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Think About It.

Think About It. A review of ideas from the Learning@ School Conference 2010. Many of these ideas have come from a sessions lead by John Phelps and Tony R yan. Today’s Learning Focus. Switched on to thinking. Using pictures to encourage thinking. Solving problems.

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Think About It.

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  1. Think About It. A review of ideas from the Learning@ School Conference 2010. Many of these ideas have come from a sessions lead by John Phelps and Tony Ryan.

  2. Today’s Learning Focus Switched on to thinking.

  3. Using pictures to encourage thinking

  4. Solving problems There’s really nothing to It

  5. What questions would you like to ask any of these people?

  6. Facts Facts and Opinions ? Opinions

  7. Which is the Odd one out ? 1 2 3 4 5

  8. What do you think is happening in this picture ? What do you think you would see beyond the frame ? Beyond the Frame

  9. Asking Smart Questions If you could ask the person in this photo some questions What would they be ?

  10. Just Before Imagine a photograph has been taken a few minutes after this one. What would it Show. ?

  11. Like. How are you like someone in the picture ?

  12. Headlines What is happening in the picture ? What do you think will happen next ?

  13. Being A Facilitator

  14. Corbis.comFlikr.comgoogleimagespublicdomaineclip-artwww.compflight.comhttp://worldimages.sjsu.eduCorbis.comFlikr.comgoogleimagespublicdomaineclip-artwww.compflight.comhttp://worldimages.sjsu.edu

  15. Wordlewww.wordle.net

  16. Things to do with Wordle Students can use the key words in the wordle to create sentences about the topic Students could create their own wordle using key words from a topic. Students could use the wordle to create poetry Wordle could be used to create spelling lists List ways to say the same thing in different ways e.g. greetings List the names of characters from a movie or story List key points about a historical event, a famous speech or a famous person Create a book jacket using a wordle of key characters, places or events within the book. Create a wordle that reviews the workings of an object. (e.g. an ear). The wordle could be pasted over a picture of the object. Create two wordles out of two articles on the same topic then compare the wordles Create a dictionary wordle. Create a wordle by listing words in english and the corresponding words from another language (e.g.) german. Students can link the words together. Cut an paste an article on a particular topic into a wordle use the wordle for power writing.

  17. Wordle • To save wordle so that you can use it in powerpoints or word you need to: • Save the wordle to the gallery • On your laptop press the fn and the prtsc keys • Open the paint programme on your laptop • Press edit > paste • Select the cropping tool and select the wordle cloud > right click and copy • Go to file>new>do not save changes> edit > paste • Save into your pictures. It will be a jpg file that you can then insert into power points or word documents.

  18. Collagewww.shapecollage.com

  19. Nurture Creativity You have been asked to memorise the following digits in correct order: 471937260873 Create a story that would help you to do this.

  20. Brain Storms- Classroom Activity cards for Creative Thinking by Tony Ryan • www.tonyryan.com.au • Tony Ryan claims that nurturing creative thinking in the classroom can: • create a positive attitude towards the learning process • Heighten the emotional link with that learning • Boost the effectiveness of our memory • Develop out creative potential

  21. Interesting Websites http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk 100 Best You tube Videos for teachers http://www.ted.com TED – Ideas worth spreading http://www.teachertube.com http://www.surveymonkey.com This is for creating surveys http://www.slideshare.net http://fastflip.googlelabs.com This site displays images from new sites that can be flipped through quickly and easily.

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