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@lordlangley73 "How do you embed thinking skills into your everyday

colport 19:57
lessons? What works best?" #ukedchat starts in a few minutes

Welcome everyone. It's time for #ukedchat. Our topic: How do you
bevevans22 20:00
embed thinking skills into your everyday lessons? What works best?

#UKEdChat Good start is to highlight which skills will be developed at the

dmchugh675 20:01
beginning of the lesson.

RT @OhLottie: Taking part in talks with architects about new school build:
mooshtang 20:01
my ideal KS2 classroom + ICT suite. Your thoughts? #ukedchat

US scientists significantly more likely to publish fake research, study finds

briankotts 20:01
http://bit.ly/97Ruos /via @sciencedaily #edchat #ukedchat
RT @BAFDiploma: The more I think about #GEW the more I believe that
tutor2u 20:01 students are stifled by a didactic curriculum and fear of making mistakes.
#ukedchat
Does anyone have any tried and tested strategies or ideas they enjoy
bevevans22 20:01
using? #ukedchat

@bevevans22 #ukedchat I think that using discussion partners so that

carolrainbow 20:02
they can try their ideas out on each other before writing etc helps

@dmchugh675 How do you think that is best achieved? And does that
bevevans22 20:02
change depending on Key Stage? #ukedchat

I think we need to start from the idea that thinking skills are explicit
DrAshCasey 20:02
outcomes of our teaching. #ukedchat

good evening. ironically my PGCE students are having trouble with

john_at_muuua 20:02
thinking skills simply due to not allowing thinking time.#ukedchat

By showing the result, the target, the outcome and not always the
tobyholman 20:03
process / path : #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey at the risk of sounding like a mathematician, are thinking

john_at_muuua 20:04
skills product or process? #ukedchat

Our school currently adopts Habits of Minds strategies in addition to

bevevans22 20:04
other ideas. Does anyone else subscribe to a similar idea? #ukedchat

#UKEdChat Two lots of learning objectives? Make the usual content and
janeyk419 20:04
skills clear but also stress particular thinking skills?

Creativeedu 20:05 Hi All, sorry I'm late! #UKEdChat

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 RT @teachesict: i agree with @john_at_muuua - it is essential to allow
bevevans22 20:05
time for students to think #ukedchat <thinking time is essential

@dmchugh675 Yes - show them how it's not done and ask them for
bevevans22 20:06
solution to how to make it better! #ukedchat

#ukedchat Sometimes hard to demonstrate progress in skills..easy to flag

NSRiazat 20:06
up as something that is being addressed. Harder to show progress.

@CreativeEdu Welcome to #ukedchat. We're discussing How do you

bevevans22 20:06
embed thinking skills into your everyday lessons?

blowtheblues 20:07 #ukedchat talk partners for oral rehearsal of ideas is always a winner

deerwood 20:07 Has anyone tried Six Hats (de Bono)in schools? #ukedchat

@NSRiazat Do you have any suggestions to how progress could be shown

bevevans22 20:07
or developed in this area #ukedchat
We use a scheme known as Building Learning Power BLP
theotheralig 20:07 http://www.guyclaxton.com/blp.htm It is very effective when
embedded.#ukedchat
Two essentials that a teacher cN control- have activities with a shared
DKMead 20:07
pedagogical purposes and have metacognitive tasks #ukedchat

I'm trying to embed thinking skills in to my business - and you think

mikemcsharry 20:07
schools are hard! #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey Agree. This has been the big message of the NI Curriculum
dmchugh675 20:07
that many Educators try to ignore. #ukedchat

Is one the difficulties that it is hard to show progress with thinking

Creativeedu 20:07
skills,b/c they are process rather than product? #UKEdChat

duckinwales 20:07 #ukedchat first bit of CPD tonight - research Habits of Minds!

@NSRiazat #UKEdChat True but prime territory for self and peer
janeyk419 20:07
assessment?

@bevevans22 we have a composite that the HOM are part of, shared
DKMead 20:08
common language is essential #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu But possible to show progress through discussion / review

tobyholman 20:08
at end of the lesson #ukedchat

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 @deerwood #UKEdChat Yup! Literally have hats!! Works well, especially
janeyk419 20:08
once students come to expect it. Can work in groups and whole class

B/c this isn't my specialist area please can someone define for me exactly
Creativeedu 20:08
what we mean when we talk about thinking skills? #UKEdChat

RT @duckinwales: #ukedchat first bit of CPD tonight - research Habits of

bevevans22 20:08
Minds! < There are links on the NGFL Cymru site I think

@deerwood use the thinking hats often in Art lessons to develop different
nellmog 20:08
types of ideas #ukedchat

How do you embed thinking skills into your everyday lessons? What
familysimpson 20:09
works best? #ukedchat sounds interesting!

@dmchugh675 #UKEdChat Agree - snowballing can work really well.

janeyk419 20:09
Used today with Y9s looking at aid/Haiti!

What exactly are the 'skills' that we are referring to? Paragraphing is a
john_at_muuua 20:09
tangible skill, but can a thought process be tangible? #ukedchat

RT @teachesict: @bevevans22 - what is the Habits of Minds strategy?

bevevans22 20:10
#ukedchat Focus on particular elements - Finding humour, persistence...

my last comment was only slightly flippant - we identified this need in one
mikemcsharry 20:10
staff appraisal #ukedchat

#UKEdChat one 'thinking skill' I try and push is independent learning in the
sharland 20:10
class - give targets, resources and let them get on with it

#UKEdChat Do people agree that we're talking PLTS? Or is it more than

janeyk419 20:10
that?

Our little Snowmen: http://bit.ly/agyGwE #crafts #ukedchat

redtedart 20:10
#teachpreschool

@carolrainbow I use snowballing. Start in pairs, then fours, then eights.

dmchugh675 20:11
Great for arguments. #UKEdChat

@dmchugh675 we cannot assume that things are learnt. if we know if we

DrAshCasey 20:11
don't tech it right because students don't learn it right. #ukedchat

Feuersteins work shows what works best in an academic sense

DKMead 20:11
highlighting the need for "bridging" metacognitive tasks #ukedchat

@deerwood been using them for 13 years. They remain an extremely

DKMead 20:12
useful tool to help students manage their thinking #ukedchat

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 In order to teach thinking skills we have to forground thinking itself. Are
DrAshCasey 20:12
we encouraging students to think or do? #ukedchat

@deerwood Or ever tried using De Bono's hats in staff meetings?

STEMclubs 20:12
Thinking skills tricks are useful for everyone, not just students! #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu Google :Thinking skills incl thinking analytically, logically &

duckinwales 20:12
creatively 2 form reasoned judgments & solve problems #ukedchat

There'sinformation her about habits of Mind for those who haven't heard
bevevans22 20:12
of it #ukedchat: http://bit.ly/9q4aou

expand your vocabulary and expand your opportunities - we now have 1

mikemcsharry 20:13
staff member who has a seriously complex word emailed daily! #ukedchat

@deerwood six hats good to focus thinking, let's just do some green hat
Janeh271 20:14
thinking etc as well as making thinking explicit #ukedchat

sharland 20:14 @DrAshCasey #ukedchat I think we should do both

I agree @DrAshCasey Are we creating a learning environment that allows

JoeyFeith 20:14
for thinking skills to develop? #ukedchat

#UKEdChat At Sec level how to get students to value those skills? Have
janeyk419 20:14
had to work hard on that one "but is this on the exam Miss?"

duckinwales 20:14 #ukedchat @CreativeEdu really it's problem solving by a posh name!

RT @dmchugh675: @carolrainbow I use snowballing. Start in pairs, then

sharland 20:14
fours, then eights. Great for arguments. #UKEdChat

@DrAshCasey Hopefully we are giving them a good grounding in skills that

bevevans22 20:14
help them become more independent #ukedchat
RT @theotheralig: We use a scheme known as Building Learning Power
familysimpson 20:14 BLP http://www.guyclaxton.com/blp.htm It is very effective when
embedded.#ukedchat
RT @duckinwales: #ukedchat @CreativeEdu really it's problem solving by
john_at_muuua 20:15
a posh name!

