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With Mike Fleetham

Smart Tools for Thinking and

LearningGeneric learning activities for

engagement, progress and mastery

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Mike Fleetham learning designer & educational consultant

Ex-electronics engineer

Teacher for 8 years, then assistant headteacher

Bestselling book 45,127th

Teacher (FS – Yr13), Learning designer for 14 yrs, Realtime Coach

Life goal: to enrich the life, work and learning of 1,000,004 people every year

Author, Father

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@miketweetham thinkingclassroom Mike Fleetham

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Workshop Aims

• Understanding the key features of classroom ‘Smart Thinking Tools’

• Experience 5 high impact classroom tools that work in any lesson

• Customise generic tools ready for immediate use back in school

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5 tools

• Using Images for thinking and learning

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For you, which image best represents this year?

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Line Up by

Longest journey you plan to take over the Summer holiday

Another country

Lounge-Kitchen. And back.

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Line Up by

birth date (no talking at all!)

(month/day – not year)

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Draw line in book

Lesson Objective

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Point

how tough this year has been so far (maybe discuss

why?)

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Line Up by

your thinking style

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5 tools

• Using images for thinking and learning• Line ups and variations

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Content, List, Prompt,

Source, Word, Image, Sound, Video clip etc.

Basic Idea:

Thinking Prompt 1

Thinking Prompt 3

Thinking Prompt 2Thinking Prompt 4

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2 x 44 x 46 x 4

10 x 412 x 4

Do a better listWhat’smissing?

What comes after?

What came before?

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likewisemeanwhile

nowotherwisesuddenly

Do a better listWhat’smissing?

What comes after?

What came before?

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• I went through a secret door.• I slipped quietly though the open top floor window.• I began to dissolve piece by piece, with each stroke I

took, swimming through the magic lake.• As the cool mountain dawn broke I knew that the

conditions were perfect; so I focussed my mind, imagined a gap between this world and the parallels, then stepped through - just as Hermes had done moments before.

Do a bett

er listWha

t’s m

issi

ng?

What comes after?

What came before?

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Do a bett

er oneWha

t’s m

issi

ng?

What comes after?

What came before?

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Do a bett

er oneWha

t’s m

issi

ng?

What comes after?

What came before?

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Content, List,

Prompt,Source

Put them in orderMake it harder

Plan to teach it to someone else

Alternatives:

Rank themReverse/oppositesMake it easier

Add to it

Create 1 easy, 1 medium, 1 difficult question

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What else is there?

A better oneA worse one

A single feature

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? Do a better list

What’smissing?

What comes after?

What came before?

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5 tools

• Using images for thinking and learning• Line ups and variations• 4-Way Thinking

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Is more X than Is less Y than

Is opposite to

Is Is not

Is better than Is worse than

A. B. C. D. E.

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Is more than Is less than

Is opposite to

Is Is not

Is better than Is worse than

A. M Gove B. C. D. E.

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Alternative connection prompts

Is similar to

Contradicts

Reinforces

Will cause

Develops

Adds to

Depends on

Supports

Same colour as

Same shape as

Same 1st letter

Same sound

Same last letter

Same texture

Same use

Same mass

3 features in common

Nothing in common

Undermines

Upholds

Transforms

Eliminates

Augments

Creates

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Is better than

Is like Is not like

A. B. C.

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5 tools

• Using images for thinking and learning• Line ups and variations• 4-Way Thinking• Arch Thinking

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Mark out a flip chart page like this and make sure everyone can write on it at the same time.(one edge space for each person – this one is for a group of 6)

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Individual thinking and writing: Write or draw your response to these 3 things:1. I would use <thinking tool> because...2. I would not use <thinking tool> because...3. I would like to know…..Don’t share yet! 5 minutes

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IN TURN,sweep* round the group, sharing with each other. Share out the time 6 minutes

After all have spoken, discuss share ideas etc.

*Sweep = ring-fenced time for speaker: no interruptions, questions, comments or challenges. However, write comments, questions, ideas here

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TOGETHER,Rank the 4 tools.

(5 minutes)

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5 tools

• Using images for thinking and learning• Line ups and variations• 4-Way Thinking• Arch Thinking• DoNut Thinking

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Mike FleethamLearning Design Consultant

Phone: 44 (0)1962 840885 / 44 (0)7983404086

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E-mail: mike@thinkingclassroom.co.uk

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