Upcycling in the Classroom Reading Materials
| Site: | Integrating Technology - Moodle for Teachers |
| Course: | Teaching EFL to Young Learners |
| Book: | Upcycling in the Classroom Reading Materials |
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| Date: | Friday, 26 April 2024, 4:59 AM |
Description
You will read one or more articles.
Then create your post in the Discussion Forum.
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Procedure for readings: ONE or more articles/chapters per week. Important note: You may read and post on readings from previous weeks.
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1. Setting the Stage for Learning
- Using the book, Setting the Stage for Learning, create context, for your upcycling workstations, in EFL learning by Upcycling, as:
- you read each article you select
- and discuss one article in the Forum.
Cambridge Word of the Year 2019: Upcycling
Resources and References
Crocker, A. (2018). Cognitive flexibility. Cognitive Flexibility - permanent_learning. https://wiki.its.sfu.ca/permanent/learning/index.php/Cognitive_Flexibility
Davis, B., & Dunn, R. (2023, January 10). Children’s meaning making: Listening to encounters with Complex Aesthetic experience. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/1/74
The research about the "use of Encounters with Complex Aesthetic Experience" provides young children a comprehensive system of aesthetic experiences in and out of school that can positively improve their language skills and other learning. Young children in Australia have a wide range of language experiences as they start their school years.
D’warte, J., & Woodrow, C. (2022, December 20). Engaging methods for exploring “funds of identity” in early childhood contexts. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/1/4
The researchers provide "evidence of the ways arts-based methods promoted creativity and agency for all participants in and across both early learning contexts". The participants were teachers and young children.
Glennon, J. (2022, April 5). ELT classroom activities: Upcycling: Cambridge English. World of Better Learning | Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2019/11/29/upcycling-in-the-classroom/
Basic ideas of upcycling for language learning and some peeks into the classroom upcycling work station.
Hwang , S.-H., & Huang, H.-M. (2019, March 13). Cultural ecosystem of the Seediq’s traditional weaving techniques-a comparison of the learning differences between urban and Indigenous communities. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/6/1519
How Cultural Ecosystem, in other words CONTEXT can improve learning and sharing new learning among groups of learners.
Kissine , M., Saint-Denis , A., & Mottron, L. (2023, September 7). Language acquisition can be truly atypical in autism: Beyond joint attention. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763423003536?via%3Dihub
Additional knowledge about ways to interact with those with autism or hyperlexia that can help teachers be more open to teaching these children in an effective manner.
Mcleod, S. (2023, June 15). Constructivism learning theory & philosophy of education. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/constructivism.html
Xiaobo, X., Mengya, X., Jingwen, Z., & Weiguo , P. (2021, May 25). Be real, open, and creative: How openness to experience and to change mediate the authenticity-creativity association. Thinking Skills and Creativity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871187121000729
Metanalysis of practical understanding of some physical positive side effects of having being open to experience.
2. TEFL2YL 2024 My Lesson Video Expectations
EVO TEFLY2YL 2024
Ideas for Upcycling in the Classroom Workshop Sessions
Follow me, Sheryl McCoy, on Pinterest and find ideas on my Pinterest pages.
You will select an upcycling project, create a TEACHING English lesson for your video.n You may use this guide exactly, OR use this guide as a model and create your own Upcycling project.
Describe
· How to start the lesson,
· How to make the Upcycled/Recycled tool or activity that you create or
· For your reimagination find a way that you could use these ideas yourself.
Survey 1
· What does Upcycling means?
· What are the three Rs to help create a sustainable environment.
· Would you use patches or badges for student completion of an activity or a series of lessons?
Survey 2
· My students like to work with end pieces or convert one objects into another.
· I have made models of living things by reusing a variety of clean, previous used materials.
· What would you like to learn to make through upcycling?
Develop or select a template for teachers to use based on our conference sessions.
For instance:
The mainstays of everyday language.
· What’s the weather today?
· What do I wear today?
· How can we travel?
The mainstays of common employment
If we live in/on:
· A farm
· A town
· A city
The mainstays of ecosystems
If we live in:
· A desert
· A jungle
· A woodland
· A prairie
The basics for little ones
About Animals
The links here are from the Oxford Learners Dictionary vocabulary suggestions.
Some of the words are British English, since this is Oxford University Press list, so check all the words to make sure that you or the English speakers where you live would refer to words like:
Sett – the home of a badger
Drey – the home of a squirrel
Animal Homes – Click here to see a short list of the English names of Animal homes they live.
Bird Homes – Click here to see a short list of the English names of Bird Homes.
Insect Homes – Click here to see a short list of the English names of Insect Homes.
Check out these blog posts at Pink Stripey Socks that use Recycling/Upcycling with a STEAM topic. What is STEAM?
Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Math
Pick your learning standard and select an upcycling activity to teach a lesson that matches.
Reference Hot List
Online Resources
(2021, December 31). Vocabulary Topics. Oxford Learning Dictionaries. Retrieved December 31, 2021, from https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
Education and Upcycling
(2015, January 1). Creative Educator | A creative approach to teaching. Upcycle | Creative Educator. Retrieved December 31, 2022, from http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2015/lessons/upcycle
Gendell, A. (2014, March 11). Green Biz. Why upcycling is both a science and an art. Retrieved December 31, 2021, from https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-upcycling-both-science-and-art
General Ideas for Upcycling
Candice. (2013, January 1). The Refab Diaries. Upcycle Shampoo Bottles. Retrieved January 2, 2022, from https://www.refabdiaries.com/2013/11/upcycle-shampoo-bottles.html
3. Upcycling examples
In this chapter, you will find examples of using upcycling activities in your classroom in the form of videos, pdf documents and slide presentations.
- Sidewalk Chalk Pops Here
- Using Paper Rolls of all types Here
- Paper Plate Upcycling Here
- Creative Educator - Upcycle activities Here
- Make your Own Egg Parachute Here
- Pinterest collection here
- Sheryl McCoy Activities HERE
Also, check out Chapter 3: Lesson Planning Here
4. Lesson Planning for Upcycling in the Classroom
In this chapter you'll find examples of actual prepared lessons for use as a guide in your classrooms for an upcycling lesson.
You can 'copy' the following lessons or make your own using these ideas.
- Upcycling Lesson from Sheryl and Dena
- Lessons in Creative Educator site
- ELT News What makes a lesson challenging and practical teaching hints
- Upcycling Lessons - DIY
- Fun Learning English - Animal Riddles
- Pinterest collection here
- DYI Board Game using upcycling HERE
- Upcycling Kids Group
- Stress-Free Upcycling for Kids projects -25 ideas
5. Sustainable Development Goals
"The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". The SDGs were set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030. They are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda or what is colloquially known as Agenda 2030."1
1Wikipedia Link
Sustainable Development Goals website
Unesco site here