Where Good Ideas Come From

"Chance favors the connected mind."

What means "connected?" Connect how?

Ideas cross-pollinate and bear fruit just like flowers. Ideas live in minds and books/words/stories are the bees that transmit them from flower to fertile flower. 

How do we promote that in the classroom?

We can promote the sharing of ideas in large group discussions, Socratic Circles, Turn and Teach, Chalk Talks and workshop methods of divergent/convergent play. Our map gives us security and purpose, and our Field Notes, Learning Log and C3 Chest help raise our metacognition and fuel and energize us with new ideas and discoveries.