Kagan Workshop

We spent 2 days with Spencer Kagan, with a focus on using CL structures to better engage a student's brain. Here are the BIG ideas that came out of those 2 days:

1. Telling is not teaching.
2. The largest percentage of brain activity results when students explain things to each other.
3. Team and Classbuilding should be integrated into our weekly plans.
4. There are SOOOO many easy ways to use CL in our classes; we just need to read, practise, and dialogue about them.

I will post more examples of structures in action in the near future. Cheers.