The document discusses strategies for shifting to empowered learning through small changes with big impacts. It summarizes five key shifts: 1) Using brain breaks like 20-minute Twitter sessions for formative assessment and community building. 2) Implementing thinking routines like "I see, I think, I wonder" to develop deeper thinking. 3) Employing curiosity questions and technology like iPads to ignite student curiosity. 4) Mining the learning process through techniques like thinkerings studios, learning out loud, and collaborative processing. 5) Growing a culture of learning through relatings networks, student-led initiatives, and focusing on learning dispositions and growth mindsets.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/
Small Shifts, Big Impact @lottascales @sewilkie
#ssbi12 #blc12
closing the gap to empowered learning

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3. Change is a
process, not
an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
#ssbi12 #blc12

4. It’s in the Process... #ssbi12 #blc12

5. “...a vivid picture that shows what could be
possible in the near-term future.” (Switch p.78)
Write a single statement
of “destination”
for your ideal learner...
Who do you want your
learners to be
at the end of the year?
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

6. Think - Pair - Share
Pass Your Postcard Broaden & Build

7. Shift 1:
Brain Breaks
20/2
http://flic.kr/p/6pobVe

8. 20 Minute Twitter
• low floor
• formative assessment
• brain-compatible
• community-building
• breaking down the “boxes”
• model sm for learning @jgough

9. Class Twitter 20/2
• Tapping Outside
Resources
• Extending Learning
• Global Connections
• Math Minutes
• Curiosity Questions
• Connection /
Challenge /
Concept / Change

10. 56Thinkers http://bit.ly/56nasa

11. Le
an
into
the
dip
!
Twitteracy
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

12. Student Roles:
The Digital
Learning Farm Resource
•
•
Researchers
Official Scribes
Alert!
• Tutorial Designers
• Curriculum Reviewers
• Collaboration Coordinators
• Contributors to Society
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links
• “Disruptive Technologist”

13. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

14. Shift 2:
Thinking
Routines
I see...
I think...
I wonder...
http://flic.kr/p/a9EXQj

16. Flickr
Creative
Commons Resource
• 270 million photos
• Licensed for use
Alert!
• Geotagged
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

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90* is
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Headlines Take Any Fraction
And Split it in Half.
Write a headline for It Will Never
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Summarize
Michigan
in the 1800s
Color, Symbol
Image Routine
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/tc/routines.cfm http://flic.kr/p/cfiZGj

22. Le
an
into
the
Thinking
dip
!
Routines
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

23. Project Zero:
Thinking
Routines Resource
• Artful Thinking
• Visible Thinking
Alert!
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

24. The qu
ality of
our thin
king
is given
in the
quality
of our
questio
ns.
~ Linda
Elder
Shift 3: Questioning

25. iWonder
Curiosity Questions & iPad

26. http://bit.ly/curiousgenius
“When you ask for
genius, it usually
shows up.”
- Angela Maiers
Genius Questions Igniting Curiosity

29. Classroom of
Questioners
Make it sticky

30. What We Need to Know...

31. Inviting
Questions
Problem Statement
Driving Questions
Need to Knows

32. Identifying & Sorting ‘Need to Knows’...

33. http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/whitmer/

34. Costa’s
Levels of
Questioning Resource
• Derived from Bloom’s
• Designing assessments
Alert!
(teacher AND student)
• Model for better questions
http://bit.ly/ssbi-links

35. Le
an
into
the
dip
!
Questioning
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

36. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Who will your
Destination Postcard learners be?

37. Shift 4: Mining
the Process

38. Thinkering Studio http://bit.ly/thinkstu

39. Engage Creativity & Innovation

40. Metacognition Learning Out Loud

41. brainyard.wikispaces.com/
Wrong Turns... sepsd251

42. Collaborative Processing Peer PD

43. Le
an
into
the
Mining the
dip
!
Process
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

44. Shift 5: Grow
the Culture

45. Relatives Network
photo by s.wilkie, 2011

46. Skype Station
Lego Desig
n Expert
t
Peer C onsultan
Student-Led Skype

47. Collaborative Notes

48. Learning Dispositions Okay, Scientists...
& Language Choice

49. Make a Difference in the World in 60 Minutes...

50. Everything is hard, until it’s easy.
- Carol Dweck
“I made an A on my
English test because I
decided for this test
that I was going to be
an effective learner and
pay more attention.”
Effort x Strategies = Success
Teach Growth Mindset - Jessica Parsons

51. What’s Your “Yeah, but...”

52. Le
an
into
the
Grow the
dip
!
Culture
Change is a process,
not an event.
- Chip & Dan Heath
http://flic.kr/p/pfz2N

53. 2min reflection
(or tweet #ssbi12)
What are your
THOUGHTS
CONNECTIONS
QUESTIONS
Destination Postcard http://bit.ly/ssbivx

54. http://bit.ly/ssbi-links #ssbi12 #blc12