Think+Work

THINK WORK requires students solve problems. It's more active than "Seat Work."
[|Dylan Williams Video] - testimonial to the power of teaching students to think about their thinking. Added 8/30/13. The Genius Hour - Presentation on teaching students to be thinkers [|Passing Notes] - Teacher Channel Video [|5 Crafts Boys Will Like] - very cool [|ABCYA]  - games [|Animoto Book Report] By a 5th grader on //Blue// by Joyce Hofstetter This kind of inventive work takes thought and planning, and it's fun! [|Caine's Arcade] i say, Let the children invent! Get out the kleenex... [|Concept Driven Learning] - video and activities to show an example of think work [|Honda Commercial] Rube Goldberg style. 607 tries to make this machine work right. 606 times something went wrong. All parts of a Honda car were incorporated into the video [|Okay Go:] Rube Goldberg machine. Goldberg was a cartoonist at the turn on the century who drew elaborate pictures that accomplished simple things. Rock Group, Okay Go, put this video together. You have to see it to believe it! 27 million hits on YouTube when I posted. [|Jill Thompson's Wiki]- technology projects students can do. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|The Next Mozart?] - Is this child in your classroom? <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|100 High Frequency Words read by a student]- Your kids could make a video, too! <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|How to Turn Your Classroom Into an Idea Factory]<span class="gmw_"> - <span class="gm_ gm_f62f2891-d8f2-55a7-70d4-3906bf40c5ef gm-spell">Mindshift <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|Dance] - WE NEED THE ARTS!
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|MY PINTEREST ENGAGEMENT BOARD] **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teacher-Directed THINK WORK
[|MY FAVORITE NO] - Teacher takes answers that are wrong and explains what's right about them. [|Thinking Routines] - protocols to coach students to think creatively and productively. [|Learning About Learning] - training students to be better observers of their learning - VIDEO of Dylan William
 * [|Reading Goals]** - Video interview with student who explains her reading goal

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Ordered Sharing] A <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">conversation protocol that initiates and sustains a field of listening, giving every participant a chance to speak without being interrupted. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Four A Text Protocol] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">This conversational protocol provides a framework for groups to use when co-reflecting upon a journal article, book chapter, or even a video or audio presentation.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Protocols **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Added 7/29/13