SOLO Hexagons

SOLO Taxonomy and systems thinking in the classroom

2 10, 2022

Check out this new four part series exploring how SOLO Taxonomy and hexagonal thinking can be used to teach systems thinking in the classroom. Link here.

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SOLO Taxonomy at ESF in Hong Kong

5 28, 2018

Reflecting on the powerful examples of student learning using SOLO shared during my visit to Hong Kong last week Fractions explored through SOLO Hexagons thinking and student co-construction of SOLO rubrics just fabulous 🙂       Great two days in conversation with thoughtful educators inquiring into the effectiveness of using an explicit model of […]

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SOLO Hexagons iPad App

6 19, 2017

Dead chuffed to announce that SOLO Hexagons has just been released on the Apple iPad Store. Love the versatility in new SOLO Hexagons App the team at CactusLab has developed earlier work by Dave Carpenter and have captured that sandpit pedagogy feel that makes SOLO Hexagons such a flexible strategy for shifting students from surface […]

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5 Strategies for Deep Learning

8 21, 2016

Using SOLO Taxonomy as a model for surface and deep learning learning is a sandbox pedagogy. Embed from Getty Images Using SOLO helps create learning environments that are option rich collaborative, adaptable and much like a sandbox always open to the introduction of new possibilities and opportunities for deep learning. The following slides help summarise […]

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School Values and SOLO Taxonomy

7 16, 2016

Embed from Getty Images A question from Siobhan in New Zealand We met when you came to [xxxxxx College] last term. In between one of the slots with the teachers, I was asking you about ways to link SOLO to our school values. You said you may have some ideas that you could share with […]

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HookED Reverse SOLO Hexagons

3 30, 2015

Two weeks ago I failed to get to a NZTA Secondary Teachers Reference Group Meeting in Wellington. I was running a workshop on citizenship and road safety education.  After an over early start to catch the flight I spent the morning flying part way down the island before being turned back by fog at Wellington […]

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