1. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Intel ® Teach Program Thinking with Technology Course Version 2

2. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 2 Where We Were Module 1:Targeting Thinking in the Classroom Module 2:Designing Projects Module 3:Creating Curriculum Framing Questions to Support Thinking Skills Module 4:Planning Student-Centered Assessment Module 5:Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit –Discuss best uses of the Visual Ranking Tool –See Visual Ranking in action Questions?

3. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 3 Where We Are Module 6 Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Try out a project idea using the Visual Ranking Tool Create, share, and reflect on a practice ranking Revise your Unit Plan Discuss your Visual Ranking experience

4. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 4 Where We Are Going Module 7:Using the Seeing Reason Tool to Target Thinking Skills Module 8:Considering the Seeing Reason Tool for Your Unit Module 9:Using the Showing Evidence Tool to Target Thinking Skills Module 10:Considering the Showing Evidence Tool for Your Unit Module 11:Completing Your Unit

5. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 5 Module 6 Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Module Objectives Try out project ideas that incorporates Visual Ranking into your unit Create, share, and reflect on a practice ranking Revise your Unit Plan Discuss your experience with Visual Ranking

6. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 6 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 1 Clarifying Project Ideas for Using Visual Ranking Step 1: Reviewing the Needs of Your Unit – Module 6.01 Open your Unit Plan Review your “Teaching and Learning Taxonomy” Review the standards/syllabus outcomes you identified as ones that could possibly benefit from the use of the Visual Ranking Tool Identify or consider new objectives that could be supported by the use of the Visual Ranking Tool Note: If you do not believe Visual Ranking would be a good fit for your unit, you will have the opportunity to try out an idea for a different unit during this module.

7. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 7 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 1 Clarifying Project Ideas for Using Visual Ranking Step 2:Viewing Sample Project Descriptions and Prompts – Module 6.02–6.05 View project idea descriptions Consider tips for creating a prompt: –Include the criteria for sorting, unless the criteria is team-specific –Clarify that they are sorting the entire list, not just picking the best –Clarify meaning of qualifiers, such as impact, significance, best

8. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 8 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 1 Clarifying Project Ideas for Using Visual Ranking Step 3: Sharing Your Ideas – Module 6.06 Share your ideas for a project incorporating the Visual Ranking Tool Provide feedback on ways to target higher order thinking skills http://adelaidetwt4.wikispaces.com/

9. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 9 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 2 Planning Your Project Step 1: Creating Your Own Project Description and Prompt – Module 6.07–6.08 Review –Your Curriculum Framing Questions in your Unit Plan –Your Project Priorities on pages 2.17-2.20 –Preview the Project Reflection Checklist on page 6.18 –Project Rubric on page 2.15 Draft your project description and prompt Note: If the Visual Ranking Tool use is not appropriate for your unit, use the Visual Ranking Project Idea document in Thinking Tools, Visual Ranking Tool Resources folder available from the resource file site: www.tmd.com.au/education/thinking/resources www.tmd.com.au/education/thinking/resources

10. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 10 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 2 Planning Your Project Step 2: Planning Your Use of Visual Ranking – Module 6.09 Open the Unit Plan Template Add to the Visual Ranking section –Project Title –Project Description –Prompt OR, use the Visual Ranking Project Idea document available in the Thinking Tools, Visual Ranking Tool Resources from the resource file site Step 3: Creating a Practice List – Module 6.09–6.10 –Brainstorm a list of items to rank

11. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 11 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 3 Setting up a Visual Ranking Project Step 1:Creating a Visual Ranking Project from an Existing Project – Module 6.11 1.Open Visual Ranking from your Favorites: www.intel.com/education/au/visualranking 2.Open and copy an appropriate project. 3.Make any changes you would like to the description, prompt, or list. 4.Save the changes. 5.Copy the project details into your Unit Plan.

12. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 12 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 3 Setting up a Visual Ranking Project Step 2: Creating a New Visual Ranking Project – Module 6.12 Set up a new Visual Ranking project in the Teacher Workspace Fill in the requested information about your project Submit the project.

13. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 13 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 3 Setting up a Visual Ranking Project Step 3: Creating Team IDs with the Project Wizard – Module 6.13 Create new teams using the Project Wizard Record team IDs and passwords Step 4:Creating Specialized Student Teams – Module 6.14 Go to the Manage Project Teams page for your project Add a new student team with a unique team ID that identifies the team’s perspective Type a unique password for the team Submit the team information Step 5:Recording Your Team ID Information – Module 6.14 Record your login information

14. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 14 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 4 Trying Out Your Visual Ranking Idea Step 1: Creating a Practice Ranking – Module 6.15 – 6.6.17 Work with another teacher or team Test your concepts by ranking each other’s lists Practice discussions and questions you would ask your students Switch and rank the other teacher’s or team’s list –Discuss your rankings

15. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 15 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 4 Trying Out Your Visual Ranking Idea Step 2: Assessing Your Practice Ranking – Module 6.18 Work with the other team Use the Visual Ranking Project Reflection Checklist to guide your discussion Step 3: Editing Your Project – Module 6.19 Open the project name you want to edit Add or edit student team information

16. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 16 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 4 Trying Out Your Visual Ranking Idea Step 4: Reviewing Student Work – Module 6.19 Add a comment to a student ranking View the Show Report option Step 5: Deleting a Project – Module 6.19 Delete a project in the Manage Projects section

17. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 17 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 5 Revisiting Your Unit Plan Step 1:Understanding Best Classroom Practices – Module 6.20 – 6.23 Review the following items as you plan: Working in teams Setting Up and Implementing a Project Comparing Rankings Reflecting on Learning Using Multiple Methods of Assessment throughout the Project

18. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 18 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 5 Trying Out Your Visual Ranking Idea Step 2: Revising Your Unit Plan – Module 6.23 Revise the Visual Ranking Project Name, Project Description, Project Prompt, and Sorting List, if needed Revise the Standards/Syllabus Outcomes and Curriculum Framing Questions, if necessary In the Assessment Plan section, add your ideas for how you would assess the learning throughout the unit Revise the Assessment Timeline, as needed Draft the Procedures Draft or outline the Unit Summary

19. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 19 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Activity 6 Sharing Your Results – Module 6.24 Discuss your experience with the Visual Ranking Tool: Did you try out an idea for your main unit or for a different project idea? Considering your test results, do you think you will keep this tool in your unit plan? How do you see the use of the Visual Ranking Tool fitting in with the objectives and standards/syllabus outcomes you are trying to target, and your overall plan for your unit? How will the use of this tool help students meet those needs? What questions do you still have about this project’s design, implementation, or assessment? http://adelaidetwt4.wikispaces.com/

20. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 20 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Extension Activity Finalising Your Visual Ranking Project - Module 6.25 If you anticipate that a Visual Ranking project will be implemented for your unit because it is a good fit for the unit’s objectives, complete any unfinished elements of your Visual Ranking project. Include appropriate references, comments and analysis in your student sample that you would expect your students to include in their Visual Ranking projects. Make any necessary edits to the project itself, and save your changes.

21. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 21 Module 6: Considering the Visual Ranking Tool for Your Unit Module 6 Summary – Module 6.27 Module 6 Key Points The Visual Ranking Tool helps to develop students’ collaboration, cooperation, and persuasion skills, as well as their ability to analyze, evaluate, and prioritize information. The Visual Ranking Tool provides opportunities to extend the learning community. A team’s verbal and written explanations for a ranking may be useful to determine the depth of their understanding.

22. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 22 Next Module Module 7 Using the Seeing Reason Tool to Target Thinking Skills Discuss a unit that integrates the use of the Seeing Reason Tool Represent causal relationships visually Discuss best uses of Seeing Reason View and discuss ideas for incorporating Seeing Reason into your unit Develop and share a project idea that uses Seeing Reason Set up a Seeing Reason project online

23. Copyright © 2009 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and the Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 23