1. Opening Minds in Penn Hills School District Fun for Parents and Students with Creative and Critical Thinking! Linton Middle School - School Board Room, 250 Aster Street, Penn Hills, PA 15235 7:00 PM Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 2014 Presented by Franny McAleer Education Consultant, Learner’s Link Instructor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 724-413-6001 www.learnerslink.comwww.learnerslink.com Do you enjoy thinking? Do you like having fun? Let’s do both tonight as we OPEN MINDS in Penn Hills. We will learn creative and critical thinking tools and ignite our brain power. Both are needed as we teach students to learn, live and work in global communities of the 21st century. Bring your favorite activity to share! 1.Creative Connections Clipboard! (2012) – Spontaneous Thinking - Ready, Set Go! 2.Rigor, Relevance, Relationships with Six Hats® … A Framework for Curriculum or GIEP Development 3.The Six Thinking Hats® 4. Forced Associations or Spaced Out Dictionaries (My students favorite activity *) 5. Five Star Rated Problem Solving – Collaboration for Parents and Students

2. Rigor and Relevance with Six Hats® -- Theme, Topic, Essential Question In 1 Content AreaIn 2+ Content Areas SelfReal World White/ Remembering Blue/ Understanding Red/ Evaluating Black/ Analyzing Yellow/ Analyzing Green/ Creating Rigor Relevance

3. In Education -- In Education -- Jacque Goodburn, Burgettstown School District, 7th grade Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 1- Informational 2- Narrative 3- Persuasive

4. six thinking hats Six Hats Six Colors Six Types of Thinking Each thinker should be able to use all of the hats. One hat is worn at a time.

5. Differentiate the Questions with Six Thinking Hats ® + Content – Living in the United States

6. data Information Who, what, when, where? What do you want to know? facts White Hat - FACTS KNOWLEDGE – Bloom

7. Imagine White piece of paper where you write all of the facts. Talk about and write several facts that you know about living in the U.S. There may be facts that you do not know and need to research.

8. feelings gut feeling emotions EVALUATION - Bloom Red Hat - FEELINGS intuition

9. Imagine Red heart for feelings and passion Think of how you feel about living in the U.S.

10. Black Hat - CAUTION caution risks words of wisdom ANALYSIS - Bloom careful of

11. Imagine Black judge’s robe representing caution, wisdom! Think of what things of which you should be cautious if you live in the U.S.

12. benefits Yellow Hat - BENEFITS optimism value of the good in it ANALYSIS -Bloom

13. Imagine Yellow sun representing benefits of a sunny day! Think of the benefits of living in the U.S.

14. six thinking hats Published by Advanced Practical Thinking Training, Inc.® ©1998 The McQuaig Group Key Points Requires a deliberate effort Is less natural than black hat Complements the black hat Reinforces creative ideas and new directions Is a powerful assessment tool when used with the black hat

15. Green Hat - CREATIVITY alternatives creativity new ideas possibilities SYNTHESIS -Bloom

16. Imagine Green grass for constantly creating new ideas Think of a creative slogan, statue, song to entice people to live in the U.S.

17. Thinking about thinking Blue Hat – THINKING organizing summarizing process concluding COMPREHENSION - Bloom another viewpoint

18. Imagine Imagine Blue sky for thinking from a new perspective, as if you were a bird in the air looking down at the earth. Explain WHY you live in the U.S.

19. Vary Questions with Six Hats® Vary Questions with Six Hats® Put on your blue hat first and think about the big idea, moral of the fable, or essential question.

20. Green Questions What if?

21. Forced Associations Force associate to discover the POWER OF THE GREEN HAT Beewagon or Wagonbee

22. Forced Associations Pick two words from the hat box and create a new compound word and five definitions for it. Remember, you cannot use the words in the definition!

23. Pick a place Pick a hat! Chat! The audience will figure out which hat you are.

24. Problem Solving -- Roping Around Put the rope loops around your wrists. Link yourself with a partner! Disconnect without removing the ropes from your wrists or cutting them.

25. Vary Questions with Six Hats ® Vary Questions with Six Hats ® Let’s practice varying our question related to the fable, The Hare and the Tortoise. Questions move to three literacy levels. They might relate to the text, self, or world. The Hare and the Tortoise

26. A hare was making fun of a tortoise one day for being so slow. "Do you ever get anywhere?" the hare asked with a mocking laugh. "Yes," replied the tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. Run a race against me and I'll prove it.“ The hare was very amused at the thought of running a race with the tortoise, and just for fun he decided to do it. So the fox, who agreed to act as judge marked the distance for the race on a path through the woods, and started the runners off. The hare was soon far out of sight. To let the tortoise know how silly it was for him to challenge a speedy hare, the hare decided to lie down beside the road to take a nap until the tortoise could catch up. The tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily. After a time, the tortoise Passed the place where the hare was sleeping. The hare slept on very peacefully. When at last he did wake up, the tortoise was already very near the finish line. The hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the tortoise in time. An Aesop Fable