2. Welcome. We will begin momentarily. Call-in Information 609.318.5900 411-573-764 Mike michael@michaelmellen.com @michaelmellen www.facebook.com/michael.mellen1 646-719-6884 (general 703-298-6730 (cell

4. …Without Casualties

5. Learning based on experience is more sticky and more interesting to the learner

6. What resources are in your back pocket? Or your bag, or your backpack?

7. My Experience…

8. 5 Continua of Informal to Formal

9. Informal/Formal Informal -------------------------------------- Formal Multiple Intelligence/Learning Styles Kinesthetic ------------------------------------ Auditory Planning “In the Moment” ----------------- Lesson Planned Moments Waiting for the Moment ------ Creating the Moment Leader Teacher ------------------------------- Coach

10. Informal/Formal Informal --------------------------------------- Formal

11. Informal Learning Is NEVER OVER. It’s Going On All The Time.

12. Have you walked through this gate? Zion Gate 1967 Capture of the Old City

13. Multiple Intelligence/Learning Styles Kinesthetic ------------------------------------ Auditory

14. Multiple intelligences and Learning Styles 1.BODILY-KINESTHETIC/ KINESTHETIC Learners 1.LINGUISTIC intelligence/ AUDITORY Learners (also musical) 1.SPATIAL Intelligence/ VISUAL Learners 1.INTERPERSONAL 1.INTRAPERSONAL 1.MUSICAL 1.LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL 1.NATURALISTIC *The Eight Intelligences are based on Howard Gardner’s work on Multiple Intelligences.

15. Planning “In the Moment” ----------------------- Lesson Planned

16. Three Ways to link new concepts with Experience: C. Connecting with previous experience B. In-the-moment A.Create an experience

17. Moments Waiting for the Moment ------- Creating the Moment

18. Control the CONTEXT Look Around

19. Leader Coach ------------------------------- Teacher

20. Coaching Lecturing Your Role

21. How did you learn to ride a bicycle? What role did an adult/teacher play?

22. Informal/Formal Informal -------------------------------------- Formal Multiple Intelligence/Learning Styles Kinesthetic ------------------------------------ Auditory Planning “In the Moment” ----------------- Lesson Planned Moments Waiting for the Moment ------ Creating the Moment Leader Coach ------------------------------- Teacher

23. Take a breath… Let it out slowly

28. Experiential Education

29. Direct Experience + Focused Reflection = Experiential Education

30. Experience and Education Experience + Participant + Guide/Educator = Experiential Education A participant/student engaged in: an Experience with reflection is engaged in Experiential Learning. A participant/student engaged in: Experiential Learning with a guide/educator providing focused reflection is engaged in: Experiential Education

31. ExperiencingReflectingGeneralisingApplying David A. Kolb from www.infed.orgwww.infed.org Experiential Education Model

32. Camp/ Youth Group

33. מזוזה Mezuzah

34. Classroom

37. Text Song Video Activity

38. Some Tools

39. Four+ Focused Reflection and Meaning Making Tools: 1.Tell me about that… (OR tell me more about that…) 2.What does this mean to you? 3.How does this change your understanding of…? 4.What did you learn from that? 5. 6. 7.

40. Four Jewish Focused Reflection Tools: Focus on your core values, principles or concepts. They are: 1. 2. 3. Make it personal and Jewish: “When I think about this I think of… and that really resonates with me.” A question, a blessing or a ritual Jewish tradition teaches…

41. What’s are your big picture concepts?

42. Four Jewish Focused Reflection Tools: Focus on your core values, principles or concepts. They are: 1. 2. 3. Make it personal and Jewish: “When I think about this I think of… and that really resonates with me.” A question, a blessing or a ritual Jewish tradition teaches…

43. Smile

44. Frown

45. Smile

46. Show me the results

47. RABBI ALEXANDRAIS’ or RAV HIMNUNA’S PRAYER Berachot 17a (as translated by Danny Siegel) May it be Your will, O our God, that we be allowed to stand in places of astonishing light and not in dark places, and may our hearts know no pain, and may our vision not be so clouded that we not see all the blessings of Life that You have given us.

49. Thanks so much. I’d love your feedback or to say, “Hi.” You can reach me at any of the places below. Peace, Mike michael@michaelmellen.com @michaelmellen www.facebook.com/michael.mellen1 646-719-6884 (general 703-298-6730 (cell