#ukedchat thinking skills support xhildren in the move from passive

Smichael920 20:15
recipient to active learner.

clearly not done a good job if critical thinking has to be taught as a core
philallman1 20:15
option at AS level! What do we teach before this then? #ukedchat

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 @duckinwales @CreativeEdu true, but are these not assessed in writing,
john_at_muuua 20:15
usually in response to reading? not really a separate skill #ukedchat

For anyone just joining us the topic of tonight's #ukedchat is How do you
bevevans22 20:15
embed thinking skills into your everyday lessons? What works best

@janeyk419 I like that idea. I can see that working. Learning objective,
RealLara 20:15
context, thinking skill focus #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua www.criticalthinking.org has the best set of definitions

DKMead 20:16
I've seen #ukedchat

#ukedchat @mikemcsharry ...a seriously complex word emailed daily! <-

duckinwales 20:16
good idea, what about emailing a math problem or foreign word.

RT @Smichael920: #ukedchat thinking skills support xhildren in the move

bevevans22 20:16
from passive recipient to active learner <totally agree

@bevevans22 students need to be given opportunities to reflect on their

dmchugh675 20:16
learning. They can judge progression & set targets #UKEdChat

RT @JoeyFeith: I agree @DrAshCasey Are we creating a learning

DrAshCasey 20:16
environment that allows for thinking skills to develop? #ukedchat

I feel that, too often, educators are not allowing students to think in their
JoeyFeith 20:16
own way. #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua yes as thought processes have structures eg planning -

DKMead 20:16
a flow chart helps what's difficult is being metacognitive #ukedchat

@janeyk419 plts good but must be built into work not an add on
Janeh271 20:16
#ukedchat

http://www.instituteforhabitsofmind.com/what-are-habits-mind knew I'd

john_at_muuua 20:17
seen it somewhere! #ukedchat

Sorry I'm late & not able to stay! We used Instrumental Enrichment then
TheHeadsOffice 20:17
Somerset did their own - excellent! #ukedchat

@bevevans22 I hope too, but some subjects (eg PE) don't always put the
DrAshCasey 20:17
why before the how, meanings student 'do' without thinking #ukedchat

@reallara #UKEdChat Also true of other skills "I want you to comment on
janeyk419 20:17
how well you have collaborated" for example

@janeyk419 Absolutely - so worrying that they feel they need that

RealLara 20:17
permission #ukedchat

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 RT @bevevans22: RT @Smichael920: #ukedchat thinking skills support
DKMead 20:17 xhildren in the move from passive recipient to active learner <totally
agree

dmchugh675 20:17 @janeyk419 Sounds good...brilliant for a chatty class ;-) #UKEdChat

@reallara #UKEdChat > being creative if you TELL them that you want
janeyk419 20:17
them to be so. Often keep ideas to selves otherwise!

I particularly like using philosophy for children in KS2. Encouraging asking

RealLara 20:17
questions & listening, not answer focused #ukedchat
RT @ukedchat: An interesting #ukedchat starts in 30 mins with
JaneDavis13 20:18 @bevevans22 "How do you embed thinking skills into your everyday
lessons? What works best?"

deerwood 20:18 I recall using lateral thinking puzzles with some success #ukedchat

Hi all, late tonight and on mobile! A good way to encourage thinking is to

DeputyHeadDunn 20:18
only allow hands up if extending a previous answer #ukedchat

@JoeyFeith true but sometimes you need to teach them to think in a

DKMead 20:18
different way #ukedchat

do you think an improved focus on thinking skills will make students more
Creativeedu 20:18
employable? #UKEdChat

RT @redtedart: Our little Snowmen: http://bit.ly/agyGwE #crafts

dizzydanni84 20:18
#ukedchat #teachpreschool

Thinking skills - do you have your own approach or does your school have
bevevans22 20:18
a consistent overview on how things should be done? #ukedchat

@DeputyHeadDunn Welcome. We're discussing How do you embed

bevevans22 20:19
thinking skills into your everyday lessons? What works best? #ukedchat

RT @RealLara: I particularly like using philosophy for children in KS2.

DeputyHeadDunn 20:19
Encouraging asking questions & listening, not answer focused #ukedchat

If better thinking means better employability surely that's more important

Creativeedu 20:19
than anything you can find on an exam paper? #UKEdChat

@Smichael920 absolutely. It worries me when some children seem to

RealLara 20:19
feel put upon when required to think #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey Ok so that's the problem How do we fix it? How can we

JoeyFeith 20:20
allow ourselves to take the time to realize the needs of ea kid? #ukedchat

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 @duckinwales @duckinwales bit by bit. The tough word is already
mikemcsharry 20:20
showing a slight improvement in confidence and accuracy. #ukedchat

So, when do we start introducing Thinking skills - Foundation? KS1? KS2?

bevevans22 20:20
What are your thoughts #ukedchat

@DKMead that's true, but in a system defined by assessment can thinking

john_at_muuua 20:20
really be separated from the process leading 2 the product?#ukedchat

philallman1 20:20 @Creativeedu why is it not on one then? #ukedchat should be!

@Janeh271 #UKEdChat Entirely agree! PLTS in isolation is nonsense.

janeyk419 20:20
Difficult to ensure it's embedded across school though. Working on that!

@DKMead @JoeyFeith but this new way of thinking is something that

DrAshCasey 20:21
they construct from their old thinking rather than just assume #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey #UKEdChat What is a "traditional" LO? Do you mean

janeyk419 20:21
content led?

Do thinking skills work better in some subjects rather than others?

john_at_muuua 20:21
#ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:21 @bevevans22 foundation! Asap really #ukedchat

@philallman1 I completely agree - but then how can you assess it?
Creativeedu 20:21
#UKEdChat

mikemcsharry 20:21 @bevevans22 thinking skills should be always and everywhere #ukedchat

Do traditional learning outcomes really allow for high order thinking? do

DrAshCasey 20:21
we aspire to the top end of bloom's taxonomy? #ukedchat

RealLara 20:22 @john_at_muuua Easier to integrate into some perhaps? #ukedchat

janeyk419 20:22 @reallara #UKEdChat "What's the question to this answer?"?!!

Questioning important to encourage thinking but allowing all to answer

Sport_ed 20:22
vital-mini whiteboards great 4 getting all to contribute #ukedchat

@teachesict #ukedchat, absolutley. I loved it when I had the

nadiavoodoo 20:22
responsibility of marking my peers work as part of MY assessment. MEd

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 @DKMead I totally agree My concern is with teachers who don't realize
JoeyFeith 20:22
that not every student will automatically think the same way #ukedchat

@bevevans22 Fd children show great thinking skills/independance.

mr_chadwick 20:22
Curriculum in KS1 knocks it out of them! #ukedchat

The assessment of thinking skills is in the development of the other areas

TheHeadsOffice 20:22
of the curriculum #ukedchat

@mikemcsharry We introduce them at a very young age and the school

bevevans22 20:22
has a set strategy and approach. It is making a difference #ukedchat

Posing answers and asking children for questions is a great way to wake
RealLara 20:22
up sluggish brains #ukedchat

quote "I'm not creative" response "well you just created that sentence
mikemcsharry 20:22
didnt you?" #ukedchat

Thinking skills - how do you embed them? What works? Some interesting
bevevans22 20:23
ideas so far #ukedchat.

