We thought about titling this session, "Stop Giving Them The Answer: Let Them Figure It Out Themselves!", but thought that sounded a little too edgy. Join us for a strategy-building session on how to foster student-owned learning in the classroom (and live!). Don't expect 1 size fits all answers - just questions, strategies, possibilities, examples, and maybe a few awkward silences...

1. http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/MoreOrLess
Sunday, July 29, 2012

2. Roy McCloud
@roybps
Jordy Whitmer
@balancedtech
Sara Wilkie
@sewilkie
#BLC12
If you are not a member of http://www.wikispaces.com
please join!
Sunday, July 29, 2012

3. Task Debrief
Problems
Successes
Failures
Feelings
Sunday, July 29, 2012

4. Less Is More...
What we’ve noticed...
http://engage.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/
Sunday, July 29, 2012

5. What Problems Are
Kids Hitting?
• not curricular/content
related
• one problem per sticky
note
• share with team
• pick 2 toughest
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6. Think...
Partner...
General approaches - answering questions with questions
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7. High Five!
1. Answering Questions
with Questions &
Peer Support
2. Partner/Small Group
3. Exploratory Learning
4. Peer Teaching
5. Modeling http://www.flickr.com/photos/holtsman
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8. C R O W D
S O U R C E
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9. Who Owns The Learning, Who Is The Teacher?
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10. We Create...
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11. We Create...
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12. http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/whitmer/
Sunday, July 29, 2012

13. Science Workshop
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14. STEM & Challenge-based
Learning
• effective communication
• high productivity
• digital-age literacy
• inventive thinking
Sunday, July 29, 2012

15. Challenge Based Learning
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16. Design Thinking
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17. Where was the
teaching?
Where was the
learning?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clover_1/1178035169/
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18. When have you
taught...?
self-reliance
problem-solving
persistence
iterative process
How have you
encouraged...?
grit
stick-to-itiveness
mining the process
celebrating failure
Sunday, July 29, 2012

19. Information Problem-Solving
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20. How different is defining the problem and asking the
right question?
Diving In...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

21. Why Bother?
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22. REAL Strategies
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23. Relatives Network
photo by s.wilkie, 2011
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24. 56Thinkers
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25. 56Thinkers
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26. Deep Questions
by Jack Handy
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27. Failure?
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28. Failure?
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29. How is Problem-Solving similar to
or different from inquiry?
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30. How can you solve a problem
without creativity and innovation?
Think...Pair...Share
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31. Thinkering Studio
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32. Engage
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33. Sunday, July 29, 2012

34. Transfer - How much of this should be in our
models for Professional Development?
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35. http://blc.vxcommunity.com/Issue/11405
Sunday, July 29, 2012