Meaning

Not just accumulation but also MEANING.
We live in a work of breathtaking material plenty. That has freed hundreds of millions of people from day-to-day struggles and liberated us to pursue more significant desires: purpose, transcendence, and spiritual fulfillment. [Daniel H. Pink, //A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future// (Penguin Books, 2006), 66 - 67.]

Take the 20 - 10 Test If you inherited $20 million in the bank or knew you had only 10 years to live, would you continue to do what you're doing? [Jim Collins, //Good to Great//]
 * ~ What's on your bucket list? Give your first name and list three things: ||
 * Lauren-Watch my kids graduate college, go to Paris, successfully taking care of my parents into their older age ||
 * Leslie- Visit the pyramids, publish a children's book, support wildlife charities ||
 * Laurie - travel to Vietnam, Australia, China, etc., snorkel in Costa Rica, volunteer ||

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 * ~ === How do we bring MEANING into our schools? How do we build it into the curriculum? === ||
 * 1. Leslie/Lauren-Making education relevant and incorporate problem solving ||
 * 2.Lauren/Leslie- Making connections to the real world ||
 * 3.solving real world problems, group problem solving and application of learning, cross-curricular and co-curricular planning and projects, ||
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 * Dan Rather Reports: Mind Science
 * International Center for Spirit at Work
 * Investigating the Mind
 * Linda Lantieri - Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century
 * Mindfulness Meditations Training Changes Brain Structure in 8 Weeks [//Kurzweil: Accelerating Intelligence//]
 * The Lotus and the Synapse [//Newsweek//]
 * Redefining the Purpose of Education [Linda Lantieri]
 * Welcoming Spirit into Our Schools [Johns Hopkins University School of Education]


 * ~ What techniques, strategies, or activities might we use with students to help them bring MEANING to what they do? ||
 * 1. Implement self-reflection on student work ||
 * 2. Leslie/Lauren- Research ways to apply their learning, using metacognition in our youngest classrooms and thinking about their thinking. ||
 * 3.hands-on activities and exploratory learning, practical exams, emphasis on process. ||
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