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.

Switched on to thinking.

Today’s Learning Focus

Using pictures to encourage thinking

Solving problems

There’s really nothing to It

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

Facts and Opinions ? Facts

Opinions

Which is the Odd one out ?

1 2 3

4 5

What do you think is happening in this picture ?

What do you think you would see beyond the frame ?

Beyond the Frame

Asking Smart Questions

If you could ask the person in this photo some questionsWhat would they be ?

Just Before

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

Like.

How are you like someone in the picture ?

Headlines

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

Being A Facilitator

Corbis.comFlikr.com

google imagespublicdomaineclip-artwww.compflight.com

http://worldimages.sjsu.edu

Wordle www.wordle.net

Things to do with Wordle1. Students can use the key words in the wordle to create sentences about

the topic2. Students could create their own wordle using key words from a topic.3. Students could use the wordle to create poetry4. Wordle could be used to create spelling lists5. List ways to say the same thing in different ways e.g. greetings6. List the names of characters from a movie or story7. List key points about a historical event, a famous speech or a famous

person8. Create a book jacket using a wordle of key characters, places or events

within the book.9. 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. 10. Create two wordles out of two articles on the same topic then compare

the wordles11. Create a dictionary wordle.12. Create a wordle by listing words in english and the corresponding words

from another language (e.g.) german. Students can link the words together.

13. Cut an paste an article on a particular topic into a wordle use the wordle for power writing.

WordleTo 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.

Collagewww.shapecollage.com

Nurture Creativity

You have been asked to memorise the following digits in correct order:

471937260873Create a story that would help you to do this.

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

Interesting Websites http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk100 Best You tube Videos for teachershttp://www.ted.com TED – Ideas worth spreadinghttp://www.teachertube.comhttp://www.surveymonkey.com This is for creating surveyshttp://www.slideshare.net http://fastflip.googlelabs.com This site displays images from new sites that can be flipped through quickly and easily.