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Using Cafes with Middle School Students
Started this conversation. Last reply by Joan Griffin Sep 9, 2009. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I have hosted Cafes with teachers with great success. This year I am embarking on a plan to teach my 8th grades to use Cafes in our English/Language Arts classes. I know that I will need to bring…Continue
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Hi, back! Was this a wonderful discovery?! Imagine, a whole world of people out there who think this way! Awesome!
Joan Griffin replied to Joan Griffin's discussion 'Using Cafes with Middle School Students'
Thank you! I shall check that out, indeed. I am also leading a teacher "book club" on my campus for which I use World Cafe almost exclusively, and "coincidentally" one of this year's books is the Gardner "multiple…
Reynolds-Anthony Harris replied to Joan Griffin's discussion 'Using Cafes with Middle School Students'
Happy Labor Day --- Here's the best link to Appreciative Intelligence | http://www.appreciativeintelligence.com/. Appreciative Intelligence is in the same "domain of thought" as Gardner's "multiple intelligence" I some…
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Hi, ya back!
This is cool. Can't wait to explore.
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Joan Griffin replied to Joan Griffin's discussion 'Using Cafes with Middle School Students'
I enjoyed your reply. I teach in a small, rural, public school in Colfax, CA. Which is in the foothills of the Sierras, east of Sacramento, probably about a three-hour drive east from the school in Livermore.
I would love to hear more about your…
Reynolds-Anthony Harris replied to Joan Griffin's discussion 'Using Cafes with Middle School Students'
What a wonderful idea and I believe it will work. I don't know where you are located but I'd be interesting in keeping in touch regarding your design. I would add that you may want to integrate the Cafe with elements of appreciative…
Using Cafes with Middle School Students
I have hosted Cafes with teachers with great success. This year I am embarking on a plan to teach my 8th grades to use Cafes in our English/Language Arts classes. I know that I will need to bring them along slowly... emphasizing deep listening and pausing between responses and what it means to make connections and links.They are on the verge of making use of their new found abstract thought abilities, so I'm thinking that the Cafe model would be of great value to them, both as an avenue to dig…See More
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Joan Griffin replied to Amy Lenzo's discussion 'Introductions'
Hello, All,
My name is Joan Griffin and I teach 8th grade English/Language Arts in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California. I work in a public, rural school that has 400 students K-8, which is on the small side. I have…
Joan Griffin left a comment for Amy Lenzo
That's a good idea... I, of course, read World Cafe, but this summer ran across a book called The Living Classroom, in which the author describes how he uses the Cafe model in a modified form with his college undergrad students. Including ways…
Amy Lenzo left a comment for Joan Griffin
Welcome, Joan! I just drove through/by your lovely town late last night, on my way home from a mini-vacation in the Bassets region. I hope you find the other people interested in World Cafes in middle school - perhaps you might start a conversation…
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- Please indicate World Café experience in one or more of the following roles.
- Host, Participant
- In what field is the primary focus of your World Café work?
- Education
- What knowledge, skills or resources would you like to contribute to the World Café community to help it grow and flourish?
- Using World Cafe with teachers to create professional learning communities.
- What would you most like to receive from this community?
- Ideas for using World Cafe in middle school classrooms.
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- At 4:44pm on September 6, 2009,
Nicky Pitman said… - Hi, ya back!
This is cool. Can't wait to explore.
- At 11:14am on September 5, 2009,
Amy Lenzo said… - Welcome, Joan! I just drove through/by your lovely town late last night, on my way home from a mini-vacation in the Bassets region. I hope you find the other people interested in World Cafes in middle school - perhaps you might start a conversation with your questions and bring them out?
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