Thinking/Talking vs. Trying/Feedback: Engaging Screenagers

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Thinking/Talking vs. Trying/Feedback: Engaging Screenagers

Thinking/Talking
I go to a lot of conferences with a lot of really smart people and there was something in I noticed way back when I first started attending those conferences.
What I noticed is that many of those really smart people do a lot of thinking and talking and that and very little actual prototyping and trying to get feedback.
In academia, we use the Scientific Method of research were we create a hypothesis and then gather data that either supports or does not support our hypothesis.
This process inherently takes a long time to complete, and as the world is changing so quickly, at times the research can be outdated before it is published. (junk engagement)
Interestingly I’ve seen lot of research on what they call the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and yet very little of that research is actually used by teachers in the classroom.
What I’m wondering is, shouldn’t that research be benefitting the students in the classroom?
These are the smartest people in the world they’re doing all this research and yet very little of it is actually getting into the classroom with teachers using it. (junk engagement)
That is the gap, so what’s going on here?
Trying/Feedback
Watching the Screenagers Movie, I saw an example of a girl who uploaded pictures and if she didn’t get enough ‘likes’ within a day, she pulled the image off the internet.
By trying and getting feedback don’t Engaging Screenagers have a great advantage over teachers?
Engaging Screenagers are trying and get feedback multiple sources.
Engaging Screenagers are learning to not just trust one opinion.
Engaging Screenagers are learning to take risks and test the market.
How can we teach in a way that encourages more experimentation?

A few years ago I was introduced to the idea of the ‘Google Method’ of research which is different model than the scientific research for using the academic world.
The Google Method looks at what’s getting used most, what’s getting a lot of hits, or what’s most popular and then look at the characteristics and ask why this is happening or what is causing this phenomenon.
Instead of making a hypothesis first we look at the feedback (data) and then we investigate what happened.

A few weeks ago I blogged about A-B testing and although this is quite similar, here I’m focusing on the experimental methods we use.
Engaging Screenagers are learning to use the Google model of getting data feedback to base their decisions from a young age, so how can we learn from that?
By teaching from Google Forms as eWorkbooks (students use their mobile devices to submit responses,) teachers essentially put themselves in the position where they getting a lot of feedback (data,) so teachers can see what worksand what’s happening with the students. (optimal engagement)

With eWorkbooks teachers can learn what works best for their students and then try new things and then get new feedback (and the cycle continues.)
How can we change our classrooms from more teaching and a few exercises to less teaching and more investigating, experimenting, and prototyping? (optimal engagement)
(Tomorrow I will write more on prototyping and The Marshmallow Challenge.)
DrWarren sharing research on tracking learning and engaging Screenagers in the classroom
DrWarren sharing research on tracking learning and engaging Screenagers in the classroom







The simple act of curating (using their devices to collect artifacts from the internet) while the students are in the classroom inherently leads experimenting and data collection.
I look forward to the day when we have passed the tipping point and the majority of learning is investigating and experimenting in nature.
I’m not saying we should scrap the scientific method that has taken us so far from the dark ages, but what I’m saying is we can benefit greatly from trying and feedback.
Isn’t our world changing faster than ever and aren’t we’re all struggling to keep up?
Don’t we want to be teaching our Engaging Screenagers to be taking risks to try new methods and then look at the feedback?
Won’t we all be falling further and further behind if they don’t learn to try new methods and get feedback?

Keep trying and get feedback for faster and better learning.

You can see examples of screen innovations for Optimal Experiences at JOIN THE CURATION: Google+.
Remember to engage tomorrow.
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All the Best, Warren
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