In The Classroom With Stan Skrabut

I first learned about gallery walks attending Duncan Wardle’s presentation called “How to Innovate by Thinking Differently: The Disney Way” at Social Media Marketing World. Wardle’s focus was on improving creativity and innovation. One of the strategies he shared was this idea called a gallery walk. His reasoning was that we tend to become confrontational when we are across the table from each other. But by posting the presentation around the wall and reviewing it, a group begins to think more expansively. I thought this was a great idea and discovered that it was already being done in education. Gallery walks allow students to tap into higher-order thinking skills like analysis, evaluation, and synthesis. They have an opportunity to practice other soft skills in a group setting while increasing their knowledge on a topic. This week we are going to take a closer look at gallery walks. Gallery walks is a strategy for looking at and critiquing exhibits. We are going to look at what a gallery walk is, why use th