Thinking about learning

Building towards a thinking classroom  It is to create hooks to to improve learners curiosity and engagement. We did stand in lines according to our birthdays--then see if there is a trend. We also use lines for getting up and  bedtimes lines and see if there is correlation. This stimulate talking, discussions and hopefully thinking. Which one doesn't  Fit fot activities is brilliant for discussions and thinking. There is more than one answer but you have to explain WHY We used a interactive collaborated spreadsheet with questions . Each learner must enter Data. The spreadsheet create a graph automatically and this leads to discussion and thinking- This is a great way to introduce statistics and get students to participate and engage

                                       Use Statistics to improve communities- Dr Andrew Sporle We collect Data and analyse it-- but what is important is to use the statical data to improve communities. An example he use was where cancer research and statistics in Stan Walkers family saves his family lives and then many cancer patients' lives around the world. New Zealand is world leading in combining data from different agencies into data pillars to create profiles of people that is complete. Basically, the government knows more about you that you mother knows about you. This data is very valuable but is confidential and private. In the wrong wrong hands it can be dangerous and problematic. The big problem is-How can communities access these data in a safe and secure manner to use it to improve communities- this leads to three principals- Data USE, Data CONTROL, Data ACCESS - Good data te...