How large is the gap that truly exists between the real and ideal for learners? Are there ways to “tweak” (small shift) content-driven instruction that will enlist students as deep questioners, critical thinkers and effective problem-solvers (big impact)? What if we created a “Destination Postcard” of the ideal learner, and designed learning experiences from there? Join this Switch-inspired think-tank on lesson design strategies that empower students to think and act their way to the acquisition and connection of content while developing learning dispositions.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/
Small Shifts, Big Impact @lottascales @sewilkie
#ssbi12 #blc12
closing the gap to empowered learning

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Drinking from the fire hose #ssbi12 #blc12

3. Change is a
process, not
an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
#ssbi12 #blc12

4. It’s in the Process... #ssbi12 #blc12

5. “...a vivid picture that shows what could be
possible in the near-term future.” (Switch p.78)
Write a single statement
of “destination”
for your ideal learner...
Who do you want your
learners to be
at the end of the year?
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

6. Think - Pair - Share
Pass Your Postcard Broaden & Build

7. Shift 1:
Brain Breaks
20/2
http://flic.kr/p/6pobVe

8. 20 Minute Twitter
• low floor
• formative assessment
• brain-compatible
• community-building
• breaking down the “boxes”
• model sm for learning @jgough

9. Class Twitter 20/2
• Tapping Outside
Resources
• Extending Learning
• Global Connections
• Math Minutes
• Curiosity Questions
• Connection /
Challenge /
Concept / Change

10. 56Thinkers http://bit.ly/56nasa

11. Le
an
into
the
dip
!
Twitteracy
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

12. Student Roles:
The Digital
Learning Farm Resource
•
•
Researchers
Official Scribes
Alert!
• Tutorial Designers
• Curriculum Reviewers
• Collaboration Coordinators
• Contributors to Society http://bit.ly/ssbi-links
• “Disruptive Technologist”

13. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

14. Shift 2:
Thinking
Routines
I see...
I think...
I wonder...
http://flic.kr/p/a9EXQj

16. Flickr
Creative
Commons Resource
• 270 million photos
• Licensed for use
Alert!
• Geotagged
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

17. Thinking Routines

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Michigan
in the 1800s
Color, Symbol
Image Routine
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/tc/routines.cfm http://flic.kr/p/cfiZGj

23. Le
an
into
the
Thinking
dip
!
Routines
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

24. Project Zero:
Thinking
Routines Resource
• Artful Thinking
• Visible Thinking
Alert!
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

25. The qu
ality of
our thin
king
is given
in the
quality
of our
questio
ns.
~ Linda
Elder
Shift 3: Questioning

26. iWonder
Curiosity Questions & iPad

27. http://bit.ly/curiousgenius
“When you ask for
genius, it usually
shows up.”
- Angela Maiers
Genius Questions Igniting Curiosity

30. Classroom of
Questioners
Make it sticky

31. What We Need to Know...

32. Inviting
Questions
Problem Statement
Driving Questions
Need to Knows

33. Identifying & Sorting ‘Need to Knows’...

34. http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/whitmer/

35. Costa’s
Levels of
Questioning Resource
• Derived from Bloom’s
• Designing assessments
Alert!
(teacher AND student)
• Model for better questions
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

36. http://flic.kr/p/6xxYBs

37. Why Bother? http://bit.ly/NLzack

38. REAL Strategies http://ascdtx2010.
wikispaces.com/zack

39. 56Thinkers http://groups.diigo.com/
group/56thinkers

40. Filtering &
Infotention Resource
• Infotention & Network
Literacy (Howard Rheingold)
Alert!
• Filter Bubble (Eli Pariser)
• Curating with Diigo &
Twitter (Maggie Tsai)
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

41. Le
an
into
the
dip
!
Questioning
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

42. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

43. Shift 4: Mining
the Process

44. Thinkering Studio http://bit.ly/thinkstu

45. Engage Creativity & Innovation

46. Metacognition Learning Out Loud

47. brainyard.wikispaces.com/
Wrong Turns... sepsd251

48. Collaborative Processing Peer PD

49. Le
an
into
the
Mining the
dip
!
Process
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

50. Shift 5: Grow
the Culture

51. Relatives Network
photo by s.wilkie, 2011

52. Skype Station
Lego Desig
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Student-Led Skype

53. Collaborative Notes

54. Learning Dispositions Okay, Scientists...
& Language Choice

55. Make a Difference in the World in 60 Minutes...

56. Everything is hard, until it’s easy.
- Carol Dweck
“I made an A on my
English test because I
decided for this test
that I was going to be
an effective learner and
pay more attention.”
Effort x Strategies = Success
Teach Growth Mindset - Jessica Parsons

57. What’s Your “Yeah, but...”

58. Le
an
into
the
Grow the
dip
!
Culture
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

59. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Destination Postcard http://bit.ly/ssbivx

60. http://bit.ly/ssbi-links #ssbi12 #blc12