Activity 7.5

Sharing Your Ideas

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

Share your ideas as you reflect on your plan for Seeing Reason:

• What idea do you have for using Seeing Reason?

• How will Seeing Reason 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 Seeing Reason will not be a good fit for your project, what ideas do you have for using Seeing Reason with your learners in other projects?

• Does your project involve a complex system or issue that warrants delving into identifying and analyzing cause-and-effect relationships?

• 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. Consider whether the project ideas you review truly involve a complex system or issue that includes cause-and-effect relationships.

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 Seeing Reason. Besides reflecting on the questions above, include:

   • An overview of how the Seeing Reason 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 7.6