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Using a workshop model approach, the course presenters—both elementary school teachers—will give participants an overview of the six years of learning with Visible Thinking at various grade levels as well as the creative arts. From there we will showcase current units of study across content and grade level that have been guided and developed through the use of the planning frame. Presenters will walk our guests through the journey that we ourselves have taken in creating lessons as teachers in a Culture of Thinking. We will share the revisions, reflections, learning and understanding that continue to take place each and every year. Presenters will share samples of student thinking in connection to the units being discussed and further develop an understanding of how these visual representations of thinking are used to guide instruction. Participants will be invited to reflect on what is being presented, become familiar with the LAST protocol, and share their insights identifying where opportunities for thinking have been created and what possibilities have yet to be explored. Opting for practice over theory, conference attendees will be invited to work on the instructional design of personal units of study in the company of immediate colleagues.
Intended Audience: Elementary educators K-5