Lectures, tests, students presenting with PowerPoint.... sounds a bit dull, right? Let's do more. Let's go beyond! We know that our students are amazingly creative ~ you've seen these problem-solving masters go to great lengths when sometimes just following the rules gets things done easier (click here for an example!) so imagine what they could do when this power is harnessed for the greater good. |
Project based, inquiry based, problem based, oh my.
Pretty much covers all the life skills we want our students to have including critical thinking, problem solving, motivation....Read more about the why in the 3 links below.
Involve me and I understand
Improves student outcomes
Ability to function in a global community
The what? See the differences here Articles of interest. The power of project learning (excerpt on right) Exploring them all 8 ways into inquiry learning (A must read State of Union example!) Find specific projects. Even YOU math! Science was made for this Bucks Institute Some tips and ideas Just because of Super Bowl 50 | We have to give [students] permission to think, not teach them what to think.” .....Sometimes the results surprise both the teacher and learner, says Zachary Chase, an English teacher at SLA. To learn about the oral tradition associated with Homer’s The Odyssey, students were charged with finding a family story, getting a first-person recording of the story, and preserving it to pass onto their children. When one student found a bunch of letters from an uncle who had left his family to go to California during the Gold Rush, he used GarageBand to record himself reading the letters. He altered the voice to make it sound like that of an older man, Chase says. This project not only outstripped the teacher’s demands, but the success of the final project even surprised the student. |