Telannia is a math teacher and department chair in Oklahoma City, Vice-President of High Schools for Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics and National Faculty Member for BIE. Telannia used and modified CrafED’s Point of View Tool to fit to her students to give them a new view on pre-calculus. Keep reading to see how Telannia altered the tool to fit her students’ needs.
How did you implement the Point of View Tool in your classroom?
“It was time for students to make decisions on whose ideas will go in the reference sheet. The point of view tool was used to help them make those decisions. Students first wrote the names of the emotions on the different color sticky notes. They then wrote how they felt about the emotion on a form provided (see attached). They took turns lead by the manager of the teams sharing what they wrote. They then talked about a common meaning for the emotion.”
How did this protocol impact students?“I like how the protocol helps address common emotions that occur when making decisions with other people. It made it okay to be frustrated or concerned rather than people feeling like they should not share that voice. I think it is a great protocol for students to use on a regular basis and gives them a tool they could use whenever they are going to work with a group of people.”
Check out our past Teacher Spotlights:
- Giff of Helix High using CraftED’s services to design a personalized place-based project.
- Holly of Oceanside, CA is using friendly feedback year-round with her kinder students-see how!
- Kate Therriault of Cardiff , CA implemented CraftED’s lesson: Infographics. Kate’s work was featured by Piktochart-check out this coverage on Piktochart’s blog and P21 Blogazine. For more support implementing CraftED’s strategy and lesson, read this guest post by Piktochart on our blog.
- Jen Isbell of Central Coast New Tech was featured on Getting Smart’s blog here for her use of CraftED’s collaboration strategy: Problem Solving Protocol. To view the protocol discussed in Getting Smart’s post visit our store and view the bundled product.