Introducing 

Prezi AI.

Your new presentation assistant.

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.

Loading…
Transcript

COMMUNICATION

~Facebook, twitter, Google Docs

~Team building with groups

~Sharing with groups

~Talk problems out

~Turn and talk with neighbors and table mates

~Having students summarize what has been said

~Oral presentations with a question and answer session

~Students confer with each other during writing time to give a compliments and suggestion

~Turn and talk to develop understanding

~During small group time we discuss questions and comments about our books. We also do "walk and talks"

CRITICAL THINKING

~Offer activities that have open ended questions supporting and encouraging students to tap into experiences that connect with their learning

~Essential questions in a sorcratic seminar setting

~Guiding concepts: form, function, change, connection, responsibility, reflection and perspective to form our language

~Encourage students to think of an independent activity

~ Create a brochure that would be given to visitors coming to their town

~Choice to come up with their own projects on the computer

~Asking students questions and to explain their thinking

~Giving students "Think Time"

Our Journey Begins by recognizing what we already do to help our students CREATE, Think CRITICALLY, COLLABORATE and COMMUNICATE.

Collaboration

CREATIVITY

~Numbered Heads and Think Pair Share

~Museum Walk

~Sharing and conferencing with other classes

~Peer conferencing

~Students get to be the teacher to explain problems and field answers

~Groups work towards a solution

~Students read a paragraph in a group and each student comes up with a way to teach part of the class

~In Writers Workshop students plan stories with partners and help guide each other by asking questions so each persons writing has improved

~Work in partners or trios to find solutions to problems

~Teams work together to solve problems and accomplish goals

~Students interview each other about a particular topic in order to get different perspectives

~Students work on projects or learning activities and the need to use their voices to collaborate

~talking about strategies for solving problems

~rubrics/expectations on assignments somewhat vague so students are free to develop and create their own vision

~Allow many different types of "projects" to fill the requirements to encourage creativity

~Use post student work to show types of work I am looking for

~Writing math questions for each other to solve

~Giving students options on how to present their work

~Allowing options for writing as long as they are using the method we are practicing in class

~At the end of some units of study. We implement design challenges where students are expected to define a problem, brainstorm solutions and prototype those solutions

~Students are encouraged to be creative during writing by being shown where to go on the computer to pull pictures for their stories

~Blank white paper

Learn more about creating dynamic, engaging presentations with Prezi