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HOT Schools 2006 Summer Institute
“The Art of Higher Order Thinking”

July 9                 Sunday Workshops                2:30 ~4:30

Afternoon workshops provide a sampling of artistic experiences and creative teaching methods designed to unleash the artist within you and to provide glimpses into the exceptional work being done by your colleagues. Consider taking a workshop in which you have had no previous experience. Please indicate your workshop choice (S1. – S8.)  on the Registration Form. Please include your first and second choices.

S1.  Ceremony in Learning Spaces
Facilitator: Christopher Eaves

Explore how we can enliven learning spaces and enrich our curriculum through the experience of ceremony. “When humans participate in ceremony –emotions flow more freely. The bodies of participants become filled with the energy life, this energy reaches out-all is made new; everything becomes sacred.” Sun Bear, Native American Ojibwa Medicine Chief (1929-1992). Participants in this workshop will collaboratively design ceremonies to foster classroom communities where every student is engaged in success.

S2.  Creative Drama: Stimulating Higher Order Thinking
Failitator: Robin Rhuf

Learn strategies for working with special needs students, including those with learning or developmental disabilities and those who are creatively gifted but low academic achievers in this interactive workshop. Participants will study an analysis of how specific techniques effect pro-social skills, particular learning areas, and stimulate one or more intelligences. This workshop is for the teacher reluctant to act or lead creative drama, or who is interested in trying low risk, high energy activities to use in the classroom.

S3.  Curriculum in Motion: A Crash Course Overview
Facilitator:  Celeste Miller

Join Celeste Miller in an introduction to “Curriculum in Motion” an approach to teaching academic subjects using choreographic methods as the learning mode. Participants will learn simple yoga, T’ai Chi and Brain Gym exercises for classroom use, as well as an applied Science and Dance Integrated Lesson.

S4.  From Words to Music
Facilitator: Rob Hugh

Learn how to extract melodies from original poems and lyrics celebrating student’s unique voices while listening to songs written and recorded by students from Wolcott School, West Hartford, CT.  Participants will explore the interplay of words and music. We will observe, write, compose, perform, invent, and chuckle every once in a while.

S5.  Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement
Facilitator: Eric Booth

Explore ways to emphasize in pedagogy and curriculum the “Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement” introduced by Eric in his keynote speech on Sunday afternoon.  It is one thing to talk about habits of mind, and another to actually teach them. This workshop takes that step.  Participants will leave with a few experiments to try in their own work.

S6.  How Do You Do?  A Smorgasbord of Best Practice Ideas
Facilitator:  Gail Freeman

Come explore ways to engage and empower learners, grades 3-6. Learn classroom practices that best support children’s development and use of higher order thinking.  Engage in some simple and complex things you can do to create a culture of higher order thinking in your classroom.  Decide what you might introduce in your classroom. This hands-on format will also encourage you to share your own best practices with others.

S7.  Poetry Slam:  Passion to Performance
Facilitator: Elizabeth Thomas


Ignite oral presentation by adding score cards and judges, audience participation and support, cheers and guffaws through poetry slam.  What could be more motivating for young people? In this workshop we discuss what a slam is, and how to use it to generate passion for poetry and public speaking.  Connect with others around the country (and the world) who already participate in Brave New Voices - International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival.  This workshop is hands-on/mics-on.  Participants will be encouraged to perform at the first annual HOT Schools Summer Institute HOT Jam Poetry Slam on Tuesday night, where we will flip the switch and rock the mic!

S8.  Power of the Word: Yoh Speak
Facilitator: Harriet Worrell

Experience choral speaking techniques led by Vermont's SPEAKCHORUS and director Harriet Worrell. Participants will be involved in scripting and performing a speakchorus, first as a classroom experience, and then as a public performance piece during the Institute.  

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