The EduProtocol Field Guide Book 2: 12 New Lesson Frames for Even More Engagement

Endorsements

I love the concept that EduProtocols are open pedagogy. The beauty of EduProtocols as lesson design frames is that students and teachers become familiar with the steps, yet they are flexible enough to allow for use with a variety of content. EduProtocols are the 21st-century innovation for instructional strategy.

—Michael R. McCormick, superintendent, Val Verde USD

"What teacher doesn’t want to save time and teach better? In book 2 of The EduProtocol Field Guide, Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo provide even more low-prep, high-return activities you can use tomorrow. They’re nutritious—chock full of pedagogy and sound teaching practices. And they’re also delicious—fun activities your students will beg for!"

—Matt Miller, author, Ditch That Textbook

This past year, EduProtocols helped me find freedom from the lesson planning island. The idea behind these protocols is simple—they’re student-centered lesson frames that can be used week to week that incorporate the 4 C’s (critical thinking, creating, collaborating, and communicating) and provide a fifth C for students—consistency. By using them, I have seen an increase in student engagement and learning even while I decreased my amount of time planning. As a result, I have earned back cherished learning hours in class and family hours at home.

—Adam Moler, Social Studies teacher, New Richmond Middle School

"If there was an engagement-level gauging meter, the meter would swing to 110% when EduProtocols are being implemented in the classroom. Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo have created a game changer with several low-level, high-ceiling protocols. They are not only transforming the way content is accessed by the students, but they are also changing educators’ mindsets. As a new-to-the-middle-school ELA teacher, I could easily adapt any of the protocols to meet the diverse needs of my students in an inclusive classroom. It is one of the best inclusive practices! Both EduProtocols 1 and 2 should have a place on every teacher’s desk and be reread periodically to remind us that there is a better way to engage and challenge all students! This book is a timely reminder that we should teach better, give more instant feedback, and work more efficiently."

—Nupur Sethi, middle school English teacher

"The EduProtocol Field Guides distill best practices down to a do-able approach. Going straight to the heart of helping students learn in an engaging way, the authors gently offer insights on what should be happening in everyone’s class with collaboration, choice, voice, and confidence-building content mastery. Rather than banging a teacher over the head with current research, citations, and edu-jargon and then page after page of deadly boring verbiage, they provide a friendly voice,a voice that asks What are the essentials that a student needs to master academics in a fun and engaging way? They interject enough humor that even a cynical, burned-out teacher could be brought back to life.

These guides are definitely a must-have for teachers that want to burn their over-bloated teacher guides, get their life back from hours of meaningless grading, and move beyond unfocused classroom technology convenience tools. Put a cape on a copy of EduProtocols and let a superhero enter your classroom.

—Derrall Garrison, instructional coach

"Both effective and engaging, protocols have transformed my teaching and the way I view learning and mastery for my students. The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2 includes fun and engaging new protocols as well as variations of the old favorites, showing us just how dynamic these frameworks can be. Marlena and Jon have done an amazing job compiling protocols that help teachers remove learning barriers and differentiate for all learners, from our Gifted students to our ELs, and all the way down to our littlest learners. They have also intricately described how protocols work with learning progression and mastery while applying elements of Universal Design for Learning. Within the pages of this book, educators are reminded to ask practical questions about how to become better teachers and engage students in their learning. The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2 is a call to action. If you already use protocols, then share them and your success stories with others. If you don’t use protocols yet, get both books and get started!"

—Meghan Cannon-Johann, second grade teacher

"This book is pure educational dynamite for moving education into the twenty-first century and the answer for how to effectively use the technology you already have in your school. It takes technology-integrated instruction to a new level that readies students for their future in school, college, and career. It is engaging for the adults and even more engaging for the students.

The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2 builds off of the great work in Field Guide 1 with more protocols and new iterations of existing protocols. The ability to have simple and usable lessons that teachers can use to integrate technology for the twenty-first century is invaluable. It moves instruction away from ‘copy the same old work in an electronic document’ and towards creating knowledge with methods that are new, useful, and engaging."

—Mike Chaix, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Cucamonga school district

"As educators, we are lucky to now have The EduProtocols Field Guide, Book 2 by Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo! When EduProtocols 1 came out, teachers immediately jumped on board, as they were given access to proven, research-based, technology activities that used repetition, fun, engagement, and diverse ways to help students master our standards of learning.

With additional research and resources, Jon and Marlena take us to new levels of activities and evidence. For those that are new to EduProtocols, you’ll quickly be given the information needed to jump right in, and then you’ll be taken deeper into engaging and proven techniques that empower both the teacher and learner.

With all of the activities, instructions, calls to action, and the fierce messages of the immediate necessity of our EduRevolution in this guide, every school and teacher needs to own a copy, as our time for change is passing before us."

