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Brian's Project Outline

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 8 months ago

Return to My Page  // to my Project Sketch  // to my Project Plan

 


**A few comments in green ~jk**

Design a Conceptual Framework

The following prompts will help you define the conception framework of your project.

 

For individuals: Reflect on this series of questions and record your responses on your own wiki page. Be ready to share at your next team meeting. Don’t become too wedded to your ideas yet.

For a group: When you meet, share and discuss your individual responses, then respond to the questions again together. If you aim for a collaborative project, try to “mash up” your efforts into one shared project idea.

 

 

1. What important and enduring concepts are fundamental to each subject you teach? List them. Try to limit the list to two to three big concepts for each subject. Refer to content standards you teach to determine those covered by these big “umbrella” concepts. 

S.S.: Ancient Civ's—Why & How successful, including geography; Accomplishments that endure today; Importance of rivers and other water.

Reading: Read fluently; Increase working vocabulary; Increase comprehension (and variety of strategies used for comprehension).

 

L.A. Ability to commnicate clearly via speaking & writing.

 

2. Why do these concepts matter? Why are they important?

 •Same/similar importance today; appreciate cultural histories of very non-American groups.

 Reading: Reading is essential, most-used skill beside listening and speaking; writing requires reading; reading ability = power.

 

L.A.

3. Outside of school, who cares about these topics? What is their relevance in different people’s lives and in different parts of the world?

 •Most of the world cares about these topics. because for many/most of them, their daily lives continue to be heavily influenced by the cultural traits, geographical and physical realities, and histories of their civilizations.

I think this is KEY.  We should all understand that (usually unconsciously) our actions are governed by long-held cultural traditions/beliefs. I want to dig in here-- it's an essential understanding.

 Reading:

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4. Select one or two of the most promising of these topics and think about real-to-life contexts to answer: What are the interdisciplinary connections? What other subjects might be incorporated?

•History, geography, reading, writing, science all naturally & necessarily converge

Reading:
L.A.

 

5. As you begin to imagine working with these topics, how might you push past rote learning into analysis, evaluation and creation? Incorporate Bloom’s “rigor” verbs in your answer. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

 •Analyze and evaluate information to learn why/how civilizations were successful—comparing different civ's, deconstructing and critiquing their cultures, hypothesizing why they failed/ended/changed; collaborate with classmates to plan, design, create and dramatically present a newly created culture.

CHANGE is integral here-- civilizations start, grow, expand, collapse-- they dynamic nature of civilization is an essential understanding. CAUSATION is a very high-order kind of analysis. Let me show you a causal mapping activity you might want kids to do to investigate/express understanding of this.

 Reading:

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6. Imagine authentic ways students might engage in this topics within a project and the ways 21st century skills might be addressed. Hint: The terms collaboration, digital tools, and information literacy could appear in your answer! ISTE's NET*S

•Students use the Web to research basic info (graphics, text, and live experts including primary sources)

 Reading:

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7. What aspects of these topics will interest your students? (A feature that seems superficial or tangential but fascinates students can give you entrée into more essential matters, so brainstorm as many as you can.)

 •Most

 Reading:

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8. What learning dispositions should you cultivate and ask your students to pay attention to? (REINV p. 51-52)

•Curiosity, cooperation, persistence.

 Reading:

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