Highlights – May 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by tmarch

Below are a few Look to Learn activities that might suit the students / courses identified below. You do not have to limit yourself to those at your Grade Level / KLA, but these groupings are meant to save you time as you trial this approach for promoting Visible Thinking.

Early Years

Upper Primary

Performing Arts

English / Humanities

Science / Maths / Technology / PDH

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Ira Glass on Creative Work

Posted on February 22, 2012 by tmarch

 Connect, Extend, Challenge

  1. Connect: How are ideas presented related to something you like or are interested in making?
  2. Extend: What new ideas did you get that extended or pushed your thinking in new directions?
  3. Challenge: What is still challenging or confusing for you if you were to take this advice?

You can also watch the original video that includes Ira Glass critiquing a sample of his earlier work.

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Slavery Footprint

Posted on January 7, 2012 by tmarch

Activity

  1. Take the survey individually (the last “none-question” require sensitivity).
  2. Note the number of slaves your lifestyle requires.

Headline: Opinion / Editorial

Write a headline that best captures your opinions after calculating your slavery footprint.

 

or use this prompt

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim
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Find What’s Funny: Texting Driver

Posted on January 7, 2012 by tmarch

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Find things the cartoonist has done to make this funny and to get a point across.
  2. Identify support for your claim.
  3. Ask a question related to your own use of technology.
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WW1 Veteran speaks of the Gallipoli landing

Posted on January 3, 2012 by tmarch


Jack Hazlitt describes his landing at Gallipoli

See-Think-Wonder

  1. What do you see?
  2. What do you think about that?
  3. What does it make you wonder?
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Skipping Challenge

Posted on December 21, 2011 by tmarch

How do you think you would feel being a part of this group?

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim

Want to see the full 8 minutes?

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Animal Animations

Posted on December 21, 2011 by tmarch

The little clip below shows a few clever ways animals. props and videos were used to “write” a graphic illustration.  You can get your heads around this a few different ways using the See-Think-Wonder routine.  You might explore “how” it was done, what text you would write, or to plan how you will use animals you know to write an important message.

See-Think-Wonder

  1. What do you see?
  2. What do you think about that?
  3. What does it make you wonder?
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Subconscious influences

Posted on December 20, 2011 by tmarch

The section of video below uses clever illustration to make a point about how our unconscious can influence us without our knowing it.  In other words, thoughts that we don’t even notice can affect the decisions we make.

You might respond to the video below on how this might apply to you or you could even look closer at the clever animation.

See-Think-Wonder

  1. What do you see?
  2. What do you think about that?
  3. What does it make you wonder?
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Water Buffalo Gift

Posted on December 20, 2011 by tmarch

Background

Jazz violinist Robert Thompson was motivated by a blog post to see if he could do something real. This video is his story and that of a family in China and a community around the world.

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See-Think-Wonder

  1. What do you see?

  2. What do you think about that?

  3. What does it make you wonder?

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Twitter to Flutter!!!!!!!

Posted on November 21, 2011 by tmarch
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How did Flutter evolve?

What is an advantage of Flutter over Twitter?

What is the discussion really about?

Claim-Support-Question

  1. Make a claim about the topic
  2. Identify support for your claim
  3. Ask a question related to your claim
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