Intel Thinking Tools Presenter: Kelly Riney CRUHSD

Getting to my PD Wiki  To make it easier to access and get to the links please take a moment and go to:  s.com s.com

Visual Ranking Tool  Help your students identify and refine criteria as they assign rankings to a list.  This tool can also help students to better organize ideas, debate differences, and reach a consensus.

Students can compare

Try it out!  Get into groups of (2-4 based on class size).  GoTo….. pace/student/loginpage.aspx?LID=en  OR  From the wiki click on the link to the student login  You will login using the information on the slips being handed out.

Time to Explore  Go back to the main page for the visual ranking tool.  You will have approximately 15 min to do the following…..  Click on Project Examples and take a look at some of the unit plans and project ideas.  Click on Instructional Strategies, take a moment and explore the thoughts and advice.

Create an Intel Account  Please follow the directions on the handout Intel Thinking Tools Directions Brief to create an account. Be sure to save your username and password.

Seeing Reason Tool  Will help students understand the cause-and-effect relationships of complex systems.  This tool allows the creation of visual maps that organize ideas and build collaborative reasoning skills.

Interactive Demo  Link to project  ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/educati on/k12/thinking-tools/seeing- reason/project-examples/unit-plans/road- safety.html? ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/educati on/k12/thinking-tools/seeing- reason/project-examples/unit-plans/road- safety.html

Try it out!  Get into groups of (2-4 based on class size).  GoTo….. pace/student/loginpage.aspx?LID=en  OR  From the wiki click on the link to the student login  You will login using the information on the slips being handed out.

Time to Explore  Go back to the main page for the seeing reason tool.  You will have approximately 5 min to do the following…..  Click on Project Examples and take a look at some of the unit plans and project ideas.  Click on Instructional Strategies, take a moment and explore the thoughts and advice.

Showing Evidence Tool  Teach students how to use a visual framework to construct a well- reasoned argument and prove their case with credible evidence.

- The tool provides a visual framework to make claims, identify evidence, evaluate the quality of that evidence, explain how the evidence supports or weakens claims, and reach conclusions based on the evidence. - Students may work on their claims and evidence at home or at school, and can be paired with another team to review their ideas.

Try the Tool  Before you try it out….. A tip about adding teams.  cher/projectlisting.aspx?LID=en&TID=se cher/projectlisting.aspx?LID=en&TID=se After you have added evidence, made a claim etc. go ahead and check out the project examples and instructional strategies.

Closure  Please complete the exit slip  3 things you liked or can use from the session.  2 questions or concerns you still have.  1 final thought.