#19 Hacking Questions (TyC Book Study)

 Please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are, where you are from, what you teach and anything else you want to include!

 “If it is worth asking one student, isn’t it worth asking them all?”  Hack 1 gives a variety of ways to assume all hands are up.  Which idea(s) do you plan on implementing with your own students? 

 What is your greatest takeaway from this video?  Explain.

In Hack 4, the author shares two images, Image 4.1 (page 76) and Image 4.2 (page 83).  Consider the last discussion you led, which image was represented in that discussion.  If you are a pinball wizard, how do you do it?  If you are not a pinball wizard yet, what can you do to become one?

Choose a quote from the TED Talk by Emmy Grace Cribbs.  Why do these words resonate with you?  What application of this quote can you make in your own work and/or life?

Put Hack 5 to work!  Think of an upcoming lesson you will teach.  What is your learning target? What will be your 5 Broken Record questions?

Do you already teach your students QAR? If so, please share some tips for those of us who haven’t.  If not, how and why will you start? (Or won’t you?)

How do you (or could you) make yourself more invisible in your classroom? How does (or will this) benefit your students?

 Choose a quote from the TED Talk by Andrew Vincent.  Why do these words resonate with you?  What application of this quote can you make in your own work and/or life?

  How do you (or will you) get your students to ask more questions? …better questions? …higher-level questions?

Please post your thoughts about this course below.  What did you like about it?  What didn’t you like about it?  Would you recommend this book study to a colleague?