Download - Riding The Digital Wave Slam2
Agenda
11:00-12:00 Session 2 Learning about Slam Dunk Activities
1:30-2:30 Session 8 Learning about Slam Dunk Activities
Workshop Goals
1. Participants will become familiar with the philosophy behind and process of creating Slam Dunk Lessons.
2. Provide examples of five simple lesson types that are sure to entice most students.
3. Focus on higher order thinking skills using content and technology already available.
Essential Question
How can teachers build brief lessons with digital resources that inspire a high level of engagement while challenging students to interpret, infer, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate?
Looking beyond info gathering Insight, meaning, and understanding Develop other literacy's Get beyond “copy & paste” The goal of these Slam Dunk lessons is:
To engage students in challenges that they will find intriguing and worthy of their time.
To empower teachers to launch learning activities that match curriculum standards.
To produce the kinds of results we all hope to see in our classrooms.
Keys to Success
We need two things to build a great lesson :1. An intriguing question that matches the standards. 2. A collection of information that will spark understanding.
Provoking a sense of wonder is paramount.
AKA…How can teachers build brief lessons with digital resources that inspire a high level of engagement while challenging students to interpret, infer, analyze, synthesize and evaluate?
A Guide to Higher Level Thinking
Ruth Sunda Kyrene de las Brisas
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Bloom’s Six Levels
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
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Knowledge
Name List Recognize Choose Label
Relate Tell Recall Match Define
Level 1 – Recall
Remembering previously learned material, recalling facts, terms, basic concepts from stated text
Comprehension
Compare Describe Outline Organize Classify
ExplainRephraseShowRelateIdentify
Level 2 – Understand
Demonstrating understanding of the stated meaning of facts and ideas
Inference
Speculate Interpret Infer Generalize Conclude
Level 2 1/2 – Infer
Demonstrating understanding of the unstated meaning of facts and ideas
Application
Apply Construct Model Use Practice
DramatizeRestructureSimulateTranslateExperiment
Level 3 – Put to Use
Solving problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, and techniques in a different situation
Analysis
Analyze Diagram Classify Contrast Sequence
SimplifySummarizeRelate toCategorizeDifferentiate
Level 4 – Break down
Examining and breaking down information into parts
Synthesis
Compose Design Develop Propose Adapt
ElaborateFormulateOriginateSolveInvent
Level 5 – Put together
Compiling information in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern
Evaluation
Judge Rank Rate Evaluate Recommend
DefendJustifyPrioritizeSupportProve
Level 6 – Judge
Presenting and defending opinions by making judgments about information based on criteria
Applying Bloom’s
Knowledge – List the items used by Goldilocks while she was in the Bears’ house.
Comprehension – Explain why Goldilocks liked Baby Bear’s chair the best.
Application – Demonstrate what Goldilocks would use if she came to your house.
Analysis – Compare this story to reality. What events could not really happen.
Synthesis – Propose how the story would be different if it were Goldilocks and the Three Fish.
Evaluation – Judge whether Goldilocks was good or bad. Defend your opinion.
Using the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Put yourself in the place of one of the characters and tell what you would have done….. ?
What would result if….. ?Compare and contrast….. ?What questions would you to find out … ?How would the character solve the similar
situation of….. ?Put the main character in another story
setting, how would he act?If you had to plan a vacation for the main
character, where would he go?
Application Openers
What motive does ____ have…..?What conclusions can you draw about…..?What is the relationship between…..?How is ______ related to …..?What ideas support the fact that…..?What evidence can you find…..?What inferences can you make about…..?What generalizations can be made about …..? What assumptions can you make about …..?What is the theme of…..?
Analysis Openers
What would happen if…..?What advice would you give…..?What changes would you make to…..?Can you give an explanation for…..?How could you change the plot…..?Suppose you could _____, what would you
do…..?How would you rewrite the section from
_________’s point of view…..?How would you rewrite the ending of the
story?
Synthesis Openers
Compare two characters in the selection….which was a better person…why?Which character would you most like to spend the day with?Do you agree with the actions of…..?How could you determine…..?Why was it better that…..?What choice would you have made about…..?How would you explain…..?What data was used to make the conclusion…..?Would it be better if…..?
Evaluation Openers
Now get out there and “bloom” with higher order thinking and
questioning skills!
A picture is worth a thousand thoughts
Visit the following website
http://web.archive.org/web/20050921201503/http://www.learnnc.org/media/articles/bloom0405-3/bloompix.html
With a partner, come up with one more question for each level of thinking on the pyramid
5 Types of Slam Dunk Lessons The Database The Provocative Article, Poem, and Text The Provocative Ad/Persuasive Image The Dramatic Media *The Rich Site
The Database A "chunk" of information with a set of
challenging questions requiring the student to interpret or make sense of the data. The chunk might be an image, a passage of text or a collection of data.
Example: Homicide
The Provocative Article, Poem or Text
Focusing on current events and issues. Example: What Should be Done?
(article can be found here)
The Provocative Ad/Persuasive Image
Focus on synthesis, asking students to harvest a great image and combine it with powerful text to express a message that is full of impact and import.
Example: Pharmaceutical Ad
The Dramatic Media The interpretation or discussion of a
single powerful image, short video clip, or short audio sound.
Civil War Counting Money
The Rich Site Finding a rich Web site on a content
area such as weather - NOAA, for example - and then conceiving an essential question to challenge students to mine and interpret the rich information.
Example: Hurricane of the Century Example: Recycling
Copyright
Many slam dunk lessons raise questions of copyright, as the image, the text or the numbers may be copyrighted and not available for publication. In such cases, the lesson planner can provide a link to the chunk of information where it resides, thereby avoiding unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Alternatively, you may use anything on the CSLO site in your classroom with proper citation.
