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Will, Here's a link: [|http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/08/the_smackdown] More Links: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

... Methinks someone has already done this project for us.

Hi Ken, Thanks for the link. I looked at it for about 20 minutes... very interesting. I'm game to try a version of it, but I definitely need to brainstorm with you. Questions I'm considering that you've already thought of: How to get everyone involved in the one-on-one smackdown? Partners? Small teams?Will this require acting?Time?Best to anthropomorphize non-linguistic tools?Do we need a bell? :)

Hi Will, We'll need a ref, rules for tapping out, no chokes or forearms across the throat...I'll keep thinking... Will, Seriously, I don't know how to use it or even if we should. But I like the idea that brains can't hear two perspectives without "taking sides" and thereby getting more engaged in the topic. It's so easy for the audience to slip into that passive role. Makes me think of a debate between pictographs versus graphic organizers as the better instructional strategy...audience members pair up, are given a topic/concept, pick a kind of nonlinguistic representation to teach that topic/concept and "face-off" against another pair. We ask for pairs/foursomes to volunteer to "present" to the group at large.

Hi Ken, Check out this video from TeacherTube. It's a post observation conference. Perhaps we can have people watch this instead of an actual lesson to create an episode graphic organizer. There are number of videos like this. I'm also wondering if we can find some free video clips from TV or movies that involve classroom instruction. It would be funny if our people could observe Ferris Bueller's infamous classroom experience... Brainstormin...

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