Natalie Belli introduces the Ladder of Feedback to her fifth grade, language arts students using the fishbowl technique.
Thinking Routines Videos
We have produced a number of videos of teachers using thinking routines. Our first videos came out of the Visible Thinking project and featured teachers from the International School of Amsterdam. We also worked with the Department of Education in Tasmania to produce some videos in school there. We produced some videos for the DVD that was included as part of the book, Making Thinking Visible. Now, we have produced additional videos to accompany the new book, The Power of Making Thinking Visible. You can find a collection of these videos from our work at:
https://www.youtube.com/ThePowerOfMakingThinkingVisible
We’ll also be uploading any new videos we are able to produce, or that schools share with us and give us permission to post, there. Subscribe to the YouTube channel for updates.
Cultures of Thinking Videos
I’ve had the opportunity to return to many of the classrooms I wrote about in the book, Creating Cultures of Thinking to shoot videos of these teachers to help extend the case studies from the book. You’ll find videos featuring Erika Lusky and Julie Rains (interactions), Natalie Belli (modeling), Cameron Paterson (Interactions), Michael Medvinsky (Opportuniteis), Tom Heilman (Opportunities), and David Riehl (Opportunities). You’ll find those videos at my personal YouTube channel:
Leslie Revis creates a culture of thinking right from the start in here High School Spanish classroom in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Creative Classroom Videos
One of the first research projects I directed at Harvard Project Zero was the Creative Classroom Project sponsored by the Disney Learning Partnership. We produced videos of award winning teachers to highlight what creative and innovative teaching looks like (hint, it looks like really good teaching!) and produced a series of study guides to help teachers use the videos in their professional learning to prompt reflection and innovation. While this videos are now somewhat old, the best of them have stood the test of time because they highlight timeless features of good teaching. I often use these to highlight aspects of a culture of thinking and teaching for understanding. Some of these videos can be found on my YouTube channel at: