Zoom In
Reveal an image gradually; respond at each stage.
Observing & describingBuilding explanationsWondering & questioningUncovering complexity
What is Zoom In?
Author uploads an ordered set of frames (cropped/masked progressively). Host advances the reveal; participants describe what they see, hypothesise, and update their thinking.
Setup: Upload 3 to 5 ordered frames (each shows more of the image).
The prompts
- 1What do you see or notice now?
- 2What's your hypothesis or interpretation?
- 3What new things are you wondering about?
Good moments for Zoom In
- Classroom warm-upSurface what students bring before introducing new content.
- After a reading or videoConsolidate big ideas without testing recall.
- Discussion starterResponses become the seed material for the room conversation.
- End-of-session reflectionCapture how thinking changed.
About Visible Thinking
Visible Thinking Routines were developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ron Ritchhart, David Perkins). They are short structured protocols for surfacing thinking, not assessments.
Project Zero website