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Everything Old is New Again: The return of PBL & Inquiry in the Guise of Common Core

Everything Old is New Again: The return of PBL & Inquiry in the Guise of Common Core. GVHS Interdisciplinary Collaboration S. Cool March 13, 2013. Cycles of Learning. Explore. Apply. Explain. Explore!. Explore. Hands on activities Labs Demos Hooks (video clips, comics)

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Everything Old is New Again: The return of PBL & Inquiry in the Guise of Common Core

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  1. Everything Old is New Again:The return of PBL & Inquiry in the Guise of Common Core GVHS Interdisciplinary Collaboration S. Cool March 13, 2013

  2. Cycles of Learning Explore Apply Explain

  3. Explore! Explore Hands on activities Labs Demos Hooks (video clips, comics) Activating prior knowledge Apply Explain

  4. Explain! Explore • Lecture / Direct instruction • Research • Teacher created “flipped videos” (Khan academy) • You tube videos, etc. • Guided practice • Independent Practice (aka Homework) Apply Explain

  5. Apply! Explore • Student created projects • Student created labs • Videos • Songs, raps, poems • Relating to real-world examples • Cross curricular application to other disciplines Apply Explain

  6. The 2 Day Project

  7. The 2 Day Core Project Time: 1 period student prep, 1 period tech The Prompt: Take what you’ve learned and relate it to your life in Merced/TRW (The Real World) Students empowered with choice!

  8. Comic Strips (Amanda Ya & Lee McNeil)www.stripgenerator.com

  9. Videos (Jessie Ochoa)

  10. Presentations (Mary Xiong)

  11. Xtranormal.com (Belen Castillo) http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/14189816/joes-explanation-on-heat-transfer

  12. Fakebook.com GVHS Interdiscplinary Collaboration, Feb. 2013; S. Cool

  13. Wordle.com CSTA, San Jose 2012; S. Cool

  14. 21st Century Lab Reports

  15. Less Conventional Methods • Blogging • Podcasts • Screencasts (flipped videos) • Todaysmeet.com

  16. Less Conventional Tools • Whiteboards • Great for lab data (no paper!) • Cell phones • Timers/stopwatches • Pictures – data, experimental results • Video • GPS • Webcams • Flip video cameras • Tablets/iPod Touches • Accelerometers – apps for physics

  17. Todaysmeet.com Equipment: Smartphones (partner students up) LCD Projector CSTA, San Jose 2012; S. Cool

  18. YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNymIQ-lr1wZWDArHGDN2hMclZVmK0TeU

  19. Tiffani showing off her data CSTA, San Jose 2012; S. Cool

  20. Eduardo modeling his calculations

  21. Eduardo modeling his calculations

  22. Google Docs CSTA, San Jose 2012; S. Cool

  23. Google Docs CSTA, San Jose 2012; S. Cool

  24. Things I’ve learned

  25. Quit being the Sage on the Stage all of the time… • I was a Drill and Killteacher in my first few years • Now, in a typical 2 week unit I lecture 3 days • So… what happens the other 7 days?

  26. Some things we do as a class: • warm-ups (extremely important!!!) • lecture • demos • benchmarks • some activities Everything else is independent & self-paced: • independent practice (aka “HW”) • labs • projects • some activities Instead be the Guide on the Side!

  27. Mastery, not Completion! • I grade student’s assignments right in front of them while they watch • Assignments are a dialogue: • We discuss their assignments one on one • ferrets out copiers • This is why warm-ups are important • EVERYTHING in my class is a form of formative assessment except the final exam

  28. Break out of my Comfort Zone • Allow students to be individuals • They abuse tech and are off task less than we worry about • Engagement reduces discipline issues  duh!

  29. Trust my students • Teach them to be self-directed learners • Don’t Google answers, Google how! • Differentiate instruction • Teach accountability • Anti-procrastination points

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