As a lover of dialogue, one of my teaching goals is to assist students in "finding their voice" through facilitated discussion. As we all know, some of us have a more difficult time speaking up and out when it comes to discussion. Some of us are simply more shy than others, more unsure in our opinions than others, or more hesitant to share than others. To allow each student opportunity to share their voice within discussion, students use protocols to explore topics, readings, reactions, and ideas. Protocols are structured ways to effectively discuss ideas. Most of the protocols in use come from School Reform Initiative (http://www.schoolreforminitiative.org/); and, as necessary some protocols have been modified to fit our learning community needs. Using protocols to explore ideas, questions, and text, also drives students to work collaboratively and experience more of a "real world" practice since protocols are used throughout the professional world.
Here are student's thoughts on using protocols within our course work:
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