Activity 9.5

Sharing Your Ideas

Using a wiki or working in small groups, share your ideas for a project that incorporates Showing Evidence.

Share your ideas as you reflect on your plan for Showing Evidence:

• What idea do you have for using Showing Evidence?

• How will Showing Evidence fit into your Project Plan and help your learners meet the learning objectives and apply higher-order thinking skills?

• If you have already decided that Showing Evidence will not be a good fit for your project, what ideas do you have for using Showing Evidence with your learners in other projects?

• Does your project involve a controversial issue, debatable topic, moral or ethical dilemma, social issue, or challenge to an existing opinion that is well suited for Showing Evidence?

• What concerns do you have about using this tool in your project?

• What feedback would you like from others?

In small groups, discuss each other's ideas. If using a wiki, share your wiki pages and provide feedback on others’ ideas. Specifically, provide feedback on how to best use the tool to encourage higher-order thinking skills.

1. Open the wiki site URL for this course from your Favorites.

2. Edit your page and create a new entry to summarize your ideas for using Showing Evidence. Besides reflecting on the questions above, include:

• An overview of how the Showing Evidence Tool would be integrated into your project
• Concerns, questions, and desired feedback

3. Save your wiki page.

4. Share your wiki page in a small group and, if needed, note any feedback directly on your page. Discuss project ideas, concerns, and questions with your colleagues. Provide suggestions to help them better target higher-order thinking and, possible cause-and-effect issues in the project.

Next: Proceed to Activity 9.6