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Tinkering Under the Hood:

Strategies to Enhance Critical Thinking

Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss

ISTE 2010, Denver

June 29, 2010

www.wallwisher.com/wall/underthehood

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Post-Session Update

See the final slide for links to Wallwisher and a

Google Doc where audience contributions were

collected. Thanks, everyone! Keep your ideas

coming.

Jane Krauss jane.krauss@gmail.com,

Suzie Boss suzieboss@gmail.com

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Let’s Get Acquainted

Colleagues, co-authors,

PBL advocates

Jane Krauss Suzie Boss

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Today in the Tinker’s Shed

We’ll talking about:• Inquiry cycles in project-based learning• Thinking routines• Tools to make thinking visible throughout

projects

Session materials:Tinkering Under the Hood in ISTE Communitywww.iste2010.org/group/tinkeringunderthehood

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What happens under the hood of projects?

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Inquiry Cycle and PBL

Finding Out

Tuning In

Sorting Out

Going Further

Making

Conclusions

Taking Action

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Inquiry Cycle and PBL

Tuning In

How do I

enter?Invitation

Ignition

Interest

Inspiration

Get the Gears Turning

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Thinking Routines

What thinking routines can you name?

1. Brainstorm in groups of 4

2. Push yourselves to come up with 10, 15, more?

3. Share your ideas:

www.wallwisher.com/wall/thinkingroutines

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The Perfect Brainstorm

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rules for engagement:• Defer judgment• Encourage wild ideas• Stay focused on the topic• Build on the ideas of

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Tools for Inquiry

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Discuss&

share ideas

http://tinyurl.com/3587jgz

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Packing for Inquiry:Choosing the Right Tools

First, identify Essential Learning Functions

Then, match technology tools to your goal

(See Appendix A on session Ning)

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Thank you!

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Crowd-Sourced Smarts

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We asked participants to describe ways they come to understand and interact with students’ thinking. See: www.wallwisher.com/wall/underthehood

Participants listed the thinking routines they employ in different phases of the inquiry cycle; See: www.wallwisher.com/wall/thinkingroutines

Participants supplied more strategies and tools that serve inquirySee the Google Doc: http://tinyurl.com/3587jgz