Feb2013

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 * #MYPChat February 2013: Visible Thinking & ATLs in MYP **

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 * Thursday Feb 21, 2013. 11:00UTC **, immediately following #PYPChat

- implement PYP and MYP - implement MYP and accept students from PYP feeder schools - are interested in MYP or visible thinking in MS-HS classes
 * This would be relevant for teachers in schools that:**

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Welcome

 * Introduce yourself - name, place, role.
 * How do you see the role of ATLs in your school? What do you **think** about it? What do you **wonder** about how they could develop?

Topic Questions
Please **suggest links & Q ideas** by tweeting @IBiologyStephen and using #MYPChat
 * 1) How do we know **students are learning** and not just '**doing work'**?
 * 2) Through the ATLs we "teach learning". Do any subject areas tend to do this more explicitly than others? Why?
 * 3) How can we connect ATLs to classroom application & become more than a box on the planner?
 * 4) What are some of your top resources for teaching or PD on ATLs?
 * 5) What are your 'go-to' ATLs or Visible Thinking routines and why?
 * 6) How can ATL and Visible Thinking help formative assessment, teaching & learning?
 * 7) Q re: ATTL in DP document. How does PYP inform the continuum? What can we learn from PYP?
 * 8) Using Visible Thinking routines as assessment tools: can it work?
 * 9) Take the challenge: incorporate a new thinking routine into class in the next week or two. Which one? Why?

** Stimulus Docs from the IB **

 * MYP Principles into Practice (pages 22-25) OCC pdf
 * PYP: A Basis for Practice (transdisciplinary nature & skills, p8-10) OCC pdf
 * Approaches to Learning: Literature Review (pdf) IB research paper on the OCC
 * Approaches to Teaching & Learning in Diploma Programme: Executive summary (March 2012) OCC - useful hints at directions of ATL, very similar to PYP transdisciplinary skills
 * Promoting a culture of thinking presentation from IBAEM conference (Jan Humpleby & Susan Loban) (Ed. Leaderhsip article in first slide here)

Visible Thinking / Critical Thinking Resources

 * Project Zero Routines: Thinking Routines
 * Core Routines - Understanding Routines - Fairness Routines- Truth Routines - Creativity Routines
 * CriticalThinking.org resources: The Elements of Thought
 * Educational Leadership article: Making Thinking Visible (Project Zero) report with the research foundations in the references (pdf)

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 * Ron Ritchart:** Creating Powerful Learning Experiences (at the Smithsonian Institute):

#PYPChat did it first
There is a goldmine of links here: http://pypchat.wikispaces.com/Visible+Thinking

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