Think Big! But Also Small. – Byrdseed

Differentiation TechniqueThink Big! But Also Small.

Read The Overview: Moving Between the Specific and Abstract

When differentiating, it's helpful to note where on the "spectrum of abstraction" your content lies. Then, see what happens when you move that content to be more abstract or more specific. It often unlocks lots of new opportunities for thinking.

Inductively Evaluate Website Reliability

Last time, we discussed a few ways to help students search Google. Google helps us find related websites, however its ranking system does not necessarily return the most reliable pages. The final step requires our human mind to make difficult decisions that computers can only approximate. Simply choosing the top result is not enough. We must teach our students to evaluate websites.

The Original Puzzlement: A Zoetrope

As teachers, I spend a ton of time searching for inspiration to enliven my lessons. But sometimes, inspiration hits as soon as you leave the desk and books behind. Friday my wife and I took a trip to Disneyland and saw this unbelievable (literally, it seems like magic) intersection of art & technology.

All About Character Archetypes

Another example of "structure that increases creativity" is character archetypes. An archetype, according to Wikipedia, is "an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated." Let's use an inductive lesson to teach our students about these literary tools.

Climbing Bloom’s Taxonomy In Science

Science should be more than memorizing facts. Let's spice it up and push our students from the doldrums of remembering to the soaring heights of evaluation. While it's true that this will take longer than just following a textbook, we're not just teaching facts, we're equipping students with the ability to make well-informed judgements.

Concentric Circles – Getting Students to Think Bigger (and Smaller!)

Inductively Evaluate Website Reliability

The Original Puzzlement: A Zoetrope

All About Character Archetypes

Climbing Bloom’s Taxonomy In Science

Analyzing Suffixes Inductively

Differentiation TechniqueThink Big! But Also Small.

Read The Overview: Moving Between the Specific and Abstract

Specific Examples of “Think Big! But Also Small.”

Concentric Circles – Getting Students to Think Bigger (and Smaller!)

Inductively Evaluate Website Reliability

The Original Puzzlement: A Zoetrope

All About Character Archetypes

Climbing Bloom’s Taxonomy In Science

Analyzing Suffixes Inductively