TheHeadsOffice 20:23 @bevevans22 I agrre! The earlier the better! #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey re: Bloom's - a good way to challenge colleagues to

herrn96 20:23 introduce Bloom's is to use his vocab in writing lesson outcomes
#ukedchat
just been reading 'leading at higher level' and listening to chip and dan
mikemcsharry 20:23
heath - you guys would love that stuff #ukedchat

I am worried that too much focus on 'outcomes' will mean we lose the
ckzebra 20:23
benefits of the process of learning. #UKEdChat

i'm thinking (!) my Y9 taking an hour to discuss the role of troops in

john_at_muuua 20:23
Afghanistan. Serious considered and open ended thinking. #ukedchat
@JoeyFeith if talking #physed then we need to acknoledge that the
DrAshCasey 20:23 traditions of our subject don't work and find new ways- not easy
#ukedchat
Peer and self assessment seem to be key - how do you encourage and
bevevans22 20:24
implement this? We started with learning logs #ukedchat

RealLara 20:24 Also like to use Ian Gilbert style Thunks #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua agree schools need to facilitate a response that

DKMead 20:24 protects against a limited curriculum we should aim to do both
#ukedchat

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 Are thinking skills very different in different subject areas e.g. would they
Creativeedu 20:24
be different in PE than maths? #UKEdChat

#UKEdChat We've been given ActiveExpression handsets. Can work as

janeyk419 20:24
good alternative to "brainstorm" - all give a response!
What about RSA's Opening Minds framework?
STEMclubs 20:24 http://thersa.org/projects/expertises/education/opening-minds-
old/opening-minds-faqs #ukedchat
#ukedchat Thinking skills important for future employment of our pupils-
Ideas_Factory 20:25
not knowledge of Kings & Queens

@herrn96 when we are talking of bloom's trying to help student think in

DrAshCasey 20:25
higher order ways could/should be an aim of education #ukedchat

@DrAshCasey not easy at all. But there are ways to promote thinking in
JoeyFeith 20:25
#physed. Questioning, tactical talk, etc. #ukedchat

I concur! RT @herrn96: a good way to challenge colleagues to introduce

ckzebra 20:25
Bloom's is to use his vocab in writing lesson outcomes #ukedchat

RT @reallara: Also like to use Ian Gilbert style Thunks #ukedchat , Thunks
bevevans22 20:25
build on Philosophy for Children - is that right?

@Creativeedu I don't think there is a difference. It ia bout using all the

TheHeadsOffice 20:25
strategies available & asking questions #ukedchat

Ken Robinson refs Breakpoint and beyond studied Divergent thinking. 98%
AdiNotNow 20:25
of pre school rated genius (1 of 2) #ukedchat

RealLara 20:25 @janeyk419 I love my ActivExpressions! #ukedchat

Da Costa 'Its knowing what to do when you don't know what to do.
philallman1 20:26
#ukedchat

To develop thinking skills there needs to be a shared vocabulary. We used

TheHeadsOffice 20:26
ELLI #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu #UKEdChat > to do something like boarding or skating!

janeyk419 20:26
Collaborative, reflective...!!!

So someone with sound thinking skills would be constantly self-evaluating

Creativeedu 20:26
throughout a lesson? #UKEdChat

When designing projects I always find myself going back to the buck
digitalme_ 20:27
instute http://bit.ly/aQA70v #ukedchat

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 When designing projects I always find myself going back to the buck
triches 20:27
instute http://bit.ly/aQA70v #ukedchat

Got to say Blooms is such a limited tool As educators seem to ignore the
DKMead 20:27
dimension that may make it coherent - ditch Blooms #ukedchat

Is there a danger of restricting the way in which students think if we

Creativeedu 20:27
restrict the way in which we measure it? #UKEdChat

#ukedchat Thinking skills-anyone do the excellent P4C? Philosophy for

Ideas_Factory 20:27
Children.Abstract thinking just as valuable

RT @ckzebra: I am worried that too much focus on 'outcomes' will mean

mooshtang 20:27
we lose the benefits of the process of learning. #UKEdChat

@reallara #UKEdChat Love my AE's too. More of a challenge when you

janeyk419 20:27
teach in 7 different rooms but they work like a charm!!

@ckzebra sadly we're already there. thinking skills (not a helpful term) is a
john_at_muuua 20:27
strike against that trend#ukedchat

An idea I heard, as an intro to 'teamwork', involved groups of pupils trying

bevevans22 20:27
to erect tents in a given time. Anyone done this? #ukedchat

By 10 it was 50% and had dropped away to nearly nothing by 15.

AdiNotNow 20:28
http://bit.ly/cFDcts #ukedchat RSA animate presentation

Def agree RT @ckzebra I am worried that too much focus on 'outcomes'

jessamacookie 20:28
will mean we lose the benefits of the process of learning. #UKEdChat

@deerwood what a fascinating idea. I'd love to hear examples. Have you
Creativeedu 20:28
tried it? #UKEdChat

john_at_muuua 20:28 not all subjects think alike. #ukedchat

@Creativeedu It all comes back to how any lesson is framed. Is there a

dmchugh675 20:28
challenge/problem or will kids go through the motions #UKEdChat

RT @TheHeadsOffice: To develop thinking skills there needs to be a

bevevans22 20:28
shared vocabulary. We used ELLI #ukedchat <helps if you're doing this

@TheHeadsOffice @Creativeedu isn't that more possible in some subjects

john_at_muuua 20:28
than others? #ukedchat

I wonder if anyone has tried to explore thinking skills without using

deerwood 20:28
language? Using perhaps Dance, Music, Art? #ukedchat

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 We did a cross age range workshop with N-yr.11. They had to problem
TheHeadsOffice 20:29
solve - creating dodecahedron. Did it again plus parents #ukedchat

@TheHeadsOffice I taught model-based PE to kids with ADHD. We had

JoeyFeith 20:29
them define the constructs of the model in their own words. #ukedchat

RT @herrn96: So we need to think about how students think. Here's a

bevevans22 20:29
useful link to get that started http://bit.ly/bOYD7V #ukedchat

janwebb21 20:29 @thomascutts hope you've been following #ukedchat!

@deerwood #UKEdChat Well...tomorrow my Y9s are doing plate

janeyk419 20:29 boundaries through mime!! (fingers crossed and flip cameras at the
ready!!)
RT @deerwood:wonder if anyone has tried to explore thinking skills
bevevans22 20:29
without language? Using perhaps Dance..? #ukedchat we've tried in PE

So we need to think about how students think. Here's a useful link to get
herrn96 20:29
that started http://bit.ly/bOYD7V #ukedchat

The best Thinking Skills framework I have come across and it really works!
asober 20:30
http://bit.ly/bbUKcl #ukedchat

Blooms is an evolving idea and is an important learning tool

ICanTeach_uk 20:30
http://yfrog.com/3we1ogoj #ukedchat

Blooms is an evolving idea and is an important learning tool

ICanTeach_uk 20:30
http://yfrog.com/3we1ogoj #ukedchat

RT @reallara: @bevevans22 They can do. But can use just to initiate
bevevans22 20:30
thought and discussion. http://bit.ly/dAzFiP <fab link #ukedchat

@TheHeadsOffice it was a form of shared vocabulary that allowed us to

JoeyFeith 20:30
think on the same playing field. #ukedchat
@CreativeEdu Not with mainstream kids but have done movement and
deerwood 20:30 mime with SEN learners for whom speech and language were issues
#ukedchat
I am redesigning our KS3 curriculum currently to include the elements
ckzebra 20:30
being discussed plus others. It is genuinely exciting! #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua Expressive movement and responses, mime, forces,

deerwood 20:31
trust games? #ukedchat
RT @janeyk419: #UKEdChat Well...tomorrow my Y9s are doing plate
ICanTeach_uk 20:31 boundaries through mime!! (fingers crossed and flip cameras at the
ready!!)

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 RT @15snapper: re miniwhiteboards. Wallwisher is a cool way to take
bevevans22 20:31
that beyond the classroom: http://bit.ly/byhRqw #ukedchat < as is Linoit

@Creativeedu measurement is a hot potato. If we create a rubric for skills

dmchugh675 20:31
kids will go through the motions? Is assessment needed? #UKEdChat

Kids least strait jacketed by prior learning are sometimes the free-est
Creativeedu 20:31
thinkers. I've seen this in special ed. #UKEdChat

Ideas_Factory 20:32 #ukedchat It's resilience-it's self reflection-it's problem solving-it's critical!

john_at_muuua 20:32 @asober thanks for that! very helpful. #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua @deerwood We have a very enthusiastic person

bevevans22 20:32
developing this aspect - I will find out and report bakc #ukedchat

@Elmlea1981 #ukedchat At first I thought it might have been a political

EddieGouthwaite 20:32
choice http://tinyurl.com/36cg33z Barnsley - Newham

RT @AdiNotNow: By 10 it was 50% and had dropped away to nearly

mr_chadwick 20:32
nothing by 15. http://bit.ly/cFDcts #ukedchat RSA animate presentation

RT @asober: The best Thinking Skills framework I have come across and it
john_at_muuua 20:32
really works! http://bit.ly/bbUKcl #ukedchat

Good question. RT @CreativeEdu: R thinking skills vry difft in difft subject

RunFunStarz 20:32
areas e.g. wld they B difft in PE than maths? #UKEdChat

@dmchugh675 agree but without assessment will they be motivated in

Creativeedu 20:32
our exam culture? #UKEdChat

RT @AdiNotNow: Ken Robinson refs Breakpoint and beyond studied

mr_chadwick 20:32
Divergent thinking. 98% of pre school rated genius (1 of 2) #ukedchat
RT @EddieGouthwaite - #Ukedchat Newham Council
Sheffield_stuff 20:32 http://tinyurl.com/33xggnw teaches Barnsley Council
http://tinyurl.com/37fj3om On expe...
RT @Ideas_Factory #ukedchat Anyone do P4C? Abstract thinking just as
TeacherTalks 20:32
valuable >> yep, big fan...should be part of every curriculum!

