Project+Zero+conference+-+April

__David Perkins -__ __Thinking to Learn__ Three overarching understandings - ( What's important to attend to?) 1. components of effective education 2. meaning of student excellence 3. increase learning and thinking using Collaborative Inquiry

Using three major projects as resource for sharing
 * GoodWork and GoodPlay
 * Increasing Learning & Thinking
 * Collaborative Inquiry

__Key questions when designing learning __ What's the big idea/ principle/ concept? How can the learners engage with content thoughtfully? as a family member, as a work colleague, as a general citizen What can be done to get learners to think with content they are learning?

//Teaching for Understanding - large extend, rich and complex connected to Visible Thinking // //Routines that are simple/ useful and appropriate ////eg What's going on here? What do you see that makes you say that? What do you see? What don't you see? // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Who has an idea to share? I used to think... now I ... //

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Learning __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How get it? Respect content