Category: Teaching and Learning
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How to Create 9 Identical Dot Patterns in 10 Seconds or Less
Wow! What a response to the last 2 posts! In Provide Massive Space to Notice, I detailed how to use repeated dot patterns. In 180 Opportunities to Notice, I simply…
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180 Opportunities to Notice
In my previous post, Provide Massive Space to Notice, I described how to repeatedly use the same dot pattern to promote noticing. In this post, I would simply like to…
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Provide Massive Space to notice
Give students several copies of the same image – along with ample space to notice – and they will amaze you. In this post, you’ll be taken on a tour of…
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Scene 6: “Two Teachers Learning Together”
In Scene 6, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, two teachers decide that they want to learn together, even when they is no learning walk scheduled. So, they bring their students into…
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Scene 5: “The Glimpse”
In Scene 5, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the observers in the hallway decide to step into the classroom a second time to briefly view the teaming exchange. If they…
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Scene 4: “The Teaming Exchange”
In Scene 4, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the classroom teacher has arranged for a teaming exchange, an opportunity to briefly teach together as part of the exchange. For more information…
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Scene 3: “The Return”
In Scene 3, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the classroom teacher detects two rare and powerful opportunities. Instead of exchanging places, the teacher returns in a different way to take advantage…
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Scene 2: “The Exchange”
In Scene 2, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the observers return to the classroom, but they are now ready to try something new in order to make the experience even…
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Scene 1 – Animated Learning Walks Model: “The First Step”
In less than 2 minutes, I would like to paint a picture of a peer learning walk. My hope is that you will begin to consider this practice and that you…
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Stepping Into Each Other’s Classrooms
Powerful instructional practices are occurring all around us. Sometimes those practices are in classrooms only a few feet away from us. So very close. There may be teachers just a…
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NYABS Part 4: An Average Algorithm Leads to Deep Thinking
Algorithms typically route us completely around opportunities for deeper thinking. However, in this post, we see that using icons to represent a variety of strategies produces an opportunity to richly…
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Touring KenKen
KenKen puzzles caught my attention recently while I was browsing through Marilyn Burns’ blog post. Right away I was able to detect the power of these clever puzzles and their potential…