April+2009


 * Handouts and Resources from April 30, 2009

Warm-up ~ Kimberly Eiler: ** A 2008 picture book by Deborah Hopkinson: Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek – A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) **

Café Conversations** [|Café to Go!] This concise guide to Café Conversations covers the basics of the process. It includes brief outlines of each principle, a description of Café Etiquette, an outline of key elements of the Café conversations, and tips for creating Café ambiance. [|The Art of Powerful Questions] This comprehensive guide written by Eric Vogt, Juanita Brown and David Isaacs explores the three dimensions of a powerful question–construction, scope and assumptions–and then offers sample questions for focusing collective attention, finding deeper insight and creating forward movement.  [|Cafe Conversations in Action] Scroll down to view many examples of Cafe Conversations used in educational settings.