Coppell DLCs is a team of educator trainers for embedding IT in their district. Their PL is delivered through Schoology and has a number of mandated elements:
- One step directions
- Call back signal
- Call back song
- Keep everyone feeling safe
- 4 Corners - This technique stimulates student learning through movement and discussion, and it can also be used as a formative assessment. Students are presented with a controversial statement or are asked a question. In each of the four corners of the classroom, an opinion or response is posted. Students express their opinion or response by standing in front of one of four statements, and then talking to others about why they have chosen their corner. Four Corners promotes listening, verbal communication, critical thinking, and decision-making.
- Window Pane Notes - Utilize window pane notes to provide a centralized location where educators can reflect. Window pane notes create meaningful places within their session for participants to stop to process.
- Visual Synectics - Incorporate this strategy into your professional learning sessions or classroom, first, by choosing 4 images. Ask participants to observe the images and make a connection to one of them. Provide a sentence stem. Example: Technology integration in education is like a _______ because _______.*Hint: Don’t over think the images you choose.*
- Hexagonal Thinking - Hexagonal Thinking is simple yet powerful. Students can make their thinking visible by writing ideas on a hexagon and forming connections. As groups rearrange the hexagons in a variety of ways, they begin to see how others view the world–the very definition of empathy. The shape of the hexagon itself allows for more creative connections due to the number of sides and the way your eyes and brain search over the whole thinking map to seek connections. When you make a list or work in boxes, the linear thinking that follows can be quite effective and speedy, but for creativity–hexagons win. Communication skills are strengthened since the thought experiment ideally requires collaboration. Students must communicate and petition one another while they reposition ideas and ultimately come to a consensus.
- I used to think...now I know...- This strategy requires individuals to compare verbally or in writing their ideas at the beginning of a lesson instructional sequence to the ideas they have after completing the lesson(s). Individuals have the opportunity to process and reflect using metacognition.
- Text coding - Text coding is a strategy to assist readers in using metacognition while they are reading. Facilitators provide a coding system and instruct readers to mark the text and record what they are thinking either in the margins or on post-it notes. Readers make connections,self-question, and respond to what they reading, ultimately enhancing their long-term understanding.
- Turn and talk - Utilize this easy participation structure in all content areas and PL! Turn and Talk is a strategy that provides scaffolded interactions to formulate ideas and share thinking with another. Alllearners have a chance to share their thinking in a low-risk setting. Verbalizing thinking scaffolds understanding.
- Fist to five - Use Fist to five to provide learners an opportunity to express opinions, levels of confidence, comprehension, and readiness for task. This quick strategy serves as a feedback tool and can be used to rate the effectiveness of strategies and technologies.
Their PL is based on their belief that all PL needs:
- Interaction
- Choice
- Differentiation
- Reflection
- Modality
- On-going
They strictly adhere to a timeline for implementation of each PL and introduced the iPad app 30/30 for timing a series of events.
Our makes during the session included art brush bots and makey makey musical instruments
Art brushbot
Makey Makey Flute
CISD - Learning Framework
CISD - Facilitation Framework
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