Visible Thinking
iPad Tools for Quality Questioning & Formative Assessment

Session Essential Questions
1. How can educators encourage high levels of cognitive response in classroom activities and projects?
2. How can questioning serve as formative assessment and feedback to advance student learning?
3. What is the role of classroom culture in developing students who become responsible for their own thinking and learning?
2. How can questioning serve as formative assessment and feedback to advance student learning?
3. What is the role of classroom culture in developing students who become responsible for their own thinking and learning?

What does "making thinking visible" mean to you?
1. Go to student.infuselearning.com (open in new tab)
2. Room ID: 50853
*iPad Photo Courtesy of Kevin Honeycutt
Research Framework






Research Reflection
What stood out to you from this chunk? Share with the group.






Step 1: Get your graphics in line
Start with a student drawing, image, picture, graphic, or other piece of visual content. Use tools to edit, enhance, engage, enlighten, encourage, empower....ok out of e's. You get the point.
Skitch Great For: basic editing, cropping, labeling, highlighting, blurring (think kid's faces or personal info, license plate). Student Project Example: Learned Behavior vs. Inherited Traits (story from in-class coaching) | PicCollage Great For: Making collages of pictures...like it sounds. Nice variety of templates & very simple to use. Student Example: (My example really... Tucker & the Log) Photo Story | Easel.ly Great For: Creating infographics with pretty templates, icons & graphics. Download as jpg or share link. Student Example: Process of book list creation |
Skitch
Great For: basic editing, cropping, labeling, highlighting, blurring (think kid's faces or personal info, license plate). Student Project Example: Learned Behavior vs. Inherited Traits (story from in-class coaching)
PicCollage
Great For: Making collages of pictures...like it sounds. Nice variety of templates & very simple to use. Student Example: (My example really... Tucker & the Log) Photo Story
Step 2: Add a layer of awesome
SoundCloud Croak.it Incorporate audio into student creation projects. Discuss: accessibility, links & integration. | ThingLink Add a level of interactivity to photos, drawings, reading passages, assignments and more. Discuss: endless possibilities, Mathy Cathy samples | Aurasma Augmented Reality anyone? Don't be skeeeeeerd... Let's try it! Discuss: where does this tech transform? |
SoundCloud Croak.it
Incorporate audio into student creation projects. Discuss: accessibility, links & integration.
ThingLink
Add a level of interactivity to photos, drawings, reading passages, assignments and more. Discuss: endless possibilities, Mathy Cathy samples
Step 2 B: Additional layers of awesome
Step 3: Create a project
-Find a picture of student.
-Brainstorm with a partner or group: What does a high school graduate look like?
-Choose apps that will best demonstrate your thinking. Create.
-Post your creation:




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