Walk, Talk, Decide - The Teacher Toolkit
Walk, Talk, Decide - The Teacher Toolkit is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Prepare a prompt or question that has multiple answers and requires discussion. Pose the prompt to students and tell them how long they will have to discuss with a partner. At the end of this time, they will share their response with the class.
- Students pair up and walk around the room with their partner the allotted time. During this time, they are discussing their response. They must agree on a response that they will share with the rest of the class.
- After the allotted time has passed, ask students to freeze where they are. Do a quick whip around the room to hear each partner group’s response.
- Be sure to discuss any errors in thinking or misconceptions that were shared, as well as point out any great ideas.
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Prompts to use +
Prepare a prompt or question that has multiple answers and requires discussion. Pose the prompt to students and tell them how long they will have to discuss with a partner. At the end of this time, they will share their response with the class.
Students pair up and walk around the room with their partner the allotted time. During this time, they are discussing their response. They must agree on a response that they will share with the rest of the class.
After the allotted time has passed, ask students to freeze where they are. Do a quick whip around the room to hear each partner group’s response.
Be sure to discuss any errors in thinking or misconceptions that were shared, as well as point out any great ideas.
If you register with our site, you can create your personal notes for each tool. Register Now or Sign In!
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Walk, Talk, Decide - The Teacher Toolkit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Prepare a prompt or question that has multiple answers and requires discussion. Pose the prompt to students and tell them how long they will have to discuss with a partner. At the end of this time, they will share their response with the class.; Students pair up and walk around the room with their partner the allotted time. During this time, they are discussing their response. They must agree on a response that they will share with the rest of the class.; After the allotted time has passed, ask students to freeze where they are. Do a quick whip around the room to hear each partner group’s response.; Be sure to discuss any errors in thinking or misconceptions that were shared, as well as point out any great ideas.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: The Teacher Toolkit. (1 source observed, including The Teacher Toolkit.)
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