An Artful Perspective Peg Portscheller Portscheller & Associates Pathways to Results Denver, CO University of Northern Colorado Center for Integrated Arts Education June 1, 2009

In The Beginning….. The 3 R’s……. _______________

Add A New Set The New 3 R’s (to be added to the old ones) R_________________

Jump Starting Our Brains Think about a newspaper…..

Did You Know…. At age 30, we use 5% of the creativity we used at age 5! Why is this important??????

US History Agricultural Age

US History Agricultural Age Industrial Age

US History Agricultural Age Industrial Age Information Age

US History Agricultural Age Industrial Age Information Age ______________ (where we are now)

How do we define “success” in schools?

Is the tail wagging the dog?

Courage & Change

U.S. – 2 nd Half of 20 th Century Only Superpower Highest per Capita Income 1 st in Economic Growth 5% of Population > 24% of Consumption Source: National Academy of Science 2007

Challenges Globalization Technology

Emotiv 16 embedded sensors Detect facial expressions and emotions Activation Follows – No Joystick

Source: MIT Technology Review, May – June 2008

The New 3 Rs Rigor Relevance Relationships

CHANGE….How Hard Is It? Morning Routine David Letterman Dan Lortie

RIGOR High Expectations Extending Learning to “Create” Extending Learning to “High Application” Bringing standards to life in new ways

Who The Heck Is Daniel Pink? 6 Approaches….

Application Model 1. Knowledge in one discipline 2. Application within discipline 3. Application across disciplines 4. Application to real-world predictable situations 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

Combining Rigor and Relevance Create - 6 AssimilationAdaptation Evaluate - 5 Synthesize - 4 Analyze - 3 Understand - 2 AcquisitionApplication * Remember – Possess knowledge in one discipline 2 – Apply knowledge in one discipline 3 – Apply knowledge across disciplines 4 – Apply knowledge to predictable real-world situations 5 – Apply knowledge to unpredictable real-world situations Adapted from “Rigor/Relevance Framework,” by Willard Daggett, (accessed ) * “New Bloom’s,” based on Anderson & Krathwohl, A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing (2001)New Bloom’s

Educators’ Responsibilities Turn information into knowledge Bring meaning to knowledge Bring wisdom to knowledge

Engagement…. The name of the game….

Let’s Look At The Research Literacy Middle School Failure Achievement Graduation Rates High School Activities as a Predictor Art and Achievement

Many Thanks! Peg Portscheller Portscheller & Associates Pathways to Results Aurora, CO