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=December 19: Secondary Session: Writing across the curriculum: visit @6-12 Writing December 19 page=

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=Higher Level Thinking Skills & Student Engagement= =highergroundinteract.wikispaces.com= =Facilitator: Jill Bromenschenkel=

Do you believe? Together.
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Wed, Sept 26 2012
Greetings! Today we will explore strategies for infusing literacy in all content areas, in combination with our past goals and topics!

11:30- Whole Group Afternoon: Break out sessions: 5-12 Content area Literacy Active Reading/ Deep Reading Student Publishing Writing


 * Schedule Tuesday, August 20, 2012**

8:00- Whole Group (K-2 & 6-12) Engaging in higher level thinking via MN Literacy Standards and active engagement strategies 9:30- Breakout 1 Cooperative Learning/ Engagement Strategies 10:20- Breakout 2 Digital Tools for MN Lit Standards 11:10- Breakout 3 Higher Level Thinking in grade/ content areas (break in between each session) 12:00-1:00 lunch1:00- 2:30 K-2 with Jill, 6-12 with Leona Santillon, Positive Behavior & Intervention Specialist2:30- 2:45 Behavior Intervention Q & A with Leona S (all)2:45- Guided Planning & Application3:45: Reflect and close 8/20 Guest Presenter: Leona Santillan, Behavior and Intervention Specialist

=Collection of sites to support HOTs & Blooms= **Ed Tech Guy: The Differentiator** Bloom's chart, questions, and verbs Bloom's products and activities circle

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=Welcome to our wiki and learning together!=

Collection of Sites

 * Student Engagement
 * Collaborative Tools
 * Higher Order Thinking & Engagement

A) Review & Update of work since Sept 28 PD day

 * **Backchannel checkin: http://todaysmeet.com/hga**
 * **Cooperative Structure: Quiz Quiz Trade or Four Corners**
 * B) Our identity as Learners & Thinkers:**
 * **Rally Robin and Stick Person**
 * **Visible thinking: thinking routines**
 * C) Team Collaboration**
 * **Paper plate spinners: strategy mash-up**
 * **Google doc or typepad: HOTs strategies**
 * D) Wrap and share: Give One/ Get One**

A) Review & Update of work since August 31 PD day
> [|http://www.wisemapping.com] > [] > __ http://bit.ly/qmAltq __ > http://www.xmind.net/ @http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/03/nine-tools-for-collaboratively-creating.html
 * ===Backchannel checkin: http://todaysmeet.com/hga===
 * ===Cooperative Structure: agree/disagree & line-ups===
 * ===Interactive Tool: mindmapping (choice: online or paper versions)===
 * http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/08/bubblus-free-mind-mapping-tool.html

B) Cooperative structure/ student engagement plans

 * ===Check-in, share strategies===
 * ===Revise as needed===

C) Higher Order Thinking: changing our tasks

 * ===Analyze current instructional/ assessment tasks===
 * ===Alter tasks to reflect Higher Order Thinking (i.e: @http://bit.ly/qpXZoV)===

=Lesson Checklist for Higher Order Thinking/ student engagement=

ü Student Academic Talk and Interaction is 60-85% of class time (each student/ all students )

ü Higher order thinking sentence frames posted, accessible, and used

ü Each student responds and produces in multiple levels of Bloom’s taxonomy

ü Discussion and questions are student-generated and HOTS

ü Answers are guided to extension

ü Students are guided in meta-cognitive skills; student can explain their thinking

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56 Co-op Structures

Dual Layer Curriculum

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Higher Order Thinking Skills: How do we get there?

Andrew Church discusses Bloom's Digital Taxonomy with useful resources and ideas. Blooms Digital Taxonomy Bloom's wall chart Bloom's circle

Creating
==Bloom's Taxonomy is a taxonomy of activities and behaviors that exemplify **Higher Order Thinking Skills** (HOTS) and **Lower Order Thinking Skills** (LOTS). Bloom's allows use to rank and structure different classroom activities and plan the learning process. In the 2001, Lorin Anderson and other revised Bloom's original work to give use **Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.**==

**Collection of websites: Bloom's & Higher Order Thinking**
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Make a plan... Parts of lessons, coop structure, overarching language focus, higher order application Kinder/Gr1 Co-op grid HGA C-op grid

Teach others- Examine lesson plans- add higher order Tech apps

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