This week we were introduced to the conceptual lens. I found it a little hard to understand so I looked a bit deeper into it. As we know the. Conceptual lens is synergistic thinking. It is a concept or concepts that you chose to focus on in the unit your teaching. You will chose your conceptual lens after you have the unit title. What we are looking for is a way to make our students engage in a deeper thought process and engage each other in conversation. This benefits the students in many ways; it allows them to feel that their opinions matter, to explore the concept fully, to think beyond two dimensional thoughts, and make them a part of the learning process. I found a good example in an online article by Lynn Erickson which I will post on Twitter this week. The title "Our Community"  for a unit can have many different conceptual lenses. Some examples such as Beliefs/Values or Relationships/Interactions could be chosen for our lens. Students can then break into groups or individually brainstorm on the relationship between our factual concept and the lens. I hope this blog helps you better understand the conceptual lens.