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New HookED Resource – SOLO Maps and rubrics

February 20, 2022

SOLO Maps and Rubrics for using academic language (academic verbs) are now available as a free download from the HookED Free Resources Page. Redesigned by the inimitable Danish educator Tobias Jacoby, the editable maps and rubrics feature the clean lines and practical functionality of Danish design. They are available for download in MS PowerPoint or […]

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle

June 17, 2021

‘Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle’* Embed from Getty Images Exhorting others to “be kind” is not helpful if we don’t take time to clarify what “being kind” is like. Being kind is often used as a place holder for showing empathy (cognitive, emotional and compassionate). An observation that prompts […]

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Enjoy a sneak preview of the SOLO Taxonomy Posters in Japanese

May 1, 2015

The ever fabulous designer Nick Denton has just sent through the proofs for the Japanese versions of the SOLO Taxonomy Posters. Translations by Rachel Austen HOD Languages at Lincoln High School, Canterbury, New Zealand. The HookED SOLO Hand sign and verb posters are themed so as to be visually stunning – individually and collectively. I […]

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SOLO Taxonomy: Thoughts on how to implement

February 8, 2015

“There should be one … and preferably only one obvious way to do it” versus “There is always more than one way to do it”. Over the past 12 years I have seen many different approaches to implementing SOLO as a common language of learning across a school. Much like teaching and learning the same […]

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On “being a mole” days

July 28, 2014

“Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror – indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows I am working from […]

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SOLO Posters in French

July 24, 2014

I am excited to announce that designer Nick Denton has just finished the French language versions of the HookED SOLO Posters series. I suspect you will love the effect created with the handwritten text as much as I do. These exuberant designs complement the English and Te Reo Māori posters. Click on the thumbnail to […]

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Five powerful questions

October 20, 2013

One of the things I love about the classroom based use of SOLO Taxonomy is the way in which using the model helps students understand great questions. SOLO helps students understand how to construct great questions and how to answer them. For example, the HookED SOLO Five – a series of five great questions students […]

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It is a Nick Denton design – unpacking the art in SOLO.

February 18, 2013

I commissioned the talented young Wellington designer Nick Denton to explore visual ways of representing SOLO Taxonomy to students – I wanted something a little different from the usual “this is a classroom resource poster” – something that captured both the eye and the imagination of young learners – something powerful and beautiful. Nick worked […]

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