How would you suggest I use the site with others (teachers or students) if I have: 

5 minutes

• Watch an inspiring video together—almost all are 5-minutes long. Austin’s Butterfly is a great start. Snakes are Born this Way and  Small Acts of Courage from the Illuminating Standards Series or Part 4 of the Inspiring Excellence Series, Using Models and Critiques to Create Works of Quality, are also strong starting points.

15 minutes

• Watch a video and discuss it with students or teachers. Try Revitalizing Rochester or The Wolf That Would Forgive. Look at the corresponding work itself as well if time permits.
• Choose a particularly useful writing or project model for a short analysis and discussion. Consider The Dancing Prince (elementary) or Economics Illustrated (secondary).
• Have students or teachers browse the collections to provoke their own questions and ideas.

50 minutes

• Dive deeply into one (or a few) model(s) of work. This can be done by examining the work closely; analyzing and critiquing it; raising questions; or building criteria lists for quality. (One protocol for looking at work closely can be found here.) There are over 30 student work models that have related videos in the Illuminating Standards series; when the work itself is paired with the video, new questions and ideas emerge. Consider using the protocol specifically designed for watching the Illuminating Standards videos.