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Two Great Classroom Posters on The Six Thinking Hats

Two Great Classroom Posters on The Six Thinking Hats | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.educatorstechnology.com - July 17, 2014 9:37 PM
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Here is another way to have students think about their thinking. The Six Hats was written by Edward de Bono, and provides one way for students to organize their "thinking and decision making skills."
Each had is a different color and each represents a different way you might approach thinking.

* The white hat is about data and information. Think of it as a neutral position.

* The red hat looks at emotions.

* The yellow hat had a positive point of view.

* The black hat is more cautious.

* The green hat is for creative thinking and new ideas.

* The blue hat is for thinking about thinking (metacognition).

The post includes two additional visuals. Many students might find the process of thinking about what hat they would wear to help them determine the best way to approach specific areas.

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Charmaine Thaner's curator insight, July 19, 2014 12:49 AM

I think IEP meetings could be more productive if the 6 Thinking Hats approach was used.  What do you think?
Julie Lindsay's curator insight, July 20, 2014 6:47 PM

A fresh take on the Thinking Hats - a great tool for writing blog reflections and other individual as well as collaborative work.
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4 Ways to Ensure Students Learn While Creating - Edudemic

4 Ways to Ensure Students Learn While Creating - Edudemic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.edudemic.com - September 10, 2013 10:39 PM
How do you actually ensure students learn while creating and exploring? Here are four different tips from Shawn McCusker that should keep learning rolling along.
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As we move to the Common Core and we look at the Depth of Knowledge that will be required for our students it is clear that the need for our students to create is critical. This post starts with the following sentence:

"When was the last time your students said “Wow, that worksheet changed my life”?  Can you even remember a similar cookie cutter classroom activity or assignment from your days as a student? Yet they were a popular tool because they were structured and efficient in getting the class to a set finish point."

After presenting "the exploding volcano project" the post turns to four strategies. The short hand version is below. Click through to the post for additional information.

1. Start with your specific learning objective.

2. The idea to be expressed comes before the tool used to express it.

3. Make asking "How will this show mastery of the learning objective?" your classroom mantra.

4. Engage in evaluating the PROCESS of creation and not just grading the finished project.

There is also an example a learning objective and a project that one student submitted.

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LundTechIntegration's curator insight, September 12, 2013 11:42 AM

Thanks.  Great resource.
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5 Every Teacher Should Be Doing to Meet the Common Core State Standards.pdf

From www.eyeoneducation.com - July 11, 2012 7:47 PM

An overview that covers:

• Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions
• Focus on Process, Not Just Content
• Create Assignments for Real Audiences and with Real Purpose
• Teach Argument, Not Persuasion
• Increase Text Complexity

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The Creative Process - A Visual Look (Infographic)

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From images.fastcompany.com - March 29, 2012 7:56 PM
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Information Overload? 10 Ways You & Your Students Can Deal With It

Information Overload? 10 Ways You & Your Students Can Deal With It | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.opencolleges.edu.au - April 8, 2014 8:30 PM

"If you read the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it would take you 57,000 years to reach the end. You could bind the pages in a 10,000-foot-tall book weighing 1.2 billion pounds. Printing it would require half a million liters of ink, which is the volume of fuel it would take to power a 747 jet leaving New York and heading east to Tokyo. It would use enough paper to cover half of Long Island, or twice the number of trees in Central Park. If the Ancient Babylonians had started printing the Internet in 1800 BC, they’d be done right about now!"

Beth Dichter's insight:

To say there is a massive amount of information that comes our way each day is not an understatement. How we deal with information is a different question. If you are feeling overwhelmed but it, or your students are feeling overwhelmed, then you may want to read this post.

Did you know that researchers say that it is "our inability to organize and process it...without experience cognitive overload." The Internet keeps providing us with "just one more link" so knowing when to stop is difficult. 

After this discussion the post looks at Concerns for Students and Teachers, discussing eleven areas such as:

* Distractedness

* Mobility madness

* Impaired research skills

Each of these areas are described.

The final section looks at Management Techniques, beginning by looking at a number of ways people have attempted to map the Internet before moving on to a list of ten management techniques that may help you (and your students) prevent information overload including:

* Help students understand the structure of the web and the concept of networking

* Hone your research skills and help students hone theirs

* Use activity streams

Additional information on these techniques (and seven more) are in the post. 

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Melissa Marshall's curator insight, April 8, 2014 9:15 PM

This is an excellent article if you are suffering Internet fatigue. We are taking in more and more information than our brain can process about so many general things, rather than specialising like we used to. According to the article, the feeling of being digitally overwhelmed comes from "our inability to organise and process it...without experiencing cognitive overload." The Internet keeps providing us with "just one more link" so knowing when to stop is difficult. 

There is a section called 'Concerns for Students' which is quite insightful. 
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The Four P’s of Creativity: Products, People, Processes & Press

The Four P’s of Creativity: Products, People, Processes & Press | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.creativitypost.com - October 3, 2012 9:35 PM
Many creativity research programs are narrowly focused on one aspect of creativity to the exclusion of others; an integrative focus will help move the field forward.

This post asks a variety of questions about creativity (quoting from post below):

* What is (a) creative (product)?
* How is creativity achieved (the process)?

* Who is creative/what makes someone crative (the person)?

* What conditions (historically/everyday) are conducive to creativity (the press)?

These questions are then explored, with information form a variety of other sources included.

Recent articles in the news have suggested that creativity in childen is decreasing. This post provides a look at this issue from perspectives that may be new to you as well as the author's perspective on "what factors are necessary for Genius." 

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Seven More Ways to Go From On-Task to Engaged - ASCD InServicee

Seven More Ways to Go From On-Task to Engaged - ASCD InServicee | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From ascd.typepad.com - April 25, 2012 8:45 PM

What can we do in the classroom to help our students to become engaged in their work, to be fully involved? This post is a follow-up to one written in June 2011, and provides a "variety of strategies and approaches" you may try to help move students from being on-task to being engaged. To whet your appetite, here are the first two.

 

* Ask questions that don't have right or wrong answers. Seek student opinions, allow argumentation, encourage persuasion, and teach students how to disagree and debate in a positive way.

 

* Strike a balance between praise and feedback. Grant Wiggins, co-author of Understanding by Design points out that praise, "Keeps me in the game, but doesn't help me get any better." While praise may encourage effort, specific feedback is necessary in order to truly learn and grow.

 

To read the article from June 2011, which has seven strategies/approaches: http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2011/06/on-task-doesnt-mean-engaged.html ;

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