@ckzebra VERY interested in redesigning the curriculum to be much more

john_at_muuua 20:32
joined up. transferable skills. #ukedchat

@deerwood Musical Futures have done a lot of work around music and
triches 20:32
project based learning http://bit.ly/9uVbor #ukedchat

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 @bevevans22 @deerwood please do. time to re-think how we do this
john_at_muuua 20:33
job. #ukedchat

@asober would be even better if it hadn't been blocked! #ukedchat - at

janwebb21 20:33
least linoit still works

maybe the whole sec curriculum should be refocused around key skills
Creativeedu 20:33
like thinking and learning instead more like primary ed? #UKEdChat

tried Role Play of kids being bacteria/WBCs for a keeping healthy unit and
ICanTeach_uk 20:33
filmed it - hilarious! #ukedchat

For those just joining #ukedchat - How do you embed thinking skills into
bevevans22 20:33
your everyday lessons - wht works best?

@janeyk419 sounds amazing. Please let us know how you get on!!
dmchugh675 20:33
#UKEdChat

Any project ideas for engaging my form with their new blog? Reaction so
MrColleyStMarys 20:33
far has been 'meh'! #edtech #edchat #ukedchat

RT @john_at_muuua: vry int. in redesigning the curriculum 2 B much

philallman1 20:33
more joined up. transferable skills. #ukedchat <when did we lose ths?

Costa's Habits of mind are great for getting students to think about
JRenold 20:34
thinking: http://bit.ly/aZEHaB #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu #UKEdChat LOVE that idea. Big risks for a school with
janeyk419 20:34
massive exam results focus though...

Creativeedu 20:34 @ckzebra how will you do that? #UKEdChat good luck!

@DKMead Ah, Feuerstein. Saw a documentary on his work a few years

drdennis 20:34
ago. Must see if I still have it. #ukedchat

RT @asober: The best Thinking Skills framework I have come across and it
DKMead 20:34
really works! http://bit.ly/bbUKcl #ukedchat

#ukedchat I m currently working on having pupils identify and suggest

familysimpson 20:34
ways to improve knowledge of concepts through target setting.
I am preparing to convince staff and rest of SLT team that synergy
ckzebra 20:34 between subjects and independent thinking can have 'outcomes'
#UKEdChat
but maybe the exams focus is where we're going wrong. as an employer I
Creativeedu 20:35
look for SKILLS and PROMISE not GCSEs #UKEdChat

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 RT @asober The best Thinking Skills framework I have come across!
TeacherTalks 20:35
http://bit.ly/bbUKcl #ukedchat >>couldn't agree more!

@asober As could other collaborative tools like Dabbleboard - the sharing

bevevans22 20:35
of ideas can and should cross boundaries (bit like #ukedchat)

janeyk419 20:35 @CreativeEdu #UKEdChat Long term vs short term outcomes :/

ICanTeach_uk 20:35 Marshmallow challenge is good for teamwork and thinking #ukedchat

RT @bevevans22: There'sinformation her about habits of Mind for those

familysimpson 20:35
who haven't heard of it #ukedchat: http://bit.ly/9q4aou

How about debating skills (sounds a bit public school, I know) as a means
deerwood 20:35
of developing thinking skills? #ukedchat

RT @bevevans22: For those just joining #ukedchat - How do you embed

JaneDavis13 20:35
thinking skills into your everyday lessons - wht works best?

If divergant thinking drops off, are we teaching it out of them or rather

AdiNotNow 20:35
constraining their thinking with 1D thought training? #ukedchat

@deerwood hang on a minute... I do that and we call it drama! :-)

john_at_muuua 20:35
#ukedchat

@john_at_muuua My aim is 2 deliver synergy, functionality, independent

ckzebra 20:36
thinking, creativity & resilience through themes & subjects #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu #UKEdChat Agree. But until we have the chance to focus

janeyk419 20:36
on long term, SLT will always want immediate impact. Not good but true!

RT @asober: The best Thinking Skills framework I have come across and it
familysimpson 20:36
really works! http://bit.ly/bbUKcl #ukedchat

@Creativeedu Primary needs to go back to risk taking to re-introduce the

TheHeadsOffice 20:36
TS work they did. #ukedchat

RT @CreativeEdu: as an employer I look for SKILLS and PROMISE not

philallman1 20:36
GCSEs #UKEdChat <that's what empls say is lacking in current system!

@bevevans22 @asober @thomascutts I can resist no longer - wikis take

janwebb21 20:36
wallwisher and dabbleboard one step further #ukedchat
RT @bevevans22: RT @reallara: @bevevans22 They can do. But can use
familysimpson 20:36 just to initiate thought and discussion. http://bit.ly/dAzFiP <fab link
#ukedchat

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 threat of a flipcam and posting on safe school website normally ups the
ICanTeach_uk 20:36
ante for learning #ukedchat
I know many employers look at GCSEs but it's perfectly possible for
Creativeedu 20:36 someone to have 11* and be completely useless in the workplace
#UKEdChat
@john_at_muuua There you go! #ukedchat and you thought drama was
deerwood 20:36
just acting ;)
@ICanTeach_uk so how do you move between the levels?all of those
DKMead 20:36 websites are different- blooms is unideal interesting but flawed
#ukedchat
RT @ICanTeach_uk: Marshmallow challenge is good for teamwork and
bevevans22 20:36
thinking #ukedchat <I think you should explain that one :)

@CreativeEdu OECD, Cisco, Microsoft & Intel started a major project re

triches 20:37
assessing 21st century skills... http://bit.ly/a8aWML #ukedchat

@Creativeedu We need 2 get 2 the stage where children realise their

dmchugh675 20:37
strengths and areas for dev without the need for a test score #UKEdChat

lots of good stuff on TED about teaching kids to be entrepreneurs too -

ICanTeach_uk 20:37
good thinking outside the box #ukedchat

@drdennis stein was originally aimed at lower ability but is great for all!
TheHeadsOffice 20:37
#ukedchat

RT @AdiNotNow: By 10 it was 50% and had dropped away to nearly

familysimpson 20:37
nothing by 15. http://bit.ly/cFDcts #ukedchat RSA animate presentation

Want to stretch and challenge students' creative thinking? Little tools like
herrn96 20:37
this are ingenious: http://bit.ly/agxoSy #ukedchat

@janeyk419 true true, but as an outsider looking in and trying to improve

Creativeedu 20:37
education, this frustrates me hugely! #UKEdChat

literacyadviser 20:37 Ian Gilbert's Thunks? Fermi questions? #ukedchat

deerwood 20:37 @janwebb21 explain! #ukedchat

RT @herrn96: So we need to think about how students think. Here's a

duckinwales 20:37
useful link to get that started http://bit.ly/bOYD7V #ukedchat

RT @janwebb21: @bevevans22 @asober @thomascutts I can resist no

bevevans22 20:37
longer - wikis take wallwisher & dabbleboard one step further #ukedchat

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 Possible good example of how Teachers acting as facilitators encourage
asober 20:37
developing thinking in the classroom? http://bit.ly/8vZ7eB #ukedchat

RT @philallman1: I'm not an FFT level I'm a pupil! #ukedchat--- Hate it

SkoorBttaM 20:38
when the FFTs are branded around!!

