Thursday, January 30, 2014

Teacher Only Week 2014 - Day 4

Presentations from Teachers Matter Conference

Starters I could use:
- "Just like me" - say statement, children who agree stand up and say "Just like me"
- Clock - make a clock, write your own name at 12, then go around and ask others: are you free at....? Can say at times of the day: Buddy up with your 3 o'clock buddy.

Perceptions:
What we see, how we see ourselves

- need to respect children of the 21st century - they grew up differently than us.

Thinking maps
- powerful graphic structure
- circle maps - colour code different types of information
- bubble map - similar to circle maps, but info but into bubbles, don't give template, could be double bubble
- tree map - topic on top, different branches for sub categories below, can also use colour coding

Philosphy for Children
- community of learning where people support each other and discuss issues that are relevant to the classroom.
- Inquiry develops the four Cs: collaborative, critical, caring and creative
- sit in circle, use talking stick (etc) and give questions chd need to discuss



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