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Innovative Classrooms: Mapping Your Way. David Richardson and Susan Tyree. What Innovative Classrooms Look Like. Authentic assessment Project-based learning Technology innovations School to career opportunities. Excerpted from Edutopia Online http://www.glef.org/.
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Innovative Classrooms: Mapping Your Way David Richardson and Susan Tyree
What Innovative Classrooms Look Like • Authentic assessment • Project-based learning • Technology innovations • School to career opportunities Excerpted from Edutopia Online http://www.glef.org/
Performance Assessment • “Measure what kids can do with knowledge, not how many right answers they can give to questions.” Seymour Papert
Project Based Learning • “Students work together in groups to solve challenging problems that are authentic, curriculum-based, and often interdisciplinary.” Gwen Solomon, Technology and Learning • The teacher is learning at the same time as the students and with the students
Technology Innovation We have given students a research tool and databases used by scientists, analysts, and planners in the field.
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What Innovative Classrooms Feel Like What students do is meaningful Students have a sense of accomplishment and pride in their finished product Students are engaged and motivated Students take control of their learning
What is GIS? • GIS is a computer software that allows you to store, analyze and display data LINKED TOGETHER GEOGRAPHICALLY. • With this program you can manage information of any kind according to where it is located.
Data Can Be Queried The data tables can be queried and the results displayed geographically.
Themes • The data is layered together in themes. • Each theme of data has its own database of attributes attached. • There are three types of themes: polygons, lines, and points.
Adding GPS Data • Points can be collected with GPS unit. • These points can be downloaded into the GIS program.
Publish to the Web • Research and data can be combined to publish on the web for authentic assessment of student projects. • Key Largo School • Sugarloaf School • Where to publish • School district web sites • Web World Wonders
Resources David Richardson richardsond@monroe.k12.fl.us http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/sls/ Sugarloaf School 255 Crane Blvd. Summerland Key, FL 33042 Telephone: (305)-745-3282 Fax:(305)-745-2019 Florida Geographic Alliance Dr. Laurie Molina lmolina@admin.fsu.edu http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/ Susan Tyree tyrees@monroe.k12.fl.us http://www.keylargoschool.com Key Largo School 104801 Overseas Highway Key Largo, FL 33037 Telephone (305)-453-1255 Fax: 305-453-1248