@Creativeedu How would employers find out that a potential employee

TheHeadsOffice 20:38
has good thinking skills? #ukedchat

Just joined, fresh from parents' evening! Think it is important to share

MissiF 20:38
own thinking processes with students. #UKEdChat
Here here RT @Creativeedu maybe the exams focus is where we're going
jessamacookie 20:38 wrong. as an employer I look for SKILLS and PROMISE not GCSEs
#UKEdChat
@DKMead most of the web 2.0 stuff will be obsolete in 3 years anyway -
ICanTeach_uk 20:38
working on a plan #ukedchat

RT @philallman1: I'm not an FFT level I'm a pupil! #ukedchat <what he

bevevans22 20:38
said :)

RT @deerwood: I wonder if anyone has tried to explore thinking skills

timsheringham 20:38
without using language? Using perhaps Dance, Music, Art? #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu #UKEdChat Even more true as an insider (and SLt

janeyk419 20:38
member!!) - believe me!!

@theheadsoffice I agree, it's a risk short term but I think the long term
Creativeedu 20:38
benefits would be immense. #UKEdChat

@AdiNotNow the new English syllabus. students know the text, question.
john_at_muuua 20:38
the best ones will just copy up notes. no thinking #ukedchat

Teachers need to be specific about what thinking we wish to help

DKMead 20:38
students develop- thinking is involuntary try stopping! #ukedchat

philallman1 20:38 I'm not an FFT level I'm a pupil! #ukedchat

@colport wallwisher/linoit! any of those.... actually #lifeisaboutlearning

janwebb21 20:38
will have posties which will develop stickies further #ukedchat

@colport @janwebb21 If Wallwisher's not working there's always an

bevevans22 20:38
alternative like Linoit to use :) #ukedchat

@Missif #UKEdChat Genius comment!! Kids love it when you pause and
janeyk419 20:39
don't know..."I'll have to think about that - what do you think?"

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 Here's the marshmallow challenge http://bit.ly/90Od73 and i love em
ICanTeach_uk 20:39
#ukedchat

@deerwood BECAUSE it takes it beyond brain storming/collecting/sorting

janwebb21 20:39
ideas and links to creating own info pages wi..#ukedchat

@Creativeedu that what has happened in N Ireland. KS3 is a skills based

dmchugh675 20:39
curriculum. Content is there as a vehicle 4 skills #UKEdChat

@janwebb21 ever used http://bit.ly/7ymVzp ? I think it has great

asober 20:39
potential too #ukedchat

This week I interviewed for an apprentice. The kid I chose had been
Creativeedu 20:39
written off as thick. BUT great problem solver, just bored #UKEdChat

Will blog about curriculum plans and how the response is over the next
ckzebra 20:39
week. I would love some feedback. Wish me luck! #UKEdChat

RT @15snapper: @Sport_ed re: miniwhiteboards. Wallwisher is a cool

ICanTeach_uk 20:40
way to take that beyond the classroom: http://bit.ly/byhRqw #ukedchat

@deerwood #ukedchat I tried linking Barnsley and Newham with

EddieGouthwaite 20:40
#olympics2012 and @Elmlea1981 Not political link is it? #ThinkingSkills

RT @herrn96: Want to stretch and challenge students' creative thinking?

bellaale 20:40
http://bit.ly/agxoSy #ukedchat > I LOVE that!

@theheadsoffice I tend to do a working interview. Throw kids in at the

Creativeedu 20:40
deep end. You soon find out who can think #UKEdChat
Lot's of great discussion on tonight's #ukedchat What about a list of
bevevans22 20:40 strategies - how many do you use? QUADs, KWL, Concept map,
Fishbone?
RT @herrn96: Want to stretch and challenge students' creative thinking?
RealLara 20:40
http://bit.ly/agxoSy #ukedchat <-- love it! #ukedchat

deerwood 20:40 @janwebb21 aha, now I see what you mean ... and I agree. #ukedchat

@deerwood with opportunities for peer feedback/editing as part of the

janwebb21 20:40
process #ukedchat

If we start with content thats what we end with! #ukedchat What are we
philallman1 20:40
really trying to embed?

@bevevans22 i'm convinced that this is a distraction. we already have

john_at_muuua 20:40
thinking skills embedded. Inspectors want to have proof! #ukedchat

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 anyone willing to write a guest blog post on thinking skills for me?I am out
Creativeedu 20:41
of my depth but keen to share good practice! #UKEdChat

RT @RealLara: RT @philallman1: I'm not an FFT level I'm a pupil!

janeyk419 20:41
#ukedchat Agree. Agree. Agree. Agree! #ukedchat

@asober looks good - but we have a blogging capability on the learning

janwebb21 20:41
platform (albeit with hitches) #ukedchat

RT @philallman1: I'm not an FFT level I'm a pupil! #ukedchat Agree.

RealLara 20:41
Agree. Agree. Agree! #ukedchat

RT @ICanTeach_uk: Here's the marshmallow challenge

bevevans22 20:41
http://bit.ly/90Od73 and i love em #ukedchat <thanks for posting the link

@janwebb21 @deerwood agree a common language is essential and the

DKMead 20:42
ability to be metacognitive desirable.. #ukedchat

once told I taught KS3 science lk a history tchr. y I asked. Cos U nevr
philallman1 20:42
answer the qu, U always ask 1 instead! came the reply! #ukedchat

janeyk419 20:42 @philallman1 #UKEdChat What a great compliment!!

@john_at_muuua Surely confident, independent pupils who know where

bevevans22 20:42
their strengths lie is proof enough #ukedchat

http://bit.ly/cwCSPX Framework I like is Marzano's Dimensions of

JRenold 20:42
Learning. #ukedchat

@ICanTeach_uk agreed. Especially liked Cameron Herold talk on

familysimpson 20:42
entrepreneurs. #ukedchat

EddieGouthwaite 20:42 @Ideas_Factory #ukedchat is taht like #CPA

@asober but new version should make it a lot easier - we actually use
janwebb21 20:42
podcasting instead of blogging in my class #ukedchat

We're currently working on Attitudes and Perceptions, building up an

JRenold 20:43
atmosphere of 'High Expectations' with students and staff. #ukedchat

@Creativeedu Universities complain that many 'A' students cannot

dmchugh675 20:43
problem solve nor speak in front of a group. Exams r 2 blame. #UKEdChat

if you want to see thinking skills in action, watch out for Sugata Mitra's
janwebb21 20:43
keynote at #ukief here: http://bit.ly/9w9E9K #ukedchat

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 RT @janeyk419: @philallman1 #UKEdChat What a great compliment!!< it
philallman1 20:43
wasnt meant as one!

RT @bevevans22: @john_at_muuua Surely confident, independent pupils

RealLara 20:43
who know where their strengths lie is proof enough #ukedchat #ukedchat
@janwebb21 I can resist no longer - wikis take wallwisher and
herrn96 20:43 dabbleboard one step further #ukedchat --> Start using GoogleDocs.
Awesome!
I went to Oxford - best thing I learned was how to think fast and talk my
Creativeedu 20:44
way out of a corner during tutorials with amazing minds! #UKEdChat

@herrn96 we use google docs but not for writing based activities!
janwebb21 20:44
#ukedchat

RT @RealLara: RT @herrn96: Want to stretch and challenge students'

familysimpson 20:44
creative thinking? http://bit.ly/agxoSy #ukedchat <-- love it! #ukedchat

@bevevans22 I agree. Sadly I'm not an inspector :-( sorry, i mean :-)
john_at_muuua 20:44
#ukedchat

@dmchugh675 #UKEdChat Some A'Level courses are great at developing

janeyk419 20:44
those skills though - Edexcel (many faults) does it well for Geog!

#ukedchat Loathe idea of treating thinking skills as something separate.

SusanElkinJourn 20:44
Everything u ever do in school should involve/dev'p think'g skills

#ukedchat some amazing problem solvers in class: eg portable snow tires

familysimpson 20:44
for bikes (latex snow chains that can be inflated slightly) harness!

