Keynote for PETE & C 2014 in Hershey, PA

1. Is Joy Still a Thing?
Dean Shareski
PETE & C
Hershey, PA
Feb 11, 2014
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichards-gallery/9215560918

2. shareski.ca
@shareski

3. shareski.ca
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4. shareski.ca
@shareski

5. Meet the Shareskis

6. Meet the Shareskis
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7. Meet the Shareskis
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8. #pete2014
http://shareski.ca/y/pete2014

9. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

10. Why Doesn’t Christina Ever smile?

11. Is Joy Still a Thing?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arichards-gallery/9215560918

13. “People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of
things they weren't so crazy about the first time.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagogeek/3288238069

19. Do you Believe Learning is Like Buckley’s?

20. Do you Believe Learning is Like Buckley’s?

23. Stop Explaining Learning Like This

24. Stop Explaining Learning Like This

25. Every Mission Statement on the Planet

26. Every Mission Statement on the Planet
rigorous and relevant education to all students in a
learning environment that fosters high expectations
and data

28. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

29. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

30. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

31. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
"Why are our
schools not places
of joy?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

32. Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
I’m appearing to accept an
odious premise—namely,
that joy must be justified as
a means to the end of
better academic
performance. Not so:
It’s an end in itself.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

36. With regards to creating a video like that do you:

37. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.

38. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B.
Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.

39. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B.
Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
C.
Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.

40. With regards to creating a video like that do you:
A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address
some curricular outcomes but you might have to look
them up later. Fingers crossed.
B.
Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful
things with students is important.
C.
Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity
because you're not sure where it fits with a robust
curriculum but still think it's important.
D. Not do it at all because it’s a waste of time.

41. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656

42. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/359572656
test obsessed
student
achievement
accountability
data driven

43. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaswenden/116786466
Why Do I Have to Learn This?

45. positive school environment is provided to
enhance, empower, and promote the value of
lifelong learning for our students

48. joy
/joi/
Noun

49. joy
/joi/
Noun
1.the emotion evoked by well-being, success,
or good fortune or by the prospect of
possessing what one desires
2.the expression or exhibition of such emotion

50. You know it when you See it

51. You know it when you See it

52. Is Joy Really the Schools Responsibility?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/9609419838

53. Is Joy Really the Schools Responsibility?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/9609419838

54. Do We Teach Students How To Be Happy?

55. Do We Teach Students How To Be Happy?

59. Planning and Designing For Joy

60. Wonder

61. Boring

62. I’m bored

63. “Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Stryrofoam cup: The
roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why,
Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
but we are all like that.”

66. “We Have Responsibility to Awe”

68. How often do your students get to wonder?

69. Be Interesting

70. “one of the best things you can
do for your students is to be an
interesting person”
Gary Stager

72. “We needed to deliver something more,
give the viewers another reason to tune in.”

73. “We needed to deliver something more,
give the viewers another reason to tune in.”

74. “We needed to deliver something more,
give the viewers another reason to tune in.”
“...it was a show about people
who loved what they were
doing, who were informed,
but who were also trying to bring
a smile and a laugh to their
audience.”

75. How Do You Learn?

76. How Do You Learn?

77. Inquiry: It’s not just for students
http://growaloafofbread.blogspot.ca

78. Inquiry: It’s not just for students
http://growaloafofbread.blogspot.ca

79. SAGE ON
THE STAGE

80. SAGE ON
THE STAGE

82. GUIDE ON
THE SIDE

83. GUIDE ON
THE SIDE

85. MEDDLER IN THE MIDDLE

86. The Learning Project

92. My Teaching Staff

95. What are you learning right now?
Do your students know about this?
(Bonus points if it has nothing to do with your job)
How are your interests/passions infused into
your classroom?

96. Share It

97. “TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF JOY
YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO DIVIDE IT WITH.”
Mark Twain

98. "The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.
"We are connected, and so is our joy."
living near a
friend who becomes happy increases the
probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25
per cent.
The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that
Researchers also theorize that friends of friends — up to three degrees of separation — can also
affect a person's degree of happiness.

99. "The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.
"We are connected, and so is our joy."
living near a
friend who becomes happy increases the
probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25
per cent.
The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that
Researchers also theorize that friends of friends — up to three degrees of separation — can also
affect a person's degree of happiness.

100. Cantiague Weekly Update
@Cantiague_Lead

101. Cantiague Weekly Update
@Cantiague_Lead

104. How are you spreading and sharing joyful
moments in your school/classroom?

105. Just do It

106. "There is a direct correlation between the level of
happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness
they allow into it."
She said, "I know. I've done studies."

126. When’s the last time you did something in which
its primary purpose was to bring joy to you or
your students?

127. Be Grateful

128. GRATITUDE

129. GRATITUDE

130. GRATITUDE

131. Leaders Who Praise and Support Publicly

132. Leaders Who Praise and Support Publicly

133. Leaders Who Praise and Support Publicly

134. How are you showing gratitude to your
students? parents? colleagues?

139. It’s an End in itself

140. It’s an End in itself

141. It’s an End in itself

142. @shareski
shareski.ca
Thank inyou
It’s an End itself