Visible Thinking
Designing for Metacognition
Session Essential Questions
1. How can instructional leaders encourage high levels of metacognitive response in activities and projects?
2. How can questioning serve as formative assessment and feedback to advance learning processes?
3. What is the role of organizational culture in developing learners who become responsible for their own thinking and personal development?
2. How can questioning serve as formative assessment and feedback to advance learning processes?
3. What is the role of organizational culture in developing learners who become responsible for their own thinking and personal development?
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
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
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?
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:
A Pep Talk from Kid President to You
Response-ability
The 4 C's
Connect
Greg Garner M.Ed.
I want you to win! Whatever that looks like in your organization, please let me know how I can help and I am more than happy to do what I can!
Email: mrgarner@me.com
Website: www.garnerg.com
Phone: 903.931.2429
Twitter: @classroom_tech
Tracy Clark M.S.
I want to make an impact on education! Would love to connect and discuss how we can be an active part of the change we want to see!
Email: clark.tracyann@gmail.com
Website: tracyannclark.com
Phone: 5125682864
Twitter: @tracyclark08