March 2, 2015

Ron Ritchhart Interview  http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/cultures-thinking-bridge-future-interview-ron-ritchhart Check out this interview with Ron Ritchhart by Arina Bokas, PTA President of Clarkston, MI Schools.  The Future of Learning Public TV series are produced by Independence TV and Clarkston Community Schools, MI. Arina Bokas, the Clarkston PTA Council President, hosts this show.   In this interview, Ron provides insights into how Cultures of Thinking prepares students to succeed in a global society, as employees and as individuals. 

Do you follow us on Twitter?  https://twitter.com/hashtag/rcstfm is the Twitter feed link for our Think From the Middle website.  Many of our colleagues from around the district post pictures and useful links on this site by including #rcstfm when they post.  These posts show up on the website within the twitter feed.   Will your post be next? 

The Student Thinking Continuum developed by Ron Ritchhart can be used when looking at student artifacts.  The continuum is used to determine if a student is a beginning thinker, developing thinker, or deep thinker.  If students are not at the deep thinking end of the continuum, what can you do to get them there? 

Check this out!  The following image is from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-schools-or-learning-george-couros