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Cognitive Flow (How I experience cognitive flow... (Hiking (I love getting…

- - - - (Amy Jo Kim, 2017)
        
        Looking at the graphic below, we see that the cognitive flow state happens when both skills and activities increase.
        
        When I am going down a difficult run while skiing, I have the general skills, but I am challenging myself to improve and get a little bit out of my comfort zone.
      - FightMediocrity. (2015). YouTube [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h6IMYRoCZw&feature=youtu.be
        
        The link to the video below, talks again about the flow state that comes from increased challenge and increased skill. At the end of the video, it discusses sitting in front of a TV or browsing Facebook. Though these things might be enjoyable or we might use them as a way to relax, they do not create flow. In fact, they create apathy: no challenge and no skills required.
        
        I experience "ecstasy" while skiing when I hit the state of optimal experience, also known as flow.
- - - - I have one rocking chair in the corner which students can use when they need a break. It's a "peace corner." If students are stressed, anxious, or experiencing anything else which would prevent them from entering a flow state in class, they are allowed to take a 5 minute break in the chair to reset.
    - - Having routines allow for more useable time during class for students to have the opportunity to enter a cognitive flow state.
    - - We are a project-based learning school. Inherently, I think projects can create the right conditions for students to enter a flow state. When students have choice and voice in what they are doing or which way they are going to run with a project, I believe they are more likely to be able to enter a flow state.
  - - - Autonomy leads to higher motivation and engagement.
      - Increased Challenged + Increased Skills = Cognitive Flow
      - How can we change how we are learning at school to incorporate play so that our students are able to experience cognitive flow?