2012.04.07+Resources

 = #elemchat April 7, 2012 : Fostering Passion-Driven Learning =
 * 1) Links shared by #Elemchat organisers
 * 2) Links shared by #Elemchat participants
 * 3) Questions for directing discussion

Links shared by #Elemchat organisers
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 * 26 Keys to Student Engagement by @angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/04/engagement-alph.html
 * Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement - @Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-teaching-strategies
 * Framework for Student Engagement http://www.vcu.edu/cte/resources/tlc/tlc_images/QEP_chart.gif
 * How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class - @Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-student-participation-tips
 * Increase Student Engagement by Getting Rid of Textbooks - @Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-shelly-blake-plock-teachpaperless-edchat
 * Passion Driven Education: One School’s Journey by @angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/2011/02/passion-driven-education-one-schools-journey.html
 * The Path towards a Passion Driven Classroom by @angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/2010/01/the-path-towards-a-passion-driven-classroom.html
 * Passion Driven Teaching and Learning: Presentation & Resources by @angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/2011/07/passion-driven-teaching-and-learning-presentation-and-resources.html
 * Pasion-Based Learning: An Interview w/@snbeach via @Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/blog/passionate-learning-teaching-heather-wolpert-gawron-interview
 * What Is YOUR Passion Puzzle Piece? by @langwitches http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/11/06/what-is-your-passion-puzzle-piece/
 * Passion: PASS It ON by @ShellTerrell http://bit.ly/i0kPNq
 * The 5C’s of passion driven leadership @angelamaiers http://www.angelamaiers.com/2012/01/the-5-cs-of-passion-driven-leadership.html
 * Passion Driven Education @bbray http://barbarabray.net/tag/passion-driven-education/
 * Example of passion inquiries @wholeboxndice http://feedingmyeddiction.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/passion-driving-motivation-driving.html
 * Identity Day @gcouros http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/791
 * Profile of a passion (not data) driven student by Lisa Nielsen @Innovativeedu http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-nielsen/profile-of-a-passion-not-_b_806189.html
 * Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson on passion in education http://www.theschooloflife.com/Sermons/Ken-Robinson-on-Education
 * Born to Create, Driven to Learn @pammoran http://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/born-to-create-driven-to-learn/
 * Nine Tenets of Passion-Based Learning @MindShiftKQED http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/07/nine-tenets-of-passion-based-learning/
 * The power of passion - @gcouros http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/1929
 * Passion and the Pursuit of Learning @l_hilt http://lynhilt.com/relationships-passion-and-the-pursuit-of-learning/
 * Let Passion Drive Instruction by Lisa Nielsen @Innovativeedu http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/let-passion-drive-instruction-with-this.html



Links shared by #Elemchat participants
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 * @Cybraryman1's Passion Based Learning page: http://t.co/v8ekqRu2
 * @PLNaugle: My 10-day passion challenge http://tinyurl.com/c7tt3ll
 * @traintheteacher: Learning to use chopsticks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pN7URR5AUc&feature=youtu.be
 * @ktvee Steve Jobs: Think Different http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA&feature=youtu.be
 * @whatedsaid's 10 ways to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning http://tinyurl.com/2dxul82
 * @jasminedwyer: How to Raise a Bookworm: Children who love to READ! http://t.co/vBAy19AS
 * @JulieDRamsay One way to nurture passion in students is to let them explore it on an Innovation Day http://t.co/Ccakya0h
 * @ethinking: Authentic narrative in cross-curricular planning – or Selling the Curriculum http://tinyurl.com/7bswgxs
 * @MrCHRISatCSI: I will preach this framework because I think it works and will help build individual passion! http://t.co/oF94NLxm



Questions for directing discussion
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 * Q1: What is passion…really? How do you define passion?
 * Q2: How does passion present itself in your work? life? organization?
 * Q3: What does passion mean for you? our students? your community? Can passion be “taught”?
 * Q4: How does passion differ from engagement?
 * Q5: How could/does passion change the game? What conditions are necessary for passion to exist?
 * Q6: Is passion a necessary or a “nice to have” quality?
 * Q7: How does passion relate to a student’s expression of strengths?
 * Q8: Please share an example of how you have brought passion into your classroom
 * Q9: How can an author or other “expert” visit live or virtually help us model or evoke passion?
 * Q10: What is one thing you would like to do/plan to try to help ignite passion in your classroom?

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