inesthetic earning ctivities inesthetic earning ctivities Steve Wolfman, UW Andrew Begel, UCB Dan Garcia, UCB 08: Norfolk, VA Special Session

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities2/18 KLA Warm-up: Mob Topo- Sort First, choose a nearby neighbor First, choose a nearby neighbor Don’t tell them they’re chosen Don’t tell them they’re chosen To participate, stand up To participate, stand up Put a hand on their shoulder Put a hand on their shoulder We’ve just created a graph! We’ve just created a graph! You are the node/vertex You are the node/vertex Your hand is a directed edge Your hand is a directed edge Are there any cycles? Are there any cycles? Let’s run Topological-sort to find out! Let’s run Topological-sort to find out!

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities3/18 KLA: Mob Topological Sort Iterate until graph stops changing Iterate until graph stops changing If nobody is on your shoulder you’re a “mob boss” (CSpeak: indegree=0) If nobody is on your shoulder you’re a “mob boss” (CSpeak: indegree=0) Raise and waive your free hand Raise and waive your free hand You were too conspicuous! You’re “whacked”, given a #, & sit down. You were too conspicuous! You’re “whacked”, given a #, & sit down. Put your hands in your lap Put your hands in your lap The rest remain standing The rest remain standing When graph stops changing When graph stops changing Either all sitting, #ed OR cycles left Either all sitting, #ed OR cycles left “The Godfather answers all of life’s questions” – Heard in “You’ve got Mail” A B C D E A sits B C D E B sits C D E

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities4/18 Kinesthetic Learning Activities? Active learning exercises that physically engage students in the learning process

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities5/18 Why KLAs? Combat physical disengagement (e.g., [Stuart & Rutherford], [Bligh], [Picard]) Combat physical disengagement (e.g., [Stuart & Rutherford], [Bligh], [Picard]) Tap different learning styles Tap different learning styles active, sensing, inductive [Felder & Silverman] active, sensing, inductive [Felder & Silverman] kinesthetic [Fleming] kinesthetic [Fleming] sensorimotor learning [Piaget] sensorimotor learning [Piaget] Construct knowledge by analogy Construct knowledge by analogy Makes learning fun! Makes learning fun!

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities6/18 What will you get out of this? Abiding love of KLAs Abiding love of KLAs “Triangulated” KLA examples “Triangulated” KLA examples Structure for designing KLAs that… Structure for designing KLAs that… communicates key ideas of the KLA communicates key ideas of the KLA encourages consideration of pitfalls encourages consideration of pitfalls Practice designing your own KLA Practice designing your own KLA Community to collect/discuss KLAs Community to collect/discuss KLAs

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities7/18 Session Structure ActivityTimeLeader ActivityTimeLeader Mob KLA 5Dan Intro 8Steve Two KLAs 15Andy Group work25Andy et al. Posters10Andy et al. Best KLA 5Dan Wrap-up 5Steve Start thinking of your KLA now! We’rehere

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities8/18 KLA: Counting Rows Recursively Embedded Tail

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities9/18 KLA: Embedded/Tail Recursion Embedded …called with (distance *back*) Embedded …called with (distance *back*) (define (distance place) (if (on-stage? place) 0 (+ 1 (distance (take-step place))))) Tail …called with (distance *back* 0) Tail …called with (distance *back* 0) (define (distance place ans) (if (on-stage? place) ans (distance (take-step place) (+ 1 ans))))

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities10/18 KLA: Letter Writing Four people are helping me to write job application letters Four people are helping me to write job application letters How efficient can we be? How efficient can we be? Hire Andy! 1. Write message on paper 2. Fold paper in half 3. Stuff paper in envelope 4. Put stamp on envelope

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities11/18 Sequential Letter Writing Each letter takes 4 steps Each letter takes 4 steps We can do 2 letters in 8 steps We can do 2 letters in 8 steps At this rate, I’m never gonna get a job! Sequential Time Hire Andy! Hire Andy!

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities12/18 Pipelined Letter Writing Each letter still takes 4 steps Each letter still takes 4 steps But, we can now do 5 letters in 8 steps! But, we can now do 5 letters in 8 steps! Pipelined Time Hire Andy! Hire Andy! Hire Andy! Hire Andy! Hire Andy!

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities13/18 Let’s Group-Brainstorm KLAs! Design your own KLAs for 25 minutes Design your own KLAs for 25 minutes Pick a topic, an activity and some partners Pick a topic, an activity and some partners Be aware of participants’ sensitivities Be aware of participants’ sensitivities Describe KLA on poster Describe KLA on poster We’ve scaffolded the organization for you We’ve scaffolded the organization for you When done, everyone will roam around and comment on other posters When done, everyone will roam around and comment on other posters The best KLA will be presented at end The best KLA will be presented at end We’ll post all your KLAs on the web! We’ll post all your KLAs on the web!

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities14/18 Choose KLA Topic & Scatter! We’ve placed 12 topics about the room We’ve placed 12 topics about the room CS0, CS1, CS2 CS0, CS1, CS2 Architecture Architecture Operating Systems and Networks Operating Systems and Networks Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages and Compilers Programming Languages and Compilers Software Engineering Software Engineering Theory and Algorithms Theory and Algorithms Human-Computer Interaction Human-Computer Interaction Graphics and Vision Graphics and Vision Databases Databases Find the topic you want and go there (sort yourself!) Find the topic you want and go there (sort yourself!) Ensure even group size and distribution (~5/group) Ensure even group size and distribution (~5/group) You have 20 minutes. Take your Post-its™ with you. You have 20 minutes. Take your Post-its™ with you.

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities15/18 Now, wander about room… Read your neighbors’ KLAs Read your neighbors’ KLAs Put comments on Post-its™ & affix Put comments on Post-its™ & affix Take ~10 minutes Take ~10 minutes

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities16/18 Please return to your seats “What a fun, learning activity that was!”

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities17/18 What was the best KLA? Authors of the best KLA come on up to demonstrate their activity for ~5 min Authors of the best KLA come on up to demonstrate their activity for ~5 min

KLA : Kinesthetic Learning Activities18/18 Wrap-up Things to keep in mind Things to keep in mind Survey Survey Web site Web site All the KLAs you authored will be available there All the KLAs you authored will be available there