Does anyone implement a 'no hands up' classroom. If so - how do you find
bevevans22 20:44
it? I do it and some pupils hate it! #ukedchat Any thoughts?

@herrn96 hmmm I still find them slow for co-editing at times esp as we
janwebb21 20:44
don't have fast broadband #ukedchat

@dmchugh675 exams draw on completely different skills. I was one of

Creativeedu 20:45
those kids who didn't do great in exams but was good in class. #UKEdChat
@DKMead @deerwood #ukedchat long words! thank goodness for auto
janwebb21 20:45 translate tools that enable us to share with ANYONE no matter what
languate
RT @SusanElkinJourn: #ukedchat Loathe idea of treating ts as something
philallman1 20:45
separate. Everything u evr do in skool shld inv/dev'p think'g skills

@bevevans22 I use it when appropriate, and explain why. Doing anything

john_at_muuua 20:45
'all the time' numbs the effect. #ukedchat

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 A couple of other techniques to think about; mood boards and vision
deerwood 20:45
boards #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu US airforce found the best indicator of a successful pilot

triches 20:45
was whether they played with model planes as a kid! #ukedchat

#ukedchat I use random partners & mini plenaries 2promote thinking. I've
mister_jim 20:45
also used wallwisher & blog comments

RT @bevevans22: RT @ICanTeach_uk: Here's the marshmallow challenge

familysimpson 20:45
http://bit.ly/90Od73 and i love em #ukedchat <thanks for posting the link

We need more than a list of thinking tools we need to understand and

DKMead 20:45
share the pedagogy behind them with our students #ukedchat

Okay - we're coming to the final 15 minutes of a frantic discussion on

bevevans22 20:45
embedding thinking skills #ukedchat What works?

@bevevans22 I do sometimes and use Lollipop sticks with names on to

DeputyMitchell 20:45
target random pupils. #ukedchat

RT @familysimpson: @ICanTeach_uk agreed. Especially liked Cameron

ICanTeach_uk 20:45
Herold talk on entrepreneurs. #ukedchat It's just great !

@SusanElkinJourn Development of thinking skills should be a key feature -

RealLara 20:46
far more important than knowledge #ukedchat

Please can someone explain the rationale between no hands up. I'm
Creativeedu 20:46
intrigued. #UKEdChat

@bevevans22 I'm another lolliop sticks/random names person. Why do

bevevans22 20:46
you think some children hate it. Is it a 'control' issue #ukedchat

@DeputyMitchell #UKEdChat lollipop sticks and a bit of blutac can also

janeyk419 20:46
target questions so kids don't know they're bring targetted!!!

@janeyk419: until we have chance to focus long term, SLT always want
herrn96 20:46
immediate impact -> So agree project/success criteria &do it #ukedchat

@bevevans22 Love it but give regular opportunities for children to put

RealLara 20:46
hands up after random selection. Paired talk is key #ukedchat

janwebb21 20:46 @deerwood @DKMead #ukedchator even language #ukedchat

@john_at_muuua there's a reason you'll never see me and Cary Grant in

Creativeedu 20:47
a room together ;-) #UKEdChat

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 @john_at_muuua @reallara I have hands up at intro (part. with younger
bevevans22 20:47
pupils) no hands up in plenary (except occasionally)#ukedchat

RT @reallara: Development of thinking skills shld B a key feature - far

philallman1 20:47
more important than knowledge #ukedchat <agree!content is not king

@bevevans22 #ukedchat Surely all teachers also ask the ones who
SusanElkinJourn 20:47
haven't put hands up? Thought this quite dotty when read about it today.
RT @triches: @CreativeEdu US airforce found the best indicator of a
duckinwales 20:47 successful pilot was whether they played with model planes as a kid!
#ukedchat
@CreativeEdu as opposed to talking fast and thinking my way out of a
john_at_muuua 20:47
corner like Cary Grant!? #ukedchat

#ukedchat used google docs for app brainstorming when working on

familysimpson 20:48
program design skills. Live collab fab on a smartboard!

Sorry 4 missing session- agree with @DKMead: its also about the
Ariellah 20:48
principles and strategies for learning that we must incorporate #ukedchat

@bevevans22 or lack of control for those who want to always be the one.
john_at_muuua 20:48
#ukedchat

@philallman1 knowledge is so transient. When I started uni ONE WEEK on

mikemcsharry 20:48
finding info in library. Owt to keep us out of t'pub #ukedchat
RT @bevevans22 intend to use no hands up idea when I get class of my
jessamacookie 20:48 own & an environment where not scared to give an answer a go!
#ukedchat

asober 20:48 @janwebb21 no wonder you get all these awards ;-) #ukedchat

@CreativeEdu #UKEdChat NHU=not just "usual suspects" responding in

janeyk419 20:48
class. Questions differentiated and targeted. More effective. Sometimes.

RT @asober: @janwebb21 no wonder you get all these awards ;-)

ICanTeach_uk 20:49
#ukedchat <legend

@asober Lol! I think I might manage to talk about our vle for 10 mins at
janwebb21 20:49
#ukief!!! #ukedchat

RT @ICanTeach_uk Blooms is an evolving idea and is an important

PhoenixSher 20:49
learning tool http://yfrog.com/3we1ogoj #ukedchat

#ukedchat So many contrived, in themselves pointless, activities - why not

SusanElkinJourn 20:49
build thinking skills into rest of curriculum?

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 Does no hands up mean a lot of extra planning for differentiated
Creativeedu 20:49
questions etc? #UKEdChat

Please remember to add the #ukedchat hash tag for your tweets to be in
ukedchat 20:49
the archive and part of the discussion. Ten minutes remain

RT @john_at_muuua: @bevevans22 or lack of control for those who want

bevevans22 20:49
to always be the one. #ukedchat <exactly that.

@janwebb21: I still find them slow for co-editing at times esp as we don't
herrn96 20:49
have fast broadband #ukedchat -> does it have to be immediate?

@CreativeEdu that is an alternative but it frustrates those that know the

deerwood 20:49
answer and intimidates those that don't #ukedchat

@SusanElkinJourn Key is all have chance to think and all know they could
RealLara 20:49
be expected to respond. Greater participation #ukedchat

RT @philallman1: RT @reallara: Develpmnt of thnkng skills shld B key

bellaale 20:49
feature - far more imp than knwldg #ukedchat <agree!content is not king

@herrn96 #UKEdChat Agree. Impact takes longer. Difficult as an

janeyk419 20:49
"intervention plan" for Y11. Essential whole school!!

@SusanElkinJourn I just do it as I want them to have more thinking time in

bevevans22 20:49
plenary to reflect before answering. Point taken tho #ukedchat

Anyone come across PHF Learning Futures? - national enquiry based

triches 20:50
learning action research project http://bit.ly/9cdHVi #ukedchat

@teachesict YES! No-one wants to be caught out. They're all ears! Our Y3
DeputyMitchell 20:50
NQT started using them in his class too after observing #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:50 @SusanElkinJourn @bevevans22 why is it dotty? #ukedchat

RT @ukedchat: Don't forget the #ukedchat hash tag for your tweets to be
bevevans22 20:50
in the archive and part of the discussion. Ten minutes remain

RT @CreativeEdu: Does no hands up mean a lot of extra planning for

philallman1 20:50
differentiated questions etc? #UKEdChat< no just forethought :)

@janeyk419 #ukedchat Small steps though: if intervention plan proven to

herrn96 20:51
work, broaden out to next focus group. Engage SLT with evaluation...

janwebb21 20:51 @ICanTeach_uk @asober #ukedchat only in my own kitchen!

