January 24, 2017 Session 1Chris Loat & Lisa Schwartz

TOOLS FOR MAKING THINKING VISIBLE

Tools and Shape of the Day• Since We Last Met: What do you try? How did it go?• Poetry Activity- Thinking Routine: C-S-I• Feedback frame• Using e-portfolios to make thinking visible• Break• Assessing loose parts- samples• Inforgraphics• Commitment for next time• Exit slip

Since We Last MetShare what you tried since we last met. Get into groups of 4 or 5. Take time to share. • How did it go?• What would you change?• What next?

Poetry Activity•Read the poem, “Starting Now”

•Discuss the author’s message in the poem

•Use C-S-I strategy to share the message:

Mix and Mingle

CSI…

Thinking About C-S-I and Mix and Mingle

• How does Mix and Mingle support students?•What is the difference between a symbol and an image?• How do/would you use C-S-I in your classroom?•What tool would you ask your students to use to create their C-S-I?

Communication Competency

Critical Thinking Competency

Break

First People’s Principles of LearningLearning is embedded in memory, history and story.

•Story is used to teach and reflect and embody our values.•Stories are passed down from generation to generation to educate and connect people to common values.

Teaching Targets• Make meaningful connections from the story to yourself, other texts or the world.• Understand and share the big idea or message that you take away from the story.• Share your understanding and connections with others through talking, loose parts and writing.

“This is the little hummingbird taking drops of water in her beak. She is doing all that she can.”

I made Rudoph because he never gave up like the littleHummingbird who never gave up.

The salmon desperately swim up the river despite its raging current. They know they have to make it up to breed so they just do it with all of their strength

This is the fireFrom the story.

InfographicsAn infographic (information graphic) is a representation of information in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance. People use infographics to quickly communicate a message, to simplify the presentation of large amounts of data, to see data patterns and relationships, and to monitor changes in variables over time. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/infographics

Tips on Making Infographics• Summarize your poster title in 1 headline• presenting your information in a clear, clean, and concise way• only add the essential details• use typography hierarchy (heading, subheading, body)• frame visuals and text to make them stand out

Infographic ToolsPiktochartCanvaGlogsterEasel.lyInfogr.amVisme.co

What’s your takeaway?What will you try?Make a commitment for next time.Go to http://bit.do/321mtv

NEXT SESSION: APRIL 26, 20178:30-11:30