Students are divided in groups of 4 and each group receives 2 Flashcards that has 2 different hats.

The flashcard should have the drawing of the hat with the right color on one side and the instructions about the perspective on the other side.

Students are given time to prepare a mini-talk based on the hats they were assigned (each 2 members have one hat).

Teachers can either shuffle the flashcards and students draw the flashcards or assign hats based on any other scenario.

Once the preparation is done, students can post to the Padlet and a whole-class discussion can ensue.

For the white and blue hats, it would be great to reinforce the idea of finding relevant, accurate, and reliable sources.

Start off with discussing unseen exam

Elicit the idea of forming an opinion/perspective concerning a given topic

Introduce the concept of research question

Finally, let's put forward the idea of this course being concerned with critical thinking and writing based on proper research.