Now that you have completed this module, watch this motivational video and think about how you can use this in your classroom to inspire your students. Then search for another inspirational video and post a link so that others in the class can watch it. When you post the link, please provide a brief description of the video and explain how you will use it in your classroom.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Become A Risk Taker - MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO
Now that you have completed this module, watch this motivational video and think about how you can use this in your classroom to inspire your students. Then search for another inspirational video and post a link so that others in the class can watch it. When you post the link, please provide a brief description of the video and explain how you will use it in your classroom.
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This has been my favorite blog post so far! I'm going to include two videos that I would use in my classroom. The first is Kid President, and I would use this one in an elementary classroom:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o
In this video, Kid President gives a pep talk. He is encouraging kids to "be awesome". He gives them a pep talk to encourage them to take a chance, to dance, to make a difference. In my classroom, this would be a great mid semester video. Everyone gets to the point where they are tired of their classroom family. Sometimes, in the team building process, there needs to be a moment where students realize everything is not always perfect, but all of us were put here to make a difference. Many challenges may present themselves, but in the end, we are all on the same team, called to make this world a better place than when we found it.
This second video would be for a high school class. This is a short video about a floating village that wanted to start a soccer team. The problem – there was no place for kids to play. The villagers laughed and didn’t think there was any way the kids could realize their dream of playing soccer. The players thought different; they built a floating soccer field. This is their story. It is as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU4oA3kkAWU
I would love to use this with a group of students to encourage them to think outside the box. This would also be a great way to show students that there are many ways to accomplish a goal; the world may laugh, but their idea may change a village, a people, or even the world.
This video was so motivating! What is especially interesting about this one is that all of the visuals are of sports and physically challenging activities. These images are electrifying and profound because it shows humans pushing themselves and defying limitations/expectations just because they can. No one is required to participate in a triathlon or an obstacle mud run, yet they choose to because they want to test their physical and mental endurance.
ReplyDeleteThis type of life experience should not be reserved for athletes who made it through school try-outs or for kids who have labeled themselves as jocks. I really feel strongly about the value of athletics in its ability to enhance nearly every part of a person’s life. If a gifted kid has established a label for herself that is decidedly “non-athletic”, she will avoid physically-oriented activities because she sees it as a (often social) risk.
As Dettmer points out, the psychomotor domain is limited but is as essential as other domains that have received more attention. I would love to create a gifted curriculum around developing creative approaches to psychomotor learning and related risk-taking that emphasizes the non-necessity of competitiveness or hyper-athleticism. It may be relevant to specific occupations. Then, in the Spring, show this video and ask how many kids want to do a mud run or have them vote on an physical challenge activity they want to try together.
Take Risks- Motivational Video (ft. Infinite Waters) (https://youtu.be/q3ib2idp-0I)
This one was inspiring to me and included some imagery that may relate to certain scientific fields such as geology. I like the point the narrator makes about comfort (complacency) leading to anxiety…and that it takes being uncomfortable, sometimes, to find peace. These points seem counterintuitive but are so true.
Risk-taking, mistake-making, and lifelong learning | Dr. Kathleen Ciez-Volz | TEDxFSCJ (https://youtu.be/zq7CfAlgDfI)
Lastly, here is a great Ted talk about risk-taking, risk-making, and “failing forward”. I think it provides succinct insights into fear of failure and how pervasive it can be. Most importantly, Dr. Ciez-Volz talks about applicable cognitive strategies and the range of severity in reference to mistakes. Indeed, most are not life or death scenarios and they always have the important potential to teach valuable lessons about life and oneself.
We tend to think about worst case scenarios and underestimate the forgiving nature of others. She talks about self-compassion and learning as a long, meandering process riddled with failure. I especially like her suggestion of creating a habit of mind in which one practices automatically thinking, “I can fix this”, when mistakes happen. I think students would benefit greatly from her observations and solutions.