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 @CreativeEdu Kids r getting different experiences from different tchrs. I
dmchugh675 20:51
want KS3 Tchrs to be specialists like primary Tchrs. #UKEdChat

@herrn96 depends VERY much on the learning context and what we want
janwebb21 20:51
the kids to get out of it!!! #ukedchat

#ukedchat some great approaches to groupings that promote thinking

Smichael920 20:51
skills from Spencer Kagan. Worth a google!

surely part of what makes us professionals is the ability to understand

john_at_muuua 20:51
potential that students don't see themselves... yet #ukedchat

Thank you all for being so helpful and explaining the things I don't
Creativeedu 20:51
understand today.I have felt my brain grow! #UKEdChat

If we all feel like this about TS why do govts. consistently ignore us?
philallman1 20:51
#ukedchat

Isn't thinking the glue that can hold the rest of the knowledge together
mikemcsharry 20:51
#ukedchat

@herrn96 no, not necessarily, but that is the one bit that would make it
janwebb21 20:51
worth me switching from a collaborative wiki - ...1/2 #ukedchat

@dmchugh675 there is a lot that special, primary and secondary could

Creativeedu 20:52
learn from each other given half a chance. #UKEdChat

RT @philallman1: If we all feel like this about TS why do govts.

TheHeadsOffice 20:52
consistently ignore us? #ukedchat >Do they ever?

No hands up without thinking/talking time and random selection goes

RealLara 20:52
against the whole purpose of greater engagement #ukedchat

@janwebb21 would love to hear than! It sounds like you are doing really
asober 20:52
interesting stuff! #ukedchat #ukief

janeyk419 20:52 @philallman1 #UKEdChat Ignored by govt?!! Teachers?!! Surely not!!

@teachesict not one I've come across - you just have to remember!
bevevans22 20:53
#ukedchat

AdiNotNow 20:53 @philallman1 Education the great political football!!! #ukedchat

xD RT @janeyk419 @philallman1 #UKEdChat Ignored by govt?!!

jessamacookie 20:53
Teachers?!! Surely not!!

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 RT @SusanElkinJourn: @mikemcsharry #ukedchat Yes, that's why ts
janeyk419 20:53
should be grated in not bolted on.

Agreed @CreativeEdu Thank you all for explaining the things I don't
duckinwales 20:53
understand today.I have felt my brain grow! #UKEdChat <- great CPD

@herrn96 #UKEdChat Absolutely - we're doing that. Pressures can be

janeyk419 20:53
intense on staff when introducing too many initiatives. I'm sold on it!!

@mikemcsharry #ukedchat Yes, that's why ts should be grated in not

SusanElkinJourn 20:53
bolted on.
@john_at_muuua @SusanElkinJourn But with young children if some
bevevans22 20:53 have hands raised & you pick someone who doesn't it can confuse.
#ukedchat

dmchugh675 20:54 @CreativeEdu agreed. That's why I love twitter and #ukedchat !

Am great believerof kids peer teaching each other. Gives them resp for
asober 20:54
own learning and of others. I think it's v powerful #ukedchat

trying to work out what tonight's #ukedchat topic is, but obvs arrived too
missbrownsword 20:54
late to understand it!

RT @AdiNotNow: @philallman1 Education the great political football!!!

philallman1 20:54
#ukedchat<with kids in the middle!

#ukedchat De Bono's thinking hats are also really good to use in class.
Smichael920 20:54
Help promote thinking skills and provide a good starting point
@aprimarynqt thank you! I only learn by asking questions.DROVE MY
Creativeedu 20:54 TEACHERS MAD! I had one that used to ban me if short of time!
#UKEdChat
@bevevans22 Time for thinking us key, esp when using 'no hands
JRenold 20:55 up'.Deeper Qs require more time to think through to A or further Q
#ukedchat
@bevevans22 'no hands up' - I find it works best with some kind of
herrn96 20:55
random name generator: fairness = no room to argue! #ukedchat

RT @asober: Am great believerof kids peer teaching each other. Gives

bevevans22 20:55
them resp for own learning & of others. v powerful #ukedchat

Our ELLI programme went right through the school initially as a discrete
TheHeadsOffice 20:55
lesson then vocab used throughout #ukedchat

@bevevans22 @SusanElkinJourn agree. it rests on our professional

john_at_muuua 20:55
judgement, not one thought fits all. #ukedchat

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 RT @asober: Am great believerof kids peer teaching each other. Gives
janwebb21 20:55 them resp for own learning and of others. I think it's v powerful
#ukedchat
@JRenold It is difficult to factor in that time when there is so much to fit
bevevans22 20:55
into each day - I struggle to fit it all in! #ukedchat
RT @MoodleMcKean: Editing your Google Docs on the go - Official Google
MrFoxinthebox 20:56 Docs Blog http://bit.ly/9Nbgde #mlearning #elearning #edtech #ukedchat
#edchat
RT @bevevans22: okay - we're into the last five minutes of a great
janwebb21 20:56
#ukedchat. Any final thoughts to share?
RT @bevevans22: RT @asober: Am great believerof kids peer teaching
JRenold 20:56 each other. Gives them resp for own learning & of others. v powerful
#ukedchat
okay - we're into the last five minutes of a great #ukedchat. Any final
bevevans22 20:56
thoughts to share?

Some good stuff for thinking (and INSET) http://bit.ly/93sfiV Highly

ICanTeach_uk 20:56
recommended #ukedchat

Example of video explaining my earlier tweet!

asober 20:56
http://youtu.be/x46ZaaIlaYk #ukedchat

@asober hear hear re peer teaching. Rachel Hawkes calls the kids Co-
suzibewell 20:56
teachers - must give them a real buzz. #ukedchat

Ever tried this. Ask techy folk for 6mm dowel rod. Gets the kids thinking
pete_mulvey 20:56
http://teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Helium_Stick #ukedchat

Laura_987 20:56 @missbrownsword Thinking skills #ukedchat

“@GingerPatti: Read The #edtech Daily ▸ today's top stories are
Pauls_elearning 20:56 contributed by @Pauls_elearning ▸ http://t.co/WpKa28E―Cool!
#ukedchat

RealLara 20:56 @missbrownsword How to integrate thinking skills... #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:56 @herrn96 Great idea! I will pinch that one :) #ukedchat

@bevevans22 @john_at_muuua Don't agree. It can be done with care.

SusanElkinJourn 20:56
Helps with inclusion #ukedchat

peer teaching sounds like a great tool. That would make a great
Creativeedu 20:56
#UKEdChat

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 Pitty running out of time- was there a discussion on the Instrument
Ariellah 20:57 Enrichment to enhance cognitive thinking - Feuerstein Method?
#ukedchat
Shameless plug for my blog, but we should be aware of the views of
TeacherTalks 20:57
Schools Minister: facts all the way! http://bit.ly/9PCzHV #ukedchat

RT @janwebb21: @ICanTeach_uk @asober #ukedchat only in my own

ICanTeach_uk 20:57
kitchen! <awesome - big kitchen then!!??

RT @daskalov: @JoeyFeith The state of our educational systems: Force

SkoorBttaM 20:57
knowledge push, at the expense of allowing students to pull. #ukedchat

@Creativeedu Pupils as experts works well - volunteer to help teach skills

RealLara 20:57
they feel they've mastered #ukedchat

Creativeedu 20:57 must run, baby crying, thanks for great chat tonight! #UKEdChat

@herrn96 @bevevans22 I ask the students to choose each other... and it

john_at_muuua 20:57
amazingly works! That's a thinking skill in itself. #ukedchat

@JoeyFeith The state of our educational systems: Force knowledge push,

daskalov 20:57
at the expense of allowing students to pull. #ukedchat

'thinking skills' is a label for what effective teachers already do to produce

john_at_muuua 20:58
well rounded students. It's a measure of a process. #ukedchat

RT @janeyk419: #UKEdChat Make thinking skills explicit part of the lesson

bevevans22 20:58
- make sure students know what you want & they will rise to it"

@asober @john_at_muuua Interesting, TASC is almost identical to the

bluemoonjules 20:58
basic problem solving framework I used to teach adults ! #ukedchat
RT @bevevans22: @john_at_muuua Sometimes I use a tag system - the
janeyk419 20:58 last person who answered nominates the next one to speak - works well
with UKS2. #ukedchat
Need to learn from foundation stage where education is led by children
AdiNotNow 20:58
and their free thoughts #ukedchat
RT @bevevans22 RT @asober: Am great believerof kids peer teaching
MitchSquires 20:58 each other.Gives them resp for own learning & of others.powerful
#ukedchat
#ukedchat making sure you build think/wait time into lessons is
Smichael920 20:58
important. Lots of staff still answer own questions within 2 seconds!

