Sunday, April 18, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Session Eight
Today's session is all about the "support" part of our values, or we could call it the "network" part. You are going to create a blog on a topic of your choice and use it to bring together media related to your chosen interest as well as perhaps beginning to create a little learning network. I'll post the links when you have set them up so you can visit one another's. Meanwhile, have a look at the animation above to see what blogging is all about.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Session Seven
As this is our last session before Easter we are playing a game today. Your teacher will explain the rules of "Thought Exchange".
Before you start, have a go at one example of each card to get used to the format.
Now divide into a maximum of six teams (preferably fewer, say four teams) and take a coloured person for each team. Draw a "Route Planner" card and put your person on the Start circle. Take three counters to hand in when you change lines. Remember to change lines you must stop at an interchange, even if that is fewer moves than the number you rolled. If you answer correctly within the time you may roll again, and then await your next turn.
After you have been playing for ten minutes, stop and discuss what techniques you are using to meet the different challenges: you may well learn something from another group.
And at the end, some more braincandy: is there a difference between playing and learning?
Before you start, have a go at one example of each card to get used to the format.
Now divide into a maximum of six teams (preferably fewer, say four teams) and take a coloured person for each team. Draw a "Route Planner" card and put your person on the Start circle. Take three counters to hand in when you change lines. Remember to change lines you must stop at an interchange, even if that is fewer moves than the number you rolled. If you answer correctly within the time you may roll again, and then await your next turn.
After you have been playing for ten minutes, stop and discuss what techniques you are using to meet the different challenges: you may well learn something from another group.
And at the end, some more braincandy: is there a difference between playing and learning?
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Filtered thinking
1. Look through the colour filters. What do you notice? Can you explain it? Today we're going to look at how your brain filters information and how you can use that understanding to advantage.
2. How does your brain work? Which part of your brain deals with strong emotional reactions (fight or flight) and which with rational thinking? Do you know how your brain decides which of the almost infinite stimuli around you to notice? How could this filtering be a good thing? How could it be a bad thing?
3. Introducing De Bono's six thinking hats (image and mind-map).
4. Going back to our discussion last time - use the six hats to decide whether you would think it would be a good thing to be taught by a robot (take the hats in turn, everyone suggesting ideas).
5. What are the advantages of using the six hats technique, and why have we compared them to filters?
6. Now choose one of these questions and put on a hat. Have a discussion!
a) we should change assembly time to the end of the day
b) I should learn a new musical instrument
c) the government should impose a 1% charity tax
7. Can you think of lessons or study tasks where the six hats could be useful?
2. How does your brain work? Which part of your brain deals with strong emotional reactions (fight or flight) and which with rational thinking? Do you know how your brain decides which of the almost infinite stimuli around you to notice? How could this filtering be a good thing? How could it be a bad thing?
3. Introducing De Bono's six thinking hats (image and mind-map).
4. Going back to our discussion last time - use the six hats to decide whether you would think it would be a good thing to be taught by a robot (take the hats in turn, everyone suggesting ideas).
5. What are the advantages of using the six hats technique, and why have we compared them to filters?
6. Now choose one of these questions and put on a hat. Have a discussion!
a) we should change assembly time to the end of the day
b) I should learn a new musical instrument
c) the government should impose a 1% charity tax
7. Can you think of lessons or study tasks where the six hats could be useful?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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