1. Learning Spaces in which there is dessert to enjoy and savour together A banana split represents individual segments which blend to create a whole sensation. Notice the two spoons.

2. The Big Think An example of a truly inspiring visual of learning and learning collaboratively with a masterful conductor An analogy of the dessert at the end of a well conducted IBL Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs#t=0m20s

3. After the Game is played Another analogy of the dessert after IBL View, rewind, think back, analyse, synthesise A place where everyone is asking questions Flips education to “active inquiry” rather than behaviourist Everything starts to change: dictator to coach A place where everyone is asking questions

4. Collaborative spaces Allow students to grow from each other’s insights

5. Calgary Big Think http://calgarylearningcommons.pbworks.com/BIG-THINK-180%C2%B0-Thinking

6. The Big Think Create the dessert for students, learning does not come to close; it moves forth So What? What are the important ideas we explored? What does this tell us about the topic? What does this mean? What new understandings emerge? What Next? What new questions do I/we have? What else do we want to explore? How can we use what we know to do better next time? What action can I/we take? How can I/we make use of this new knowledge in the real world?

7. Group Think What I now know………………………….what we now know

8. Collective and Global Intelligence

9. Individual Learning with no Group Think

10. Inclusivity Everyone is part of the Big Think Enhanced through technology allowing everyone’s voice to be heard: SKYPE Text –to – Speech software Interactive video conferencing Blended learning environments And so many collaborative learning tools opening up access to all learners

11. The Dessert (The top of the Bloom’s Taxonomy) EVALUATION Appraise what fallacies, consistencies, inconsistencies appear Judge which is more important, moral, better, logical, valid, appropriate criticize find the errors defend compare

12. The Big Think after IBL What Next? What new questions do I/we have? What else do we want to explore? How can we use what we know to do better next time? What action can I/we take? How can I/we make use of this new knowledge in the real world? So What? What are the important ideas we explored? What does this tell us about the topic? What does this mean? What new understandings emerge? The Calgary Big Think, 2010

13. “Learning is the work……whatever is taught must be steeped in learning through reflective action.” (Fullan, 2008)

14. References Loertscher and Koechlin Calgary Big think 2010 Fullan, Michael, (2008). The six secrets of change. John Wiley & Sons. San Fransisco