Opening the Floodgates: Getting Students to Talk
Posted April 10th, 2008 by admin
Melody Noll, Ameritalk
Commercial: CC
Sheraton Beavis
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
“Why don’t my students talk?!” A paradigm exists that will get students to do just that! Borrowed from the field of facilitation, the “Focused Conversation” will move learners through four levels of thinking, promote meaningful interaction, and facilitate learning. Teachers will come away with simple tools for sparking successful conversations.