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15 Minute New Concept Chart Talk | Preparations
and Student Instructions
Preparation:
Prepare and hang nine T-Charts on large sheets of paper around the
room -
one for each new concept / descriptor (see New Concept Student Example
Thinksheet)
Overview:
Design Learning Network Challenges offer students the opportunity to learn how to become
confident and creative problem-solvers, take ownership of their learning, and
make good choices.
To
that end, The Makings of an
Extraordinary Challenge is anchored in powerful new concepts and ways of
thinking designed to challenge students to grow their mindsets and
become consciously aware of their:
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Level of confidence as a creative problem solver
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Growth and fixed mindset dispositions
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Decision making practices
3 minutes:
Introduce students to new concepts posted around the room:
1)
Empathy – the ability to relate to someone else’s feelings,
wants, and needs
2)
Disposition – a person’s expression of mind and character
(personality based on situation)
3)
Dilemma – a difficult situation
4)
Challenge – solving a problem that requires oneself to push
beyond their comfort zone
5)
Adversity – a problematic barrier that stands in one’s way
to success
6)
Creativity – the production of original thoughts,
solutions, or expressions
7)
Design – to plan [a product, experience, service, etc.] with
a specific purpose or intention in mind
8)
Innovation – to create a novel (new and useful) idea that
goes beyond the norm
9)
Divergent Thinking – to explore many ideas and alternative
points of view vs. single perspective
10) Sustainable
– an offering [product, experience, service…] that uses self-sufficient
resources
3 minutes:
Ask students to write their own brief examples / descriptions of concepts on the New
Concept Student Example Thinksheet
9 minutes:
Students then transfer their responses onto large T-Charts and then take the
opportunity to read one another’s responses
Note:
T-Charts serve as Parking Lots for students to add and/or adjust information as
well as reference material throughout the challenge (in other words, the
information is easily accessible).
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