Check this out - ideas to incorporate design thinking in the classroom. Might help jump start a FAB Lab project or class activity. Erica and Megan saw this in action this past summer. Ask them about it.
Beth M just shared this with me - a great extension to your browser to edit articles into a print friendly version (remove images, delete specific text). Get the browser tool -
These adaptations of Bloom's Taxonomy could be helpful for both helping student's choose topics and also helping them evaluate and dig deeper on any topic.
Beth shared this with the faculty regarding the topic: What should all students know? A quote from the article: "...believe that content is important, but particular content is not. What's more valuable is the ability to react to, shape,or apply that knowledge."
Another example of the "yes, and" thinking for giving feedback. Pixar calls it "plussing" - would be a great way to teach students to give feedback to each other.