Chapter 3: Making it Real

What makes a mind come alive?

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• If we want young people to be inventors, they must have time to invent. #YearatMH (link to episode 3)
• Tchr, "My goal is for them to work like a scientist." #YearatMH
• When did it become rare for students to explore the natural world? #YearatMH

Mission Hill Voices

(Names and spellings of key people in Episode 2): Ayla Gavins,  Jacob Wheeler (7/8)

Complementary Resources for Chapter 3

WATCH

• RSA Animate - Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, with Dan Pink
• Opal School Children on Play and Learning
• How Youth Learn
• "Everyone Has a Story to Tell: The Faces of Homelessness"
• "Boyle Heights Through the Eyes of Its Youth"
• "NYC Urban Barcode Project"
• "Zuni Teens Build an Edible Schoolyard"
• Anatomy of a Project: "Soil Superheroes" (from Edutopia)
• Project-Based Learning from Start to Finish (from Edutopia)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Making It Real (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)

READ

• Is it Time to Stop Making the Grade?
• How to Plan a Project
• Making the Case for Project-Based Learning (from Edutopia)
• Real World Issues Motivate Students (from Edutopia)
• Project-Based Learning Research: Best Practices (from Edutopia)
• What "Real" Learning Can Look Like in a High School (from Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center)
• Children as Researchers of Their Own Learning by Susan MacKay
• A Year at Mission Hill: Will I Have a Friend? by Kathryn Lee (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• Success Night: How Summit Elementary Celebrates Learning (from NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• Learn to Structure Lessons So Children Have More Meaningful Choices (from NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• What Do We Mean By A Great School? (from Mission Hill School)
• A Year At Mission Hill: Making It Real by Michelle Hughes (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• FIres in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery (from What Kids Can Do (WKCD))
• A Year at Mission Hill: What Makes a Mind Come Alive? by Carrie Lee Ferguson (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• A Year at Mission Hill: Why is the World so Fascinating? (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)

LISTEN

• Dwayne Betts: Expanding Boundaries in Prison
• BAM Radio on 3/7/13

DO

• Become skilled in critical friendship
• Take an online course Teaching for a Positive Future (from Institute for Humane Education)
• Ten Tips for Replicating Project-Based Learning (from Edutopia)
• The Secret to Designing a Positive School Culture (from Ashoka's Start Empathy Initiative)
• Opal School Online
• Seize Opportunities to Follow Students' Interests (from NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• Host Celebrations of Learning in Your Classroom (from NEFC/Responsive Classroom)
• Ignite children's interest in new topics (from NEFC/Responsive Classroom)