WELCOME TO DAY THREE

OF CAMP CREATIVE

Today we're talking about how to help your students launch into their conversations effectively. When it comes to hexagonal thinking, I suggest you introduce it with three steps. You can use the video or slides below, or come up with your own visuals.

​Step #1: Talk about its origins in the business world, as a way to come up with innovative ideas and connections between concepts. Reinforce that there is never a "right" answer, only interesting connections explained well.

Step #2: Do some modeling. Whether it's with a silly deck featuring terms from your students' favorite tv show or the deck you're about to use in class, show students how you might connect several hexagons and why. Then invite students to write down another way of doing it and call on volunteers to share. 

Step #3: Twist the model. Now show them some terrible, boring, dull surface connections. Explain your connections in terrible, boring, dull ways. Then ask them what you're doing wrong.  Have them correct your work.

​The video below hits on these steps quite quickly. If you'd rather take it slow, you can make a copy of the slide deck from the video further down. Want the video on its own page for class? Here you go. 

If you'd rather walk through the slides yourself and take a little more time with your introduction, you can grab the introductory slide deck below. Then you can ask and answer questions along the way at the pace that works best for your class. Either option (video or slides) could work well - you know your students best. 

Tomorrow, we'll be talking about how students can share their connections back to the group. We'll be talking about both prompts and platforms to make this easy for you implement, so keep an eye on your inbox!