Thin Slide Eduprotocol Template
An easy EduProtocol for beginning teachers and students alike! Thin Slide is a sample EduProtocol from the book, The EduProtocol Field Guide, Book 2. There are 16 more EduProtocols in Book One and 12 more in Book Two. Check them out!
Do you wonder what the difference is between a Thin Slide and a Thick Slide? We’ll explain it here.
Use this EduProtocol to spark student thinking, share reflections, or learn something new! This easy protocol makes a quick lesson for very young students or for substitutes to deploy. But don’t dismiss it as a primary tool, students of all ages benefit from the synthesis thinking and consolidating of ideas represented by a single image. Marlena’s favorite way to use this protocol is at the end of a unit of study with the prompt, “What is one thing you must remember to study for the test tomorrow?”
Steve McGrith Explains Thin Slide in depth.
How will my students benefit from Thin Slides? Students will communicate visually, present often for a short duration, be heard-every one, create visual ideas that are a synthesis of larger concepts, themes, or ideas. And most importantly of all, feel that they are a contributing member of a group and the shared learning of the group.
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Dive into Thin Slides!
Give students the prompt word or concept or question that you would like them to reflect upon.
Share the Google Slide deck with them, or a blank slide deck that you have prepared with one slide per student.
Students add ONE image and ONE word (or only a few words) to explain their thinking.
Set the timer for 5 minutes or less to design the slide. This is a very quick activity.
Students present their slide in one sentence (4-6 seconds) in which they make a claim, share evidence, or their reasoning for selecting that image. An easy way to manage is to to allow each student one sentence to explain their thinking. (Whole class should be able to share in about 2-3 minutes- this quick whip around is where the magic happens.)
Note: As with most of the protocols, the presentation aspect of this protocol is vital. Seeing the answers of peers is what takes this experience from one word to big concept development! for all!
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Introduce a question with an image, media clip, sound file, or open-ended question prompt that will spark student emotion and critical thinking before moving to the Thin Slides. Then provide your prompt and begin the Thin Slide.
Want to have some fun with your Thin Slides? Show your students how to right click to replace an image! This Slides Mania video will show you how! The Slides Mania template below below has some fun image options.
The free templates available on this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License: Iron Chef Lesson, Emoji Paragraph, Thin Slides, Sketch and Tell, Cyber Sandwich and Peanut Butter & Jelly, 8pARTS and Sentence Parts.
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