ITC: 88 – How to Use Gallery Walks in the Classroom

Museum gallery walks provide a wonderful way to reflect upon and critique exhibits. We can also use this strategy in our classrooms.

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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 are a strategy for looking at and critiquing exhibits. We are going to look at what a gallery walk is, why use them, and how to conduct one. I will also provide examples. Let’s see how we can make gallery walks work in your classroom.

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Additional Reading

• #SMMW19: How to Innovate by Thinking Differently: The Disney Way
• Gallery Walk
• Why Use Gallery Walk?
• Step by Step Instructions
• Assessing Gallery Walk
• Why Your Next Critique Should Be A Gallery Walk
• “Plussing” – Learning and Working in a Collaborative Environment
• Digitalizing Gallery Walks: A Method for Student-Centered Feedback and Engagement
• Enliven Class Discussions With Gallery Walks
• Allison Titcomb on Gallery Walks
• Gallery Walk – Penn State
• The Digital Gallery Walk: Collaboration on their feet
• Using Virtual Gallery Walks to Build Community in Online Classes
• 5 Ways to Do a Digital Gallery Walk
• 5 Best Practices for Implementing Gallery Walks

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