The best classes have a life of their own, powered by student-led conversations that explore texts, ideas, and essential questions. In these classes, the teacher’s role shifts from star player to observer and coach as the students:
- Think critically,
- Work collaboratively,
- Participate fully,
- Behave ethically,
- Ask and answer high-level questions,
- Support their ideas with evidence, and
- Evaluate and assess their own work.
Spider Web Discussion is a simple technique that puts this kind of class within every teacher’s reach. You'll dive in with a free,
20-minute video intro to this workshop on the reasons we need structures like Spider Web Discussion to help us create powerful classroom conversations. The “Discussions That Work” session picks up where this teaser leaves off, delving more into the practical, nitty-gritty that teachers need to make discussions soar. Also called, “Harkness 2.0” this session will give you the research behind why Spider Web Discussion is so powerful and all the specifics you need to begin it Monday morning in class. This is Alexis’s most popular workshop, based on her education best-seller
The Best Class You Never Taught (ASCD).
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