—Jeff Kubiak, author, One Drop of Kindness

If you’ve already bought into the EduProtocol pedagogy, the second edition will blow your mind all over again. Not only is there a new set of Protocols to get to know, but you’ll also be given ways to level up your use of the EduProtocols from the first edition. A particular highlight for me is the Iron Chef Flash Project, which has me excited to get the kids’ creative thoughts flowing in the fall. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough. Just as the first edition did, the second edition will have you rethinking all of your lessons and giving you the tools to change them for the better.

—Chris Flores, instructional coach, middle school history teacher

The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2

Marlena Hebern

Jon Corippo

The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2

© 2019 by Marlena Hebern and Jon Corippo

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing by the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. For information regarding permission, contact the publisher at [email protected].

This book is available at special discounts when purchased in quantity for use as premiums, promotions, fundraisers, or for educational use. For inquiries and details, contact the publisher at [email protected].

Published by Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.

San Diego, CA

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Cover Design by Genesis Kohler

Editing and Interior Design by My Writers’ Connection

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019943652

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-949595-52-9

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-949595-53-6

First Printing: July 2019

Contents

A Note from the Authors . . .

A Note on Technology Platforms

Foreword

Foreword

I. A Field Glass Perspective

1. What’s the Rush?

2. A Quick EduProtocol Field Guide, Book One Review

II. A Guide to New EduProtocols

3. Sketch and Tell EduProtocol

4. Thin Slide EduProtocol

5. Thin Slide EduProtocol

6. Speed Geeking EduProtocol: Persuasive Arguments

7. The Ultimate Exit Ticket EduProtocol

8. Emoji Power Paragraph EduProtocol

9. Research EduProtocol

10. Number Mania EduProtocol

11. Debate-It EduProtocol: Argumentative Writing

12. Hero’s Journey EduProtocol: Informational Writing in a Narrative Format

13. The Scoop EduProtocol

14. Game of Quotes EduProtocol

15. Open Pedagogy

16. Iron Chef EduProtocol Remixes

17. Cyber Sandwich Remixes

18. The Fast and Curious EduProtocol Remixes

19. Mini-Report EduProtocol Remix

20. BookaKucha EduProtocol Remix

21. Comma pARTS EduProtocol

III. Guide to Deeper Understanding

22. The Art of Stacking

23. EduProtocol Smashing

24. Why EduProtocols Work

25. Universal Design for Learning

26. School-Wide EduProtocol Implementation

Thank You

Notes

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About the Authors

A Note from the Authors . . .

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

Albert Einstein

We wrote The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book One in response to our observations and experiences with teachers. We found that many were in search of tech-based alternatives that would engage students with relevant curriculum that embodied the Four Cs: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. This book, Book Two, continues to develop the work we started in Book One. Some of the protocols gathered here are our originals, and others are iterations shared with us by teachers who read Book One.

As with our first book, the message of this book is a joint effort, a collaboration between us, Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern, and some of the many educators we have come to know and respect. As we share personal stories and experiences, we will identify the speaker, but most of the time, you will hear a united voice as we explain the power and simplicity of the EduProtocols we’ve created and adapted. We hope you find it to be valuable.

We love to hear what other teachers are doing and hope you’ll share your progress, ideas, and the lessons you create!

Connect with us on Twitter @mhebern and @jcorippo

Visit our website at EduProtocols.com

A Note on Technology Platforms

We use more than one platform to facilitate student collaboration. When we design for kids, we generally use Google, but Microsoft and Apple have developed collaboration features in their programs as well. Even though we originally designed them in Google, the activities in this book can be used on any platform that allows for collaboration. We won’t get into the specifics of the programs we use in this book, so please refer to your own platform support to learn how to use its collaboration features.

Foreword

by Dr. Sonny Magana

Every once in a while, Providence brings together two things that are different, yet so complementary that the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. Better together—like Lennon and McCartney, or chocolate and peanut butter (I can hear Jon Corippo whispering in my ear, "Bacon and anything!"). I had the good fortune of meeting Marlena Heburn and Jon Corippo less a year ago, but almost instantly it seemed that we were pedagogical siblings of a common spirit. I had just introduced the T3 Framework for Innovation and they had just completed the EduProtocols Field Guide One, the prequel to the book you are now reading. We were all struck by how the T3 strategies for enhancing student voice, choice, and agency with digital tools were exemplified by the EduProtocol lesson frames.

I consider myself a researcher and a practitioner; in fact, I think we all should. The logic of the scientist is made far more experiential and appealing when rendered by the sensibilities of the artist. High quality educational research shows us that it’s important to provide students with clear learning intentions, tightly aligned instructional strategies and learning activities, and ample feedback experiences. These elements should be seen as the building blocks of effective teaching and learning. Moreover, the classroom context also matters greatly, and so it’s equally important to choreograph classroom interactions in such a way that enhances students’ social and emotional development. So how can one teacher manage all of this by her or himself?

On this point, the research is also abundantly clear: Get the kiddos more involved! Inviting students to be more involved in collaboratively planning for their learning, creatively expressing and representing their understanding, and contributively monitoring and tracking their knowledge growth not only works,