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Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Learning.

The automation paradox explanation, or paradox of automation, summary with a hiker choosing their phone in place of a physical map and then getting lost in a landscape when there's no signalThe Automation ParadoxRose Thorn Bud reflection technique summary showing a rose with thorn and bud highlighting successes, challenges and potentialRose, Thorn, BudThe upward spiral from Stephen Covey illustration: showing a spiral growing from the bottom with Learn Commit Do repeating as it rises and someone reading a map, packing their gear and heading off determinedly on a trip illustrating each stepThe Upward SpiralThe Feynman Learning Technique illustration: a flow diagram of picking a topic, writing about it to explain to someone until it's clear and then simplifying and adding analogiesThe Feynman Learning TechniqueA speaker is saved from confusing the listeners with a chart when one brave soul asks what on earth a TLA isAsk the question at talksBlooms Taxonomy explanation: A series of 6 building blocks are stacked on top of each other, decreasing in size as they go up, creating a pyramid-style construction. Each block represents one of 6 thinking skills. These skills become more sophisticated as the pyramid climbs and reminds us that the foundation of learning is knowledge. Bloom's TaxonomyReplicate, then Innovate illustration: inspired by seeing a peer present their decorative star, a young creative sets to; making lots of stars in different styles and sizes, seemingly without any plan in mind. Some are hung up on the wall, some coloured in, some combined with other shapes, until a large, multi-coloured, multi-layered star decoration comes together and hangs majestically from 2 hooks. The young creative seems pleased with themself. Replicate then innovateThe Learning Pit illustration: a journey from left to right; an individual faces a learning challenge represented by a large pit they need to reach the other side of. Having fallen down into the pit, the challenge seems more difficult than first anticipated. As the picture becomes clearer they discover what they need to climb up the other side to a point where they can look back down at the pit having mastered the challenge. The Learning PitA little bit of slope makes up for a lot of Y-intercept illustration: on a line graph, a red line starts well below the blue line, but over time, it overtakes and surpasses the blue line because it has slightly more gradient to it. A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept.The meaning of the third teacher as the environment from Reggio Emilia together with teachers/parents and peersThe Environment as the Third Teacher in Early Childhood and BeyondWhat is the OODA Loop example explained: military strategist John Boyd's framework for action in conflict is shown as a closed loop cycle of Orient, Decide, Act, Observe and back to the beginning. The cycle also applies to business when you reconsider the points on the cycle as Frame, Strategize, Test, Gather. OODA LoopGoldilocks Tasks: a spectrum where the challenge is not too easy, not too hard, but just right for flow and masteryGoldilocks tasksA 2 x 2 grid for competence and consciousness showing the progression between themStages of competence frameworkA teacher gets more participation and minds whirring by asking "What else?" instead of "Anything else?"Get more participationWhy beaches are amazing for play showing a parent and child at the beach and listing out many aspects of what make beaches amazingBeaches: amazing for playZone of proximal developmentA good teacher is a DJ for learningSomeone gets a much better response by asking 'How was your day?' instead of 'Good day?'Prefer open-ended questionsBabies learn control from the top down
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