Spotlight Sessions

	MAY 10: CRITICAL INQUIRY IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT - PART 2 (K-12) with GARFIELD GINI-NEWMAN Focus: Critical thinking and 21st century learning How can teachers use technology as a powerful tool to enhance critical, creative and collaborative thinking - widely seen as the cornerstones of education in the 21st century? Part two of this two-part session will explore how to develop learning experiences that engage all learners and prepare them for success in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world by: • examining the biases of technology so that teachers match the best digital tools to the desired learning • exploring how technology can help to enhance a community of thinkers both within the classroom and beyond • unpacking the concept of creative thinking and exploring the notion of collaborative genius. Thursday, May 10, 2:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Garfield Gini-Newman Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Wednesday, March 28, 2:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 10: LEARNING FOR THE 21st CENTURY (K-12) with ROLAND CASE Focus: Critical thinking and 21st century learning There is great interest in preparing students for learning in the 21st century. Unfortunately there is little consensus and even less clarity on what this would mean and how it might be achieved. This session introduces a series of professional learning videos developed by The Critical Thinking Consortium that define and provide practical guidelines for implementing four core ideas behind the calls for 21st century learning: student engagement; self-regulated learning; critical, creative and collaborative inquiry; and teaching and learning in a digital environment. Thursday, May 10, 12:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Roland Case Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Wednesday, April 25 at 2:45pm (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 15: CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGIES (ADVANCED) with PAT JAMISON Focus: Critical thinking tools How do I teach critical thinking strategies? Now that I can identify the relevant thinking strategies for a critical challenge, what next? In this session we will examine strategies for explicitly teaching thinking strategies. Participants will also be introduced to TC2 resources that support the teaching of this intellectual tool. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas. Tuesday, May 15, 2:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Pat Jamison Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Thursday, May 24, 3:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 15: CRITICAL THINKING VOCABULARY (ADVANCED) with PAT JAMISON Focus: Critical thinking tools How do I teach critical thinking vocabulary? Now that you are able to identify the most important thinking vocabulary required for a particular critical challenge, what next? In this session we will explore strategies to explicitly teach critical thinking vocabulary. Participants will also be introduced to TC2 resources that teach thinking vocabulary. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas. Tuesday, May 15, 12:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Pat Jamison Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Wednesday, April 18, 2:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 17: BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (ELEMENTARY K-6) with ROMY COOPER Focus: Critical thinking tools How and when should students access the content material required to complete a critical challenge? This session will examine relevant ways to access background knowledge at the elementary level. Several strategies for effectively introducing this content will be introduced. Examples will focus on grades K-6. Thursday, May 17, 3:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Romy Cooper Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Tuesday, February 28, 12:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 24: CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGIES (ADVANCED) with ROMY COOPER Focus: Critical thinking tools How do I teach critical thinking strategies? Now that I can identify the relevant thinking strategies for a critical challenge, what next? In this session we will examine strategies for explicitly teaching thinking strategies. Participants will also be introduced to TC2 resources that support the teaching of this intellectual tool. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas. Thursday, May 24, 3:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Romy Cooper Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Tuesday, May 15, 2:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 3: HABITS OF MIND (INTRODUCTORY) with MARY ABBOTT Focus: Critical thinking tools How do you identify the specific habits of mind for a particular challenge? In this session we will discuss selecting habits of mind to nurture over time and practice identifying relevant habits of mind for particular critical challenges. Examples will span grade levels and a variety of curricular areas. Thursday, May 3, 12:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Mary Abbott Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Tuesday, March 27, 2:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 3: USING REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL FICTION (ELEMENTARY GRADES 5-8) with MARY ABBOTT Focus: Critical thinking and 21st century learning Stories and novels are a powerful but underutilized means of helping students empathize with and understand important contemporary and historical people and events. This session explores various strategies that enable students thoughtfully mine pieces of realistic fiction as sources of information. Participants will be introduced to an annotated bibliography of exemplary pieces of literature for use in teaching various topics in social studies and history. Thursday, May 3, 2:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Mary Abbott Duration: 1 hour Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 7: USING IMAGES AS INFORMATION SOURCES (K-12) with KAREN LARONE Focus: Critical thinking and 21st century learning When it comes to learning about other times and places, a picture is worth a thousand words. This session explores various strategies to support students of all ages in thoughtfully interpreting photographs as sources of information. Participants will be introduced to online collections of picture sets and historical photographs for use in teaching various topics in social studies and science. Monday, May 7, 12:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Karen Larone Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Thursday, March 29, 2:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 8: BUILDING NUMBER SENSE WITH CRITICAL THINKING - MATHEMATICS (ELEMENTARY K-6) with CYNTHIA NICOLSON Focus: Critical thinking in areas of study How does critical thinking help students develop a strong sense of number? What steps can teachers take to promote active learning about place value patterns, basic number facts and mental math strategies? How does the TC2 model enhance student engagement in learning mathematics? In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to use critical thinking to boost your students’ understanding of number and number operations. Tuesday, May 8, 2:45PM (PT) Facilitator: Cynthia Nicolson Duration: 1 hour This session is also offered on Thursday, March 8, 12:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $21.00	Buy More
	MAY 9: INTRODUCTION TO SELF-REGULATED LEARNING with STEFAN STIPP Focus: Critical thinking and 21st century learning We want our students to be independent thinkers and learners. Their minds should be 'on' grappling, questioning and making meaning of what is being taught at any given time in our classrooms. They should be using strategies to help them learn effectively. Ideally, students should engage this way habitually and without prompting. This description of self-regulated learning sounds far-fetched, but it's not impossible. In this workshop, we will explore the following: • what is self-regulated learning? • what might it look like in my classroom? • how can the learner's license promote self-regulated learning? NOTE: This is a 2-hour long double session Wednesday, May 9, 12:30PM (PT) Facilitator: Stefan Stipp Duration: 2 hours This session is also offered on Tuesday, February 7, 1:45PM (PT) Webinar how-to’s: must-reads for first-time registrants Return to Spotlight sessions. $42.00	Buy More