Roles: 

• Facilitators keep the flow of the discussion.
• Recorders use a word processor to capture key points.

Red - Deb

Blue - Stuart

Green - Rick

Yellow - Laurel

7:25

• For example, if Dennis and Joe are a team, they need to be together.
• People working individually may select any group.
• Limit the group size to 6 people.

• Each author or team presents a one sentence purpose statement.
• Follow this purpose statement with a rationale paragraph.
  • Review the possible rationale format on the Rationale Web.
• Participants: Critique each purpose and rationale by initiating a question or comment from one of the perspectives below:
• a parent of a gifted child;
• a parent of a child who has had little success at school;
• an administrator whose dominant concern is for test scores;
• a teacher who thinks that all this technology stuff is a fad; or
• a board member who is a local, successful business person.
• Authors or teams defend their rationales by referring to their areas of focus and key research studies in support of the purpose for the study.

• Recorders need to capture the list.
• Rank order the list.

8:10-8:30

In preparation for the final discussions tonight, check the remainder of the agenda for the evening.