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Project Sketch - Example

Jane's Project Sketch: Recently, a student's grandparent fell on a broken sidewalk and fractured her hip. Kids expressed concern about mobility and safety in the community. The driving question for our investigation became: How can everyone safely get where they need to go? Groups craft "need to know" questions and investigate the needs of different citizen groups (elderly, disabled, bike commuters, parents with strollers, joggers, young pedestrians, etc.),  develop reasoned solutions to mobility concerns for those groups, develop an action plan, campaign for change.

1. Ubiquity – Learning any time and anywhere Tools:  Digital photos and GPS for cataloging street/sidewalk problems. Load photos to Picasa site.
2. Deep Learning with rich data sets, primary sources Tools: Record city/county accident data and locations in shared google spreadsheet, graph results; create survey in Doodle to learn more.
3. Making things visible and discuss-able Tools: Plot accidents on Google Map;

4. Expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, building community Tools Skype call with city manager; Blog to collect first person accounts of concerns; groups collaborate on work products in Google Docs and Presos; Hold town hall meeting, invite remote experts to participate through Skype.

6. Research Tools: Web directory for city contacts

7. Project Management Tools: Google calendar; Manhattan course interface8. Reflection and Iteration Tools: Individual blogs for reflection and feedback on work; Google Docs and Presos allow refinement/feedback throughout writing process