1. How various pedagogies
Might approach the same assignment
Shelley Sanborn, Suzi Hirshfield, and
Greg Irish

2. Instructions
• Alone, list three ways each pedagogy might
approach the same lesson
• Join a group and increase the list to 6 or 7+
• Peek at the pre-listed approaches and copy/paste
the ones you like best to your lists to reach 10 –
12 approaches total
• Delete the pre-listed approach slides
• Upload to Slideshare
• Embed it on the class wiki

3. Assignment: Volcano PowerPoint
• How might this assignment be shaped by:
– Behaviorist
– Constructivist
– Cognitivist
– Pragmatist
– Multiple Intelligence

4. Behaviorist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Slide show that includes academic Vocabulary
• Create a rubric with goals for mastery on subject
• Make a set of flash cards to share with class
• Rewards for tasks
• Show stages of a volcanic eruption
• Provide statistics on volcanoes
• Memorize data
• Clear goals and objectives
• Diagram that is to be labeled
• Standardized test
• Outline
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5. Constructivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Classroom in Hawaii: What should people know about
volcanoes?
• Illustrations and photos
• Virtual Field Trip
• Family Story slides
• What are your experiences with volcanoes?
• Make your own volcano
• Make different volcano forms
• Draw experience of the erupting volcano
• Volcano the Sims versions…..
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6. Cognitivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Why do you think volcanoes erupt
• A volcano is erupting how can we get around it?
• Make a volcano or plates that show how this happens
• Field trip
• Have students embed videos into power point
• Create categories for volcano information
• Timeline with plate movement
• Grid of Pangaea stages
• Create a step by step graphic life of a volcano
• Scanned images and diagrams
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7. Pragmatist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Do’s and Don’t, volcano etiquette
• What does it mean when the volcano looks like this?
• What will happen to the volcano is we …?
• How to do a volcano rescue?
• What will help you survive in an eruption?
• How can you prepare your home for volcanic activity?
• Where can we expect to find volcanoes?
• Explain how volcanoes work?
• Are volcanoes ever truly dormant?
• How many people visit volcanoes?
• How accessible are volcanoes to the general public?
• Volcano tourism
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8. Multiple Intelligence
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Write a song about volcanoes
• Make a music video
• In a group create your own show that demonstrates your
knowledge
• Write a newspaper
• Dance the eruption of a volcano
• Write a journal as if you were a volcano
• Draw illustrations of how volcanoes come to be
• Design a math equation about volcanoes
• Tell about volcanoes around the world
• Create a digital story about humans and volcanoes
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