Why Smart Kids Do Dumb Things

$20.00

Presenters: Colin Seale
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Planning 1.4, Instruction 2.1, Learning Environment 3.3
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

What if you could help your students use their unique teenage brains to change the world? Colin Seale, the founder of thinkLaw, believes you can. In this course, Mr. Seale walks you through how to transform the critical thinking dispositions of your students, enabling them to funnel their risk-taking tendencies into opportunities for activism, examine situations and consequences from different perspectives, and develop nuanced thinking. 

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Description

Adolescents aren’t typically known for their critical thinking skills. But Colin Seale, the founder of thinkLaw, believes you can transform your students’ critical thinking dispositions in order to help them use their unique teenage brains to change the world.

In this course, Mr. Seale will help you do the following:

  • Examine the developmental reasons why smart kids do dumb things
  • Explore what this means for you as a teacher
  • Discover how closing the critical thinking gap can help address this important issue
Mr. Seale walks you through the following strategies for shaping your students’ critical thinking:
  • Helping students funnel risk-taking tendencies into opportunities for activism
  • Providing students with opportunities to examine situations and consequences from different perspectives
  • Enabling students to apply these concepts in different situations
You’ll come away from this course inspired and equipped to help develop a new generation of decision-makers.

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400 reviews for Why Smart Kids Do Dumb Things

  1. Elizabeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved this course! The speaker was energetic and kept me engaged…even at 1:15AM!

  2. Janet – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting presenter and makes good points

  3. Nicole – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    great info

  4. Susan – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the message and the activities that were suggested to help develop nuance thinking.

  5. Tracy – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a good presentation.

  6. Blanca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information and makes a lot of sense.

  7. Lusila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    good

  8. Katherine – EANES ISD (verified owner) –

    Good and relevant examples were provided for understanding.

  9. Zachary – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This was well done and informative

  10. Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great training and very informational-

  11. Valerie – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This was a very brief course, and is mostly geared toward middle school and high school students/teachers. It did make me think of how we can help our students develop critical thinking skills to allow them to make better decisions.

  12. Nancye – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good information.

  13. Raquel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed the presentation and the ideas on helping kids develop their thinking skills; however, I thought we would cover more in depth about why smart kids do dumb things.

  14. Mike – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a good course. I would give it 4 stars. I liked the ideas the presenter had for having young students use their brain for positive actions while it is still developing.

  15. Kari – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –

    Provides good strategies to help students grow beyond narrow mindedness.

  16. Kathleen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a good course, it made me think of different ways I could present things to get the students to start to practice critical thinking skills.

  17. Marylyn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Good points to consider

  18. nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    interesting and engaging

  19. Janice – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked how it not only showed ways to incorporate situational learning in the classroom but it really caused me to reflect, personally.

  20. Heather – PEARLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is wonderful! It is a good mix of theory and practical strategies.

  21. Jaime – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course and presenter.

  22. MARIA G – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Good and interesting class.

  23. Rosa – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –

    very interesting

  24. Maritza – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –

    understandable

  25. Randeee – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –

    This was very good!

  26. ALICIA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    The course provided insight on thee importance of having students think of the different perspectives and that all situations have different perspectives..

  27. Jane – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –

    provides useful ideas, strategies, and examples to encourage us to develop ways to help teens be more effective critical thinkers

  28. Kim – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    The course was informative and kept my interest.

  29. Vicki – BEAVERCREEK CITY (verified owner) –

    I thought it made very good points about where teenagers are cognitively and how we can use that knowledge to engage wtudents in a positive way.

  30. Shay – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    Nice and easy.

  31. Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This not only helps me understand my students, but my grandchildren as well.

  32. Martha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting

  33. Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was an awesome course.

  34. Melissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Awesome!

  35. Sylvia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –

    It has good ideas on why Smart Kids Do Dumb Things.

  36. Audrey – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the topic and everything discussed makes a lot of sense. As educators, we will just have to do some serious planning to implement these strategies and also find time.

  37. Alma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Really enjoyed the course.

  38. Diana – Northern Local Schools (verified owner) –

    Excellent

  39. TOMASA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    It is a great course!

  40. KATHERINE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    This course gave valuable scenarios.

  41. Kimberly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    excellent . love the relevant information.

  42. Shelby – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting! He provided great examples.

  43. BERTHA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    good and interesting.

  44. KARRIE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Good Training. Easy to follow.

  45. Sheila – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –

    I like the strategies listed to help create deeper thinking.

  46. Jodi – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –

    I feel that children of all ages can research and find information on topics of interest because it will help them become well-rounded citizens and make them more aware of their surroundings, which will help them think before they do something “dumb” in their future.

  47. ROSALINDA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting

  48. PATRICIA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    I thought this was interesting.

  49. Gary – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    Wasn’t what I was expecting from the title, but was helpful in developing critical thinking strategies.

  50. Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    It has very important information.

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