About Me
Evan Moore
Instructional Designer
[Photo with Eileen]
Things I geek out about:
- Backwards Design
- Checking for Understanding
- Data-driven instruction
- Thinking Ratios
- Productivity
- Learning Modalities
3-Step Learning Process
1. Set the Stage
2. Play
3. Reflect
Writing
The Autodidact's Toolkit:
Auto • didact
[transformative learning graph]
Objectives
- Describe and follow the 5 rules of free-writing.
- Reinforce topics you’ve learned through 4 writing games:
- 100 bad ideas,
- 3 dimensional writing,
- Leading questions,
- Paper conversations
- Discuss the power of writing as a personal learning tool.
- Discuss the benefits of sharing your writing publicly.
- Write a blog post in 25 minutes.
... following the 3 step learning process.
Rules of Freewriting
1. Write for yourself.
2. Write fast and continuously.
3. Work against a time limit.
4. Write the way you think.
5. Go with the thought.
Writing Games
100 Bad Ideas
Quantity _________ Quality
breeds
3-Dimensional Writing
Leading Questions
"The very act of creating questions for yourself is a profound step towards understanding - even if the questions are neither asked nor answered.”
- 5 elements of effective thinking
Paper Conversations
The Power of Writing
Working Memory
Reveals Gaps
What makes an expert?
The "Generation Effect"
"Neurons that fire together, wire together."
Going Public
Why?
Find your tribe.
Give first.
Build character.
Remind loved ones that you're alive.
"Extreme Blogging"
Write a blog in 25 minutes.
Insight
Advice
Opinion
Angles
10 min - Freewrite
2 min break
10 minutes of polish
3 minutes to reflect.
"A joyful act of creation and reflection"
Writing
By Evan Moore
