Questioning Strategies and Technology Tools That Get Kids Talking

1. Questioning Strategies and Technology Tools That Get Kids Talking Presenters: Clear Creek ISD Elementary Learning Technology Coaches Jenny Dixon (Brookwood and Bauerschlag) Betty Coker (Ed White and Landolt)

2. What if…the teacher didn’t have to do all the talking?What if…our students taught each other? Let’s give them something to talk about!

3. Objective:explore the use of Think Time, Questioning Strategies, and technology tools to engage students in meaningful conversation

4. T-TESS Connections

5. Plickers:lets you poll your class for free, without student devicesLet’s try activity 1

6. Let’s Ponder… What senses did you use to do this? What emotions came out of this? How has this helped you teach each other? What tools/materials might you need to have out to do this? Debrief with kids after each question too! 6

8. Plickers:lets you poll your class for free, without student devicesLet’s try activity 2

9. Let’s Ponder… What senses did you use to do this? What emotions came out of this? How has this helped you teach each other? What tools/materials might you need to have out to do this? Debrief with kids after each question too! 9

10. Increasing Think-time beyond three seconds has been positively related to the following student outcomes: 10

11. Arrange Yourselves into groups of 3 or 4 Your group will only need one card for this activity. 11

12. Let’s Ponder… • How has this helped you teach each other? • What tools/materials might you need to have out to do this? • What senses did you use to do this? • What emotions came out of this? Debrief with kids after each question too! 12

13. Probing Questions to Guide your Students “Socratic Questions.” The Knowledge Compass, www.knowledgecompass.org/socratic-questions.html.

14. It’s Time to give it a try! Our remaining time can be spent planning a chunk of time to experiment with these techniques. Don’t forget to check out our Sway with other tech ideas to support your planning.

15. Bibliography: Cotton, K. (2001). Classroom Questioning. Retrieved October 26, 2014, from School improvement research series. Hastings, S. (2003, July 4). Questioning article from the TES. Retrieved from QuestioningSkills: http://teachertools.londongt.org/index.php?page=classroomQuestioningSkills Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. London, UK: Routledge. Hattie, J. (2011). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. London, UK: Routledge. Walsh, J. A., & Sattes, B. D. (2005). Quality Questioning: Research-Based Practice to Engage Every Learner. California: Sage Publications. Kohn, A. (2014, March 13). Brain Science: The Forgetting Curve–the Dirty Secret of Corporate Training. Retrieved December 17, 2018, from https://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1379/brain-science-the-forgetting-curvethe-dirty-secret-of-corporate-training THANK YOU Jenny Dixon and Betty Coker jdixon@ccisd.net and bcoker@ccisd.net Website