos/alicepopkorn/
3399829838 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
3elements of a
good story?
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26. 5
rules of thumb
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http://flickr.com/photos/zengei/6976940402/
27. 5
moving classroom
activities from
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http://flickr.com/photos/zengei/6976940402/
Lower Order
Thinking Skills
to
Higher Order
Thinking Skills