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Thanks to everyone who came to my session at JALT.
Here is the quick link to specific ideas from students and other teachers.
Time confetti is the idea that our free time is broken. up into tiny bits: 5 minutes until your next meeting. A few minutes before your Zoom class. It is all a result of our attempts to multi-task (keep in mind that humans can not actually multi task.).
The term "time confetti" was coined by Brigid Schulte, an award-winning writer formerly at the Washington Post and author of the best seller, Overwhelmed: Work, love and play when no one has the time.
She contends that people actually have more free time than they did 50 years ago, but it is broken into these tiny parts.
I first heard about it from Laurie Santos, a (positive) psychology professor at Yale University and the host of The Happiness Lab podcast. She was on another podcast where she introduced the concept and connected it to positive psychology (fast forward to 14:45)
Here is the quick link to specific ideas from students and other teachers.
Time confetti is the idea that our free time is broken. up into tiny bits: 5 minutes until your next meeting. A few minutes before your Zoom class. It is all a result of our attempts to multi-task (keep in mind that humans can not actually multi task.).
The term "time confetti" was coined by Brigid Schulte, an award-winning writer formerly at the Washington Post and author of the best seller, Overwhelmed: Work, love and play when no one has the time.
She contends that people actually have more free time than they did 50 years ago, but it is broken into these tiny parts.
I first heard about it from Laurie Santos, a (positive) psychology professor at Yale University and the host of The Happiness Lab podcast. She was on another podcast where she introduced the concept and connected it to positive psychology (fast forward to 14:45)
What it means in our classes. Well, what it means in my classes, anyway. I introduce the idea. Then I give everyone a notecard. In pairs, I ask the students to think of things they could do when they have just a few minutes. Remember, the point is not to be more productive (that's part of why we try multi-tasking in the first place). Rather, the point to to do things that are a better use of their time. They write down the ideas they want to actually try.
A class or two later, have them talk about what they've been doing and whether or not the idea is useful for them.
HERE are ideas. Some are things I've thought of. Others are ideas from students and other teachers. If you have more ideas, email them to me at marchelgesen(at)gmail.com. I'll use and many as I can to update the list.
In the JALT workshop, I mentioned "Energy Breaks." They are short (5-minutes or less) activities that involve physical activity and brain science -- at a level students can understand. HERE's the link to 16 Energy Breaks you can use with your classes.