Dialogue About Language, Literacy and Learning

Student Voices: Moving toward Expert Learners

This is from my Learn to Learn Blog. It is one of the best things I’ve read on learning in the last few months.

http://wanttolearn.edublogs.org/2012/10/19/student-voice-and-choice-and-becoming-an-expert-learner/

The Expert Learner with Voice and Choice!

Campaign 2012 and Dialogue

Does Campaign 2012 suggest the need to teach/learn dialogue skills? Do we have any hope of moving ahead without meaningful and respectful conversations in the political and social worlds our students live in?

Can you suggest sites that address these questions?

4th Grade Dialogue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpblFIxFjP8&feature=plcp

4 Way dialogue in a 4th grade classroom: Dialogue–Thinking–Learning

Teacher to Leaner

Learner to Learner

Learner to Teacher

Learners to Audience.

Inspire Grand Conversations

Inspire Grand Conversations: Examples of well established classroom discourse that encourages and supports thinking and learning.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/capacityBuilding.html

Click on Grand Conversations in the Junior Classroom.

Hope you will add some examples.

Dialogue is at the heart of learning.

Dialogue→Thinking→Learning

Dialogue is at the heart of learning. Communication whose intent is to go beyond current knowledge and status has the power to bring about change. So, we ask: What are educators at all levels doing to engage students in the dialogue of thinking and learning.