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Vtc presentation cathie
1. Making young children’s
thinking visible
by using
powerpoint and and .
Cathie Matthews
Early Childhood teacher
Currently teaching KG at UNIS, Hanoi
2. What I think you might want to know?
• Who is Cathie Matthews, why is she presenting?
• Why would I use powerpoints with Kindergarten?
• What do my power points look like?
• How do I create them?
• How are they used? My Questions
• Who are they for? Who knows about “Visible Thinking routines”
• What else ? Who has heard of March Church ?
Who uses
• Powerpoint ?
• Picassa ?
• Animoto ?
• Slideshare ?
• The Snipping tool ?
• How have you used these ?
8. I find my powerpoints useful for many
reasons:
• They are like an ongoing class
scrapbook.
• They help me to really listen
• They document the learning.
record children’s thinking,
wonderings and growing
understanding.
• A great tool for reflecting
10. Powerpoint help me to really listen, show I am interested and document the
learning.
11. An interview My mum and Dad and my
brothers Toby and Sam are
important because they care
for me, they are really nice
and they share.
I love little pet shop toys. They
are really small. They are
important and special to me.
I am interested in making craft
with beads, because it is really
fun when you get to iron
them.
Harriet
12. Who are they useful for?
Children share
with parents
13.
14. Useful for teachers
Useful for teachers:
- To reflect on unit
- To share with other colleagues
-To remember what we did the previous year
Teachers share with teachers
16. What are my powerpoints useful for?
Making Young children’s thinking visible
Visible Thinking routines ( Mark Church) Harvard Project zero
See - Think – Wonder
What makes you say that?
Think Pair Share
I used to think…..,now I think
20. I used to think and now I think..
Compare our thinking from beginning to end of unit.
What is a scientist?
Finn: They do experiments to find out stuff. A scientist is a person with a white apron. It can be a boy or a girl. I
have seen scientists do experiments about fossils.
A scientist is a person who thinks a lot, reads a lot of science books, think before doing experiments. I was a
good scientist. I tried experiments on the lab to find out about pushes and pulls. I learned that if you push or pull
hard something will go very fast but if you pull and push slow it goes slow.
Victor: I don’t know. Caring?
Scientists can make blow rocket, balloon, blow painting with straws, We are learning about science and making
things move. I was a good scientist. When you blow through the straw , it makes the straw fly very fast. I like
doing experiments to find out about lots of things.
Seung Joon: Um, no I don’t know.
Scientists are observing. Observe means looking. They look what they are doing. They are thinking. I was a good
scientist, I did lots of experiments with push and pull and water and swing. I know you need to push the swing to
make it move.
Itsuki: Scientists make books, write lots of things, like information like animal and insects. He has a brown hat.
Scientists do experiments to know about pushes and pulls and make forces. I was a scientist. I did lots of
experiments like blow the ball to make it go far.
Raya: Finds out load s of things and sometimes they like to make stuff to find out stuff.
A scientist is a person that invented pushes and pulls. I was a scientist. I pushed and pulled things. I found out
how to make a blow rocket, if you blow out the rocket goes on an pointed angle.
Teacher – to document individual students thoughts/wonderingsTeacher and students- reflect on the learning togetherTeacher- share with ParentsMyself- share with other teachersMyself- useful during appraisalMyself- to reflect on own teaching, children’s learning, understanding and use quotes when reportingStudents- to remember what we have done in class to share with their parents
