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PZ PGH Learning and Thinking that Make a Difference (May 2026) has ended
Tuesday May 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
We ask students to take notes constantly, but we often teach it without understanding the scaffolding it requires. For many students, note-taking is copying, not thinking. This workshop reframes documentation as a visible thinking practice using Project Zero's Cultures of Thinking framework and thinking routines. What you'll do: Engage in hands-on activities including a schema-activation Buzz Word Sort, the Parts, Purposes, and Complexities thinking routine, and design thinking experiences where you prototype and reflect on documentation templates. What you'll learn: How activating schema — what students already know — lays the groundwork for notes that stick. Why documentation is genuinely hard (it's a design problem, not a motivation problem). How thinking routines make students' thinking visible, valued, and revisited. The executive function demands embedded in note-taking — planning, prioritizing, working memory, self-monitoring — and how these capacities develop through intentional practice. How to scaffold thinking without replacing it, supporting diverse learners across different grade levels and learning environments. You'll leave with concrete instructional moves ready to adapt to your own context. The real question is not what students wrote down, but what they understood. When we design for thinking, notes become evidence of learning.
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Heidi Bachman

Middle School Learning Specialist, Maret School
Heidi Bachman is an experienced Project Zero educator with over 30 years in independent schools across Washington, DC; New York; California; and Germany. She began her career fascinated by how young children develop their natural inquiry skills and has worked as a Student Support... Read More →
Tuesday May 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
MakeLab - MuseumLab 1st Floor

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