108: To Learn, Students Need to DO Something

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

Jennifer Gonzalez

Education, Teaching, Instruction, Classroommanagement, Educationreform

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In too many classrooms, we're expecting students to learn material without asking them to do much of anything with it. Why is this a problem? Where did it come from? And what can we do to fix it?

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0:00.0	This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 108 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.
0:05.9	In this episode, I am going to talk about an issue I think we're having.
0:10.0	The fact that in too many classrooms, students don't seem to actually be doing much of anything.
0:17.3	Most of the time, I make every effort to produce work that is well organized and supported by research.
0:34.3	But every now and then, I need to just talk. And that is what today's episode is about.
0:40.0	I'm going to talk about a problem that I think is becoming an issue in more and more classrooms,
0:44.7	why it's a problem, where I think it comes from, and the simple things we can do to fix it.
0:52.0	The problem? We are expecting students to learn material without asking them to do much of anything
0:59.5	with it. Before I get started, I'd like to thank my simple show for sponsoring this episode.
1:06.4	My simple show is this really cool online tool that allows you to create your own animated
1:11.0	videos for free. It's really easy and fast. You just write your script or upload your PowerPoint,
1:17.6	fine-tune the images, then add your own voiceovers to produce a completed video.
1:22.8	It's a perfect, easy tool for flipping your classroom and having students create their own videos.
1:28.8	My simple show.com is now offering a free classroom plan with additional features just for
1:34.0	educators and students. The plan offers collaborative explainer video making and full creative
1:39.6	freedom for up to 50 students. To sign up, just go to mysimpleshow.com slash pricing
1:46.5	and scroll down to the education option. Support for this episode also comes from PeerGrade.
1:53.2	PeerGrade is a platform that makes it easy to facilitate peer review in your classroom.
1:58.2	Students review each other's work while PeerGrade takes care of anonymously assigning reviewers
2:03.3	and delivering all the relevant insights to teachers. With PeerGrade, students learn to think
2:08.3	critically and take ownership of their learning. They also learn to write kind and useful feedback
2:13.2	for their peers. PeerGrade is free to use for teachers and students. And now, cult of pedagogy
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