What are methods that can be used to make learning more personalized?

To learn about the methods of the Big Picture Learning Schools, go to this PDF

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/cms/lib09/DE01922744/Centricity/Domain/151/DEMET2013.pdf

Here is another place to download the documents

PALABRA program is linked to the Big Picture work through Enrique Gonzalez... "When you start to personalize the education of a young person, you think up other ways to build character....like PALABRA"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP5luWxyzV0

Jerry Tello created Palabra (which Enrique Gonzalez used at Frida Kahlo and Hihgland Park high schools in Los Angeles).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91P1dOT1pqY

HONOR WOMEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfj_FwslIw

Hombres Jovenes con Palabra (Young Men with Credible Word)
The Hombres Jovenes con Palabra is a 10 session culturally based prevention/education program that focuses on male responsibility, pregnancy prevention and relationship violence prevention.

Jerry at minute 6:

Honor women -- our mothers, daughters, companeras, grandmothers.
We cannot truly be men until we honor and respect women.
Honor their sacredness.
Walk beside them.
They gave us life.    They sacrificed, they lent us their blood, They give us their breathe, they feed us with their bodies.  They nurture us with their milk.













The PALABRA program is used in Highland Park High School

Here's a list of links about the Big Picture efforts

How to introduce Littky's book and the 10 Expecations to a teacher or parent....

1.  The Free chapters for the Littky book

www.TinyURL.com/LittkyChapter1

www.TinyURL.com/LittkyChapter4

2.  The Interview by Dennis Littky on NPR in April 2005

http://tinyurl.com/littkyradio

3.  The TEN EXPECTATIONS

https://sites.google.com/site/transformteachingbooks/videos-by-dr-littky/the-ten-expectations-leaving-to-learn

http://tinyurl.com/washor10

TinyURL.com/10expectations10

4. The video about 10 expectations   LeavingToLearn.org

http://tinyurl.com/washorvideo10

5. The Letter from "Las Madres" of Big Picture

www.TinyURL.com/LasMadresVideo

www.TinyURL.com/LasMadresblog

Arts for a Better Tomorrow created two videos that support the Big Picture message about "PERSONALIZE the school work"

https://vimeo.com/125590656


https://www.facebook.com/ARTSforaBetterTomorrow

Like the Facebook page

Start with a LIKE at their Facebook page

Then watch the video that Jose Yenque created with students in Tijuana and Highland Park High School

Luis Ruan and Positive Programs that Heal Young People

Film programs that are effective

Palabra (based in solutions, programs that help young people)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATLSmE4hQtg


People who overcame great odds....



Let's go "beyond limits."


Comment by a teacher in Florida:  There is a tradition in Switzerland and Germany called "there's more in you."   That phrase sounds like "beyond limits."  These programs appear to have something in common about showing young people how to discover their resilience and strong positive ways of living and acting as agents or strength and purpose in their families and communities.   



The fundraiser to support the book

"Las Madres" apoyan "The Big Picture http://tinyurl.com/lasmadresvideo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRd3baGZXHU

TinyURL.com/LasMadresVideo

http://tinyurl.com/lasmadresvideo

… Estoy súper contenta con el entusiasmo de los niños. Aliéntalos y ayúdalos mucho. 

Yo ahora casualmente estoy leyendo un libro que Mario tradujo y que quiero que leas. 

Es de un súper monstruo americano que se opone a la educación tradicional; él ha creado unas escuelas increíbles que, básicamente se caracterizan por ser pequeñas, personalizadas y, por enseñar, 

no los acostumbrados  conocimientos fríos de asignaturas desligadas, sino herramientas vitales como el deseo, entusiasmo y necesidad de conocimientos, además de respeto multidireccional (y en esto incluyo respeto y confianza  en uno mismo, tan carente en estas vulnerable edades). 

La verdad es que me siento muy identificada con este libro: como estudiante, define mis carencias; como madre, mis deseos, y como profesora mis expectativas (alguna que otra vez me ha tocado enseñarle  algo a alguien y me he sentido profe, sin mencionar que ante Sofía lo soy día tras día). 

Me parece genial Michi, tanto que, me encantaría que Sofía pudiera estudiar en una escuela así; ya me dirás cuando lo leas.

 

Con cariño,

Arlenis

https://sites.google.com/site/transformteachingbooks/home/the-big-picture-by-dr-littky-in-spanish/comments-by-arlenis-de-la-cruz

… I am very happy to hear about your children. Encourage and help them very much. In that same line, I am currently reading a book translated by Mario, and I want you to read it. The book was written by a great American who opposes traditional education; he has created some incredible schools. They are characterized by being small and personalized. They teach not the usual cold and detached contents of common subjects; instead, they arm the students with vital tools such as the desire, enthusiasm, and the need of learning. They also emphasize on multidirectional respect (this includes respect and trust towards themselves which are normally so lacking during this vulnerable age). The truth is that I feel quite connected to that book now; as a student, it defines my gaps; as a mother, my desires; and as a tutor, my expectations.  (Sometimes, I have had to teach other

YOUTUBE VIDEO

people; ever since I am a mother, I am an everyday teacher).  I just think it’s a brilliant book!So much so that I wish Sofia could someday go to a school like his. I can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.

With love,

Arlenis. 

https://sites.google.com/site/transformteachingbooks/home/mothers-for-the-big-picture

20 reasons to attend the annual BIG BANG clebration and conference, the 20th year of the start of Met Center in Rhode Island

The advertising campaign to lead up to New Orleans and the BIG BANG

GO TO THE POWER OF ONE CLICK

Thi sis a clever way to draw attention over several days to the same event.

If there are 20 reasons to go, and each reason appeals to a different personality or a different type of person, we might get a lot more people to show up.... good idea!... it is also the 20th anniversary of the school in Providence, R.I.


Someday, you might be in charge of an event or you might be asked to help think about "how do we attract more people to come to our picnic or fundraising event?"

WOW... what kind of people will we
remember as our classmates?
What will our classmates be doing 20 years
from now?

You can think back on this blog post and the clear way that the Big Picture Learning people tried to appeal and call on a number of types of people to show up.

Let's to to a separate page and get
to know more about this event.GO TO THE POWER OF ONE CLICK

What is the power of the ADVISORY SYSTEM at the Met?

You can find out HERE

Nice idea to bring people together FACE TO FACE

Someday, I want to be in this room.
I want to be here even if I'm watching
on YOUTUBE

YOUtube.com/BPLearning

CLICK on Facebook to get more likes for the Big Picture Learning.

GO TO THE POWER OF ONE CLICK