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1) Name one thing that you like about yourself and say why. 2) The detective saw his opportunity. He grabbed the waitress' arm and said... 3) What do you want your legacy to be? Why? Q/A with Stephen Project Work Time Today's Checklist of Goals: 1) Format/Print your Research Notes. 2) Share your results with your group with a small jigsaw protocol. 3) Debrief the protocol. You have researched your Problem online for the past two days. Now, you ought to format your notes as a group to have a consistent design (font/size/spacing). Once you feel satisfied with the quality of your formatting, you can print out 1 copy of your notes for your Project Portfolio. Jigsaw 1) Each group member should share the key points, new information, and interesting ideas from each of their sources. Group members should independently takes notes on the information being shared. Jigsaw Debrief 1) Answer each question out loud as a group. -Did the group process help members to gain a better understanding of the different problems? -What worked well for the group? -Are there discussion skills the group could improve? -Are there any lingering questions or misconceptions about the topic?
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What's the deal? Are you tracking? Project Work Time Today's Goals: 1) Find and evaluate 3-4 sources that relate to your topic areas (population, geography, sector) 2) Complete self-assessment rubric. Researching "The Problems" Click the link above to find your work assignment for today. Take your time finding excellent sources--dig deep. The work you do today will directly impact the rest of your project. Follow the instructions and use your group for support. Self-Assessment Rubric Take the self assessment and show it to Stephen by the end of class. Debrief Question and Answer with Stephen
How can I help? Concerns? Project Work Time Today's Goal: Write your challenge question and show it to Stephen. Boom! Read Excerpt of Mindset by Carol Dweck, PhD Available in hard copy only! See me for one if you were absent! We read the first chapter and then wrote down the phrase or sentence that stuck out to us the most on the whiteboard. Build Your Team Handout Do this first with your group before moving onto anything else today! Leader, tuck this away in a safe spot! Finish Discovery Tool Try to finish this by the end of our 1st period together. Leader, tuck this away in a safe spot! Write and Explore Your Team's Challenge Question Try to get to the "Problems" section by the end of today. Debrief How was the organization and structure of today's class today? What worked; what didn't? How well did you work as a group today? How well did you work today? What mistakes did you make that you want to own? What can we celebrate? Starter 27 1) Finish this sentence: "I really wish our school had..." Be constructive and positive! 2) Thinking back to the problems of Globalization, finish this sentence: "It annoys me that..." 3) What do you think you can contribute strongly to a group in this project? If you can't think of anything, what do you want to contribute? Inventory Mapping Some skills needed for the project: Research Problem-solving* Working With Others* Digital/Multimedia Products (Photoshop/iMovie)* Design Thinking Writing Presentation* Organization/Planning/Record Keeping* Leadership Skills Map for 1st/2nd Periods Skills Map for 3rd/5th Periods Group Selection Whoop! Work Time Read "Design Thinking For Social Innovation" Article Together. Then, complete the following tasks. 1. Discovery Tool 2. Build Your Team
Starter 26 Write a thoughtful note of encouragement to a fellow student or adult at AHS. You should write roughly half a page. Please BCC me on the email so I can give you credit for completing the Starter. Turn in Starters 21-25 Make sure to turn these in today before you leave class. If you are absent, please turn these in ASAP. Print these out if you type them on your computer. Turn In Seminar Reflection I'm going to use Kaizena to give these feedback, so submit here! I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier that I was using this. It works best if your paper is formatted in Google Docs. Grading Ideas We talked for about 30 minutes to wrap up our thoughts on how to grade this current project. You all shared some very excellent insights into the place of group grades in a 21st century learning context! The consensus seems to be that we are overwhelmingly in favor of a group grade. However, you were only in favor of group grades in groups that were self-selected and highly motivated. I think we can make something work. I'll have more details next week on your overall project rubric. Of course, there will still be individual grades throughout the project, like starters and the like. Project Handout It's finally here! If you were absent on Friday, what you need to know is that we will be mapping our strengths for each other on Tuesday (no school Monday.) We will also identify what geographic areas, populations, and sectors (water, energy, transportation, etc) that we are interested in working on. Once each student has done that, then we will form teams and begin brainstorming!
Homework None. Today's Question:
What is the function of grading and how do group grades fit into that picture for you? Seminar Pre-Write/Annotation Check Did you complete the task set out before you? Yay or nay? Seminar You know how we do it! Ahhh yeaaa Seminar Questions: 1) What is Kagan's strongest argument for banning group grades? Why? 2) What is positive interdependence/collaboration and how can teachers measure a student's growth in this? 3) Why does Kagan believe that learning, not grades, will be the reward in the 21st century? 4) What is a skill that you can learn from the collaboration process? Why is it this important? 5) Are group grades fair? 6) What should be the function of grades? 7) How should we use the understanding we gained in seminar to grade our project? Seminar Make Up If you were ABSENT...choose two of the seminar questions listed above. Write two TEA paragraphs per question (total of 4 paragraphs), following TEA Paragraph and my formatting guidelines. Email it to me with the subject "Seminar Make Up" Seminar Reflection General guidelines The seminar reflection should be somewhere between 1 and 2 single-spaced pages. Answer the following questions with TEA paragraphs, referring to text and to the ideas discussed in the seminar. This must be properly formatted (see resources section of my DP) and you will email it to me before the start of class Friday. Here's the rubric I'll use! Paragraph 1: Reactions 1. Choose one or two specific comments or ideas that were mentioned in the seminar. 2. Explain what those comments or ideas meant. 3. Talk about your reaction to the comment/idea you chose. What did it make you think about? How did it change, add to, or deepen your perspective? Paragraph 2: Detailed Response 1. Choose one of the major questions from the seminar to write about (if you are also doing the seminar make up, choose a different question from the ones on that list). 2. Major questions are posted on my DP. 3. Write at least one solid paragraph in response to the question. You may write more if you feel like you need more space to adequately answer the question. 4. You should definitely be quoting the text, and setting up your quotes correctly! You will not receive full credit for this paragraph if you do not quote the text! Paragraph 3: Connections In one paragraph, identify and explain a connection between the seminar text/ideas to one of the following: 1. Other topics and texts you’ve studied (this year or in the past) 2. News article or current event 3. Historical event or figure 4. Movie, tv show, or song 5. Work of art 6. Personal experience you’ve had 7. Other? Today's Goals:
1) Share out Design Process results from yesterday. 2) Annotate Seminar test and start Seminar Pre-Write (finish for HW.) Share Design Results Your group and you will walk us through the successes and failures of your design challenge yesterday! Socratic Seminar Text Read and annotate THOROUGHLY. Define words you do not know. Vocab quiz? Group Grades Are Pointless Seminar Pre-Write This is due tomorrow. It must be properly formatted and printed out before the start of class. I will use this rubric to assess your writing. You should use the rubric to go through your writing before turning it in. Remember the time you graded yourself using this rubric? Let's see your improvement since then! In 2 well developed TEA paragraphs, please answer any two of the following questions: 1) What is the controversy about group grading and why is it important to discuss? 2) What is the most important function of a grade according to Kagan? What is the function of grading in your opinion? How do these views compare/contrast? 3) Is there value in educators grading the collaboration process (listening, sharing, making fair decisions, cooperating, etc.)? Seminar will take place immediately at the start of class tomorrow. In order to participate (and not get a costly ZERO) you will need: 1) Thoroughly Annotated (3-5 per page) Reading 2) Printed Out Copy of Pre-Write Homework: Prepare for Seminar |
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