TED 9-2009 - "WHY" (Puget Sound) Why do some succeed when other don't? www.ted.com
" The Golden Circle" Why? How? What?
Most know what they do. Some know how. But few know why they do something. Why do you exist. Why should you care?
Successful leaders act from the inside out - from the why. In marketing, always start with why. People will do business with people who believe what they believe. People respond most strongly to feelings. Feelings control behavior.
The law of diffusion of emanation. Innovators (ready to by anything new just because it's new 2.5% of the market) - adopters (people who love to try new things they've heard about and are 13.5%) - !early majority (who won't try something until someone else tries it - but represent the 30% part of the market) - cynical majority (won't buy anything until it's proven and represent another 30%) -laggers (those who won't buy 16%).
APPLICATION TO MY READING CLASSES (Worksheet)
WHY? I teach reading to empower students. Good readers can access any and all information the world has to offer. They can learn anything. If they can also write (the other side), then can control the world.
HOW? Using researched based (proven) reading methods.
WHAT? Right now it's Rewards, 6 Minutes, Signatures (recommended by district) and AIMS. I also add text structure study through Scholastic and National Geographic Magazines, reader's theatre. I try to incorporate debates, question/answer activities, presentations and research projects to help them learn to manipulate information. I'm focusing on informational text this year because of the new core.
I NEED time and consistency.
I WILL let my students know the why.
APPLICATION of our district programs:
" The Golden Circle" Why? How? What?
Most know what they do. Some know how. But few know why they do something. Why do you exist. Why should you care?
Successful leaders act from the inside out - from the why. In marketing, always start with why. People will do business with people who believe what they believe. People respond most strongly to feelings. Feelings control behavior.
The law of diffusion of emanation. Innovators (ready to by anything new just because it's new 2.5% of the market) - adopters (people who love to try new things they've heard about and are 13.5%) - !early majority (who won't try something until someone else tries it - but represent the 30% part of the market) - cynical majority (won't buy anything until it's proven and represent another 30%) -laggers (those who won't buy 16%).
APPLICATION TO MY READING CLASSES (Worksheet)
WHY? I teach reading to empower students. Good readers can access any and all information the world has to offer. They can learn anything. If they can also write (the other side), then can control the world.
HOW? Using researched based (proven) reading methods.
WHAT? Right now it's Rewards, 6 Minutes, Signatures (recommended by district) and AIMS. I also add text structure study through Scholastic and National Geographic Magazines, reader's theatre. I try to incorporate debates, question/answer activities, presentations and research projects to help them learn to manipulate information. I'm focusing on informational text this year because of the new core.
I NEED time and consistency.
I WILL let my students know the why.
APPLICATION of our district programs:
- Add summary component to 6 Minutes Solution.
- Check out "Reading Reasons" which addresses the why. They take about ten minutes at the beginning of class (starters?). Demonstrator gave students a driver's license test? ***
- "The Book Whisperer" Change reading requirement to number of books instead of minutes?
- Relay games: Prefix: begin with roots and add affixes; Power Generation? - could I use comprehension strategies with this? Maybe completing graphic organizers? **** Also, sentence completion?
- Yoga balls? (one teacher had five) and Magnetic Letters (three packages?)
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