@Creativeedu no extra work and we should differentiate our questions

DKMead 20:58
any way. NH is an important cultural tool for the class #ukedchat

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 #UKEdChat Make the thinking skills an explicit part of the lesson - make
janeyk419 20:58
sure the students know what you want and they will rise to it"
@john_at_muuua Sometimes I use a tag system - the last person who
bevevans22 20:58 answered nominates the next one to speak - works well with UKS2.
#ukedchat
Chn who succeed in current system oftn struggle w/ TS as it requires
philallman1 20:59
something difft. SEN kids R oftn better 'thinkers' in my exp #ukedchat

RT @bevevans22: RT @janeyk419: #UKEdChat Make thnkng skills explct

bellaale 20:59
part of lesson - make sure pupils know what U want & they will rise 2 it"

@dawnhallybone it's ok, but make sure you attend next week as I've
ianaddison 20:59
heard the host will moan at you if you miss it ;-) #ukedchat

RT @reallara: We focus on 'effective questions': choose best answer; rank

bevevans22 20:59
these; odd one out etc. Part of our AfL toolkit #ukedchat

We focus on 'effective questions': choose best answer; rank these; odd

RealLara 20:59
one out etc. Part of our AfL toolkit #ukedchat

RT @john_at_muuua: 'thinking skills' is a label for what effective teachers

bevevans22 20:59
already do to produce well rounded students #ukedchat <agreed!

@STEMclubs #ukedchat Seen Op Minds in action (as visiting journalist).

SusanElkinJourn 20:59
Have reservations. All breadth & no depth, it seemed to me.

All this takes time (TS & peer teaching). Time is something we are not
TheHeadsOffice 20:59
given in sch! Need outcomes NOW! #ukedchat

and thank you for a thought provoking session. have a lovely evening all.
john_at_muuua 21:00
#ukedchat

P4C is a great approach for promoting thinking skills. Children love

Smichael920 21:00
philosophy! #ukedchat

RT @ukedchat: It's 9pm - Thank you to @bevevans22 for hosting a

janwebb21 21:00
fantastic #ukedchat this evening. The archive process will start soon.
RT @TeacherTalks: Shameless plug for my blog, but we should be aware
JRenold 21:00 of the views of Schools Minister: facts all the way! http://bit.ly/9PCzHV
#ukedchat
It's 9pm - Thank you to @bevevans22 for hosting a fantastic #ukedchat
ukedchat 21:00
this evening. The archive process will start soon.

Sad that I came so late to #ukedchat A good topic that is vital to future
JfB57 21:01
development of all skills

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 Sad that I came so late to #ukedchat A good topic that is vital to future
TheHeadsOffice 21:01
development of all skills

@reallara We've got students teaching the teachers in digi-tech.

JRenold 21:01
Fascinating to watch. #ukedchat

Thought provoking #ukedchat on "sgiliau meddwl" tonight - diolch - lots

duckinwales 21:01
of links to check and ideas to explore.

That's all folks! Great discussion tonight - as frantic as usual. Thanks for
bevevans22 21:01
participating - lots of ideas to take away #ukedchat

ianaddison 21:02 Just planning topics for next week's #ukedchat as I am hosting...any ideas?

RT @EddieGouthwaite - #Ukedchat how much is it costing for Barnsley

Sheffield_stuff 21:02
Council education dept. to Link with Newham #Austerity ?

Children at HS are keeping tally charts in class of open/closed questions.

Smichael920 21:02
Staff are supportive & keen to see results! #ukedchat

Apolgies to followers who aren't teachers.Just finished weekly frenetic

SusanElkinJourn 21:02
hour's discussion at #ukedchat Exhausted now, as usual

#UKEdChat Thanks all enjoyed it. Now need to read it all a bit slower and
janeyk419 21:02
steal all those great ideas! Thanks to @bevevans22

oh...and if your suggestions can be non-tech based, even better!

ianaddison 21:03
#ukedchat

@SusanElkinJourn #ukedchat I've seen it taught as seperate subject, kinda

STEMclubs 21:03
defeted the point! T'aint what u do, tis the way that u do it...
RT @MoodleMcKean Google Apps Adds Voice, Maps, Reader & More
PhoenixSher 21:03 http://on.mash.to/dy5hwu #elearning #ukedchat #edchat #mlearning
#edtech #gta
@bevevans22 So much on tonights #ukedchat I have tabs aplenty to
AdiNotNow 21:03
check and an archive to study. Many questions to follow. Thanks all

ELLI - Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory http://bit.ly/b5UQyO

TheHeadsOffice 21:04
#ukedchat @deerwood

@ianaddison Why do so many NQT's leave within 5 yrs and what can we
philallman1 21:04
do to stop the drain! #ukedchat

RT @RealLara: @ianaddison What would you include in a new essential

janwebb21 21:05
curriculum...? #ukedchat idea inspirred by tonight

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janwebb21 21:05
possible????? #ukedchat

RT @Smichael920: @bevevans22 many thanks for #ukedchat tonight Bev.

janwebb21 21:05
tWas a good un! >hear, hear!

bevevans22 21:05 @ianaddison Work life Balance - is it really possible????? #ukedchat

@ianaddison What would you include in a new essential curriculum...?

RealLara 21:05
#ukedchat idea inspirred by tonight

Smichael920 21:05 @bevevans22 many thanks for #ukedchat tonight Bev. tWas a good un!

RT @reallara:What would you include in a new essential curriculum...?

philallman1 21:06
#ukedchat M Gove here: facts, facts, straw boaters and surnames only!

RT @philallman1: @ianaddison Why do so many NQT's leave within 5 yrs

janwebb21 21:06
and what can we do to stop the drain! #ukedchat

RT @ianaddison: oh...and if your suggestions can be non-tech based, even

janwebb21 21:06
better! #ukedchat

Like this! RT @bevevans22 @ianaddison Work life Balance - is it really

OhLottie 21:07
possible????? #ukedchat

@ianaddison am loving the suggestions for future discussions!!! hope

janwebb21 21:07
they are going on the list at #ukedchat !!!!
RT @Creativeedu: maybe the whole sec curriculum should be refocused
dhulston 21:08 around key skills like thinking and learning instead more like primary ed?
#UKEdChat
@bevevans22 work life balace really depends on how committed you are
suzibewell 21:08
to what you do, I don't see my job as work half the time. #ukedchat

mikemcsharry 21:08 just love the 'work/life balance' interst - raised at 9pm !! #ukedchat

janwebb21 21:08 @philallman1 slates, chalk, books #ukedchat

RT @dmchugh675 I'm interested in how we educate parents' about the

janeyk419 21:08
changing nature of education in the 21st Century. AGREE!! #ukedchat
RT @colport http://bit.ly/9u2dN4 - I think the education white paper
philallman1 21:09 comes out nxt week?!?! Maybe worthy of a topic?<or recycling!
#ukedchat

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 RT @TeacherTalks: Shameless plug for my blog, but we should be aware
Janet1108 21:09 of the views of Schools Minister: facts all the way! http://bit.ly/9PCzHV
#ukedchat
RT @mikemcsharry: just love the 'work/life balance' interst - raised at
daviderogers 21:09
9pm !! #ukedchat >> Indeed!

Does homework improve a child's ability? Is there any evidence?

davidjamesiles 21:09
#ukedchat

@davidjamesiles Or just useful ways to make home work meaningful

RealLara 21:10
#ukedchat

@suzibewell @bevevans22 @mikeherrity I agree see>

daviderogers 21:11
http://bit.ly/1wWwEK #ukedchat

gutted to have missed #ukedchat tonight. Not long in from work. Looking
chris_1974 21:12
forward to summary's and headlines.

ianaddison 21:13 right, my choices are in, @colport will release the vote soon #ukedchat

RT @chris_1974: missed #ukedchat 2nite. Not long in from work. Looking

philallman1 21:13
forward 2 summary's & headlines.<about misplaced apostrophes :)

RT @chris_1974: @philallman1 i teach sum's:; not gramm'er #ukedchat

philallman1 21:14
LOL!

chris_1974 21:14 @philallman1 i teach sum's:; not gramm'er #ukedchat

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