#makingthinkingvisible

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#courageous #powerlifting #makingthinkingvisible #lifestyle #lifeisbeautiful #lifeisgood #setyourintentions #setyourselffree #setyourselfupforsuccess #nevergiveup #neverstopexploring #neverbrokeagain #neverallowpeopletodefineyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CEX62sUJNNA/?igshid=oc8un33eqdty

[catsburglynchington]

More #beautifulthinking from #ohiovoicesforlearning : our conversation in which we parse out rebelliousness as a creative thinking skill, our responsibilities as teachers to provide space and also safety, balancing individual and group needs, etc. no wonder we were so hungry for lunch. 💙=connection, ❤️=extensions, 💚=challenge, 🖤=pursue. #visiblethinking #makingthinkingvisible #educators #documentation @realjenlehe @cindymfoley

[mthtchr2]

Retention of info through rote practice isn't learning....it's training. #beyondmemorization #makingthinkingvisible

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Making Thinking Visible with Sketchbooks in the 5/6 Art Room

Making Thinking Visible with Sketchbooks in the 5/6 Art Room

Handmade Sketchbooks Last summer I was thrilled to spend a week in the Project Zero Classroom program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education studying big ideas by prominent figures in education that I admire. Naturally, I brought this experience into the classroom with a renewed commitment to project based learning and a generous amount of technology integration. Our focus this year has been…

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[kidsmartnola]

Today in our biweekly TA Meeting, we focused our discussion on some of our larger, yet essential goals as educators. This time in the Spring semester often calls for careful calibration as we enter the final stretches of school year. Mid-Spring semester brings the opportunity to push scaffolding learning from Fall, and also requires thoughtful planning for and around many of Spring's annual events.

We kicked off the new year and Spring semester looking deeply at thinking routines and cultures of thinking that foster thought-full dispositions over time. Mark Church led one of our AXIS sessions, a keynote and one of our January TA Meetings, leaving us with a lot to consider within our own practice. A month later we gathered again to to deepen this conversation, looking now at dispositional learning and habits of mind that are close to our pedagogy and art practice.

In our closure today we pulled on language from our day's discussion (including our study of the Studio Habits of Mind) to share some of our framing moving ahead:

I value my student’s ability to…

"Feel excited"

"Persist through not knowing"

"Connect to their own voice"

"Rehearse with an ensemble"

"Share unabashedly"

"Follow their creative impulses"

"Be enthusiastic and engaged"

"Embrace risks"