This is my presentation from my keynotes at the North Carolina Council of Teacher of Mathematics Conference in Greensboro, NC, USA. I’m excited to be facilitating this conversation twice this morning.
Additional Notes and Resources
Additional notes and resources for this workshop are available on my wiki.
THINKING OUT LOUD
Episode 005
As many of us head into the classroom to begin another year of learning and fun it seems like a good time to consider our aims for classrooms.
What are your aims for classrooms?
This important message is brought to you by a group of 5th and 6th grade learners.
Angela Cunningham recently had a post about Teaching Students to Dialogue. She included the following chart of guidelines that she developed. I think this is a great quick reference for classes to use during discussions, debates, role playing, group work, etc. throughout the year.
I’m old enough to remember the Schoolhouse Rock videos airing between cartoons on Saturday mornings. I really liked (most of) them as a kid. I rediscovered them years later as a classroom teacher and was even more impressed by them. Not only do these videos cover a lot of curriculum they are also artistically impressive. My wife and I are getting to enjoy all the Schoolhouse Rock fun again with our kids.
We’re looking at integrating higher order thinking skills and word processing in one of my classes right now. The following video is connected to the lesson. Reminisce and enjoy!
Let’s share ideas about how any/all the following could be integrated with teaching and learning.
