Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1) Develop Rubric to gauge success of project 2) Set Up a Sharing Workspace: - needs to be available 24/7 - acts as a communication channel between teacher and students. - should include Web 2.0 Tools - access to needed resources and a calendar 3) A way for students to document their work - by blog, journal, or some other way to reect on the overall process.
Examples: Angel Learning Blackboard Learn WikiSpaces Wiggio WordPress
- The big idea is a broad concept that can be explored in multiple ways. - It should... - be engaging - be important to students - be important to our society
Develop an Essential Question: - Develop an essential question that identies the importance of the big idea. ** should reect the interests of the students ** should reect the needs of their community Challenge: From the essential question, create a challenge that asks students to create solution that results in a concrete, meaningful action.
Examples: Big Idea: Essential Question Identity: What is cultural identity and how does it dene me? War: What is war and how does it affect society? Pollution: What are the effects of pollution on me?
Generated by students: these questions represent the knowledge students need to successfully meet the challenge.
Guiding Questions
Lessons, simulations, games, and other types of activities help students answer the guiding questions and set the foundation for a realistic solution.
Podcasts, websites, videos, databases, and experts that support the activities and assist students with developing a solution.
Harper, 2011
CBL Framework
Develop Solution: Students should identify possible solutions - It should... - be thoughtful, concrete, actionable, and clearly articulated - presented in a publishable multimedia format to the class.
Test Solution: - They can can build it, try it with small user groups, or present it to a focus group. - This process allows the teams to polish their solution.
Implementation: - Develop the implementation plan for the solution and put it into action. - Implementation will vary greatly depending on time and resources, but even the smallest effort to put the plan into action in a real-life setting is important.
Publish: - Students should be encouraged to publish their work in a variety of places - Online - In Public
Harper, 2011