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=Socrates and 21st Century Skills =


 * Goals: shared meaning in a text; understanding ideas, values, purpose in a text

Shane Koyczan: Beethoven Question: What does it mean to truly listen?

Development of the Essential Question
Work with your group to develop an essential question
 * Elizabeth Gilbert on Genius **

Selecting common texts

 * resources: __NPR__ , __PBS__ , __TED__ ,
 * types of texts: content area texts...art, math, science, social studies, language arts:

Find one or two resources that fit with your content area. Add them, with a short annotation to the discussion tab on this page.
= = =Facilitate the Seminar =
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">who speaks or doesn't speak (mapping, tickets)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">asking leading questions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">addressing unknown/unusual terminology and vocabulary
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">time tracking

=<span style="background-color: #9bfafa; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Respond to the discussion question in the Discussion Tab on this page. = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Logistics of conducting a seminar with students: =


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">facilitation of logistics...planning for possibilities, classroom management
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">number of students
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">technology needs/options
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">seating options
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">speaking
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Seminar “Flow”: experiencing the text, coming together for the seminar, responding to the seminar

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Text and Seminar

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Socratic Seminar Knowledge and Skills__ =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participants will know ……
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How Socrates conducted discussions
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sources for accessing common SS texts, assessments, essential questions

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participants will be able to ……
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan and conduct a Socratic Seminar “flow”:
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Selecting a common text (text, visual art, audio, video, guest speakers, etc.)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop essential questions
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Determine logistics of the seminar (number of students, technology needs, seating arrangements)
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Facilitate the seminar: controlling who speaks or doesn’t speak (mapping), asking leading questions, addressing unknown or unusual vocabulary and terminology in the text, choosing a time keeper
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choosing whether or not to continue the conversation in another arena (using technology, extend to another class period)
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Selecting a follow up assignment
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Access technology tools to support Socratic Seminars
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cover It Live
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wiki Discussion pages
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Groups threaded discussions