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A Lunch Bites Webinar

Visible Thinking Practices: Episode 7

with Justin Boner, from Maker Ed

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What You Need Today

A writing instrument - pen, pencil, marker��
A blank sheet of paper��
An object to examine and explore,�For example

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A Robot by Elizabeth Elliot 4/23/20

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We’re Glad You’re Here!

What You Can Expect:

-Inclusive Gathering�-Quick Demo�-Frank Conversation�-Collaboration�-Take-Aways�-Templates�-Curated Resources

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What is Karyn’s demo setup?*

Phone taped to lamp

lamp

Camera on phone

*Thanks to my 14 year-old for the suggestions!

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MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE w/ THINKING ROUTINES

Justin Boner, Lead Maker Trainer

connect with us on social media @MakerEdOrg

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Quick Intro

Parts, Purposes, Complexities

Applications & Strategies

Who is Maker Ed? What are thinking routines?

Using a thinking routine to support hands-on inquiry

What are thinking routines good for? How can I use them?

MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE w/ THINKING ROUTINES

grab a pen and a piece of paper

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Maker Ed

Maker Ed’s mission is to harness the power of making to transform teaching and learning

Maker Ed offers training, resources, and support to educators and institutions (spanning formal and informal contexts) who are integrating maker education into their learning environments.

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What is MAKER EDUCATION?

Maker education is:

Hands-on: it involves encounters with physical, digital, or virtual tools and materials.

Learner-driven: learners define and drive their own learning and do so in a variety of ways. They make meaning out of their experience and learning; they determine their pathway into learning; and they set their own goals along that pathway. Learners have the opportunity to figure things out on their own.

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What are THINKING ROUTINES?

LINK

“Thinking routines are short, engaging, two-or-three-step patterns of intellectual behavior that are highly transferable across contexts. They are designed to be easy to use, easy to remember, easy to transfer, and to be vividly effective when used on a wide variety of topics.” (Agency by Design)

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Parts, Purposes, Complexities

Choose a nearby object.

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Parts, Purposes, Complexities

Choose a nearby object.

Look closely at your object.

What are its parts?
What are the purposes of its various parts?
How is it complicated in its parts and purposes, in the relationship between the two, or in other ways?

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Parts, Purposes, Complexities

Choose a nearby object.

Look closely at your object.

What are its parts?
What are the purposes of its various parts?
How is it complicated in its parts and purposes, in the relationship between the two, or in other ways?

Document your exploration.

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Connect, Extend, Challenge

CHOOSE ONE QUESTION TO ANSWER:

How did the activity CONNECT to what you already knew?

What new ideas did you get from the activity that EXTENDED or pushed your thinking in new directions?

What about the activity is still CHALLENGING for you? What questions, wonderings, or puzzles do you now have?

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THINKING ROUTINES are . . .

NGSS-aligned

thinking routines promote NGSS practices such as asking questions and defining problems and analyzing and interpreting data

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THINKING ROUTINES do the following:

foster development of NGSS practices

asking questions and defining problems
analyzing and interpreting data
constructing explanations and designing solutions

support different kinds of thinking

introducing & exploring ideas
synthesizing & organizing ideas
digging deeper into ideas

promote active processing and reflection

encourage looking closely and exploring complexity

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THINKING ROUTINES are . . .

highly adaptable

NGSS-aligned

(across contexts and across subjects)

thinking routines promote NGSS practices such as asking questions and defining problems and analyzing and interpreting data

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THINKING ROUTINES are adaptable across contexts

Made using Padlet, an online bulletin board platform

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THINKING ROUTINES are adaptable across subjects

Parts, Purposes, Complexities → mechanical object

Parts, Purposes, Complexities → literary text

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STRATEGIES for using thinking routines

use them routinely

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STRATEGIES for using thinking routines

use them routinely

pair them with documentation

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Some ways to CAPTURE thinking routines

What are some ways that you capture your students’ learning?

Ways for your learners to document their thinking routines...	in writing (physical or digital)	with photo(s)	with audio/video	in visual art (any media)
keep a journal	✓			✓
create and curate an online portfolio (use Google Slides, Google Sites or Classroom, or Seesaw)	✓	✓	✓	✓
record oral reflections & responses (Flipgrid enables asynchronous video/oral participation)			✓
add to virtual a whiteboard or bulletin board (check out Padlet)	✓	✓	✓
take photos of notes		✓

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STRATEGIES for using thinking routines

use them routinely

pair them with documentation

exploit them as structures for collecting evidence of learning and growth over time

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STRATEGIES for using thinking routines

use them routinely

pair them with documentation

exploit them as structures for collecting evidence of learning and growth over time

use them with individuals AND groups

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STRATEGIES for using thinking routines

use them routinely

pair them with documentation

exploit them as structures for collecting evidence of learning and growth over time

use them with individuals AND groups

share them with caregivers and families

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Some THINKING ROUTINES to get you started

Parts, People, Interactions

I used to think… Now I think...

3-2-1 Bridge

Think, Feel, Care

LINK

helps learners explore a system and recognize the various objects and people who participate in it.

useful for surfacing how thinking has shifted and changed over time or in response to a new experience.

Activates prior knowledge, questioning, distilling, & connection making through metaphors

helps learners understand that the variety of people who participate in a system think, feel, and care differently about things based on their positions in the system.

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RESOURCES for making thinking visible

Agency by Design’s Thinking Routines, Tools, and Practices	A selection of versatile thinking routines that support the development of a sensitivity to design (looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity).
Visible Thinking’s Introduction to Thinking Routines	A rich library of thinking routines. Use their core routines as a starting point and then begin to incorporate their understanding routines.
Project Zero’s Thinking Routines Toolbox	A comprehensive, searchable, and organized collection of thinking routines from all of Project Zero’s research initiatives.
Lighthouse Community Public Schools’ Thinking Routines Matrix	This annotated collection of thinking routines, assembled by educators from Lighthouse Community Public Schools, pulls from the two sources above and organizes routines by those aimed at introducing & exploring ideas, synthesizing & organizing ideas, and digging deeper into ideas.
The Open Portfolio Project: Overview	The Open Portfolio Project combines research and practice in order to develop a common framework for documenting, sharing, and assessing learning through portfolios. For approaches to digital documentation and portfolio creation, check out the Open Portfolio Journey Map, a Practical Guide to Open Portfolios, and DIY Documentation Tools for Makers.
Documentation Prompt Jar	This resource offers an accessible and adaptable array of documentation prompts to support learners in capturing their work, process, and thinking as they make in learn. These can be used remotely.

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Additional RESOURCES for supporting hands-on learning at home and in distance contexts

Tune into our new weekly, online video series designed to support educators and families with accessible hands-on learning experiences at home.

Each week we are exploring a different type of making. Check out these curated resources to make - or support making - at home.

Visit this digital calendar of online events, curated from across the web. Events range from virtual support calls for educators to remote hands-on activities for youth and families to do at home.

If you’re having fun with our guides, we want to hear from you! Just write us at info@makered.org. We also welcome you to suggest a topic for our next LIVE!stream, or share an event or resource with us.