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Rigorous unit development. Keota CSD, Iowa Gail B. Wortmann November 11, 2011. Keota’s Reputation. It has been good. Rigorous and ready. Cannot continue. (example: Iowa) Must move forward. Forward thinking… Changes in your lifetime. Changes in their lifetime.
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Rigorous unit development Keota CSD, Iowa Gail B. Wortmann November 11, 2011
Keota’s Reputation • It has been good. Rigorous and ready. • Cannot continue. (example: Iowa) • Must move forward. Forward thinking… • Changes in your lifetime. • Changes in their lifetime. • Beloit College http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/ • Gap: current college seniors/ high school freshman.
Today’s Agenda: It’s about YOU! • Examples of forward-thinking, rigorous units • 21st Century Unit Development Framework • Rigor/Relevance Framework • Grown-up Thematics • Scenario Development • Rigorous Unit Workshop and Product • http://edvance21-support-wiki.wikispaces.com/Keota+Nov.+2011 OR Google Docs
Iowa Core and Teacher Effectiveness • History of Iowa Core to Iowa Core Curriculum • Added START Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Google “Iowa Characteristics of Effective Instruction” • S • T • A • R • T
Iowa Core and Teacher Effectiveness • History of Iowa Core to Iowa Core Curriculum • Added START Characteristics of Effective Instruction • Google “Iowa Characteristics of Effective Instruction” • Student-Centered Classrooms • Teaching for Understanding • Assessment for Learning • Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum • Teaching for Learner Differences
Mosquito Ringtone • Young people using ringtone • Test frequencies • Does it work for mosquitoes? • If it works for mosquitoes, does it work for young people? • Application of apps in schools for problem solving • 21st Century context • If you make it relevant problem solving, rigor will come with it
Use of Smartphone Apps • Angry Birds – physics • QR Codes (scavenger hunts, assignments, etc.) • Camera as note-taker; kids texting evidence • Google Sky • Musical Lite • iTuned You Out – Decibel • Others? • TTYP
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“Think” Experiments • Don’t let lowest common denominator limit you • Next Generation Standards • Argue from evidence • Engineering – solutions, not just conclusions
Paleobiology • Example of rigorous unit development
In the Context of 21st Century Skills • Civic literacy • Financial literacy • Health literacy • Employability skills (individual and team evaluation rubrics) • Technology literacy • Using Google Docs today!
21st Century Unit Framework • Can’t do one-by-one, must interweave • Adjust it for your own purposes (small groups?) • Google Docs and share/collaborate • Review Bloom’s Taxonomy
H.O.T.S. Advance Organizer • Higher Order Thinking Skills card sort Activities Assessments
H.O.T.S. Advance Organizer • Higher Order Thinking Skills card sort (10 min.) Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Activities Assessments
H.O.T.S. Advance Organizer • Higher Order Thinking Skills card sort Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Activities Assessments
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Original Bloom's • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • Analysis • Synthesis • Evaluation Revised Bloom’s • Remembering • Understanding • Applying • Analyzing • Evaluating • Creating
Rigor and Relevance Framework C E A A u R Knowledge Apply knowledge Across Disciplines Real-world Unpredictable real-world
Rigor + Relevance = Engagement Goal for Increasing Engagement, thus Learning
Iowa Core / Rigor & Relevance Page 5 • Characteristics of Effective Instruction • http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2102 • Rigor and Relevance Framework • http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html • Standards/Details/Examples • Hints about R&R Framework • Definitive answers/solution unknown (ill-defined) • Key/rubric
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy • Find a good reference about Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and share it via Google Docs by creating and sharing a new document. At the top of your document, write a reflective statement about the digital taxonomy and your level/subject.
Grown-up Thematics • Overarching concept • Teleinterns • Refer to adjusted Unit Checklist • Use lesson plans you already have • Problem to solve on student’s agenda
Problem • Teacher poses the problem • Students do the work • Answers/solutions are found/developed by the students (they must investigate, not just research and report – solution cannot be “found”) • It is not about right/wrong; It is about the best defensible answer (arguing from evidence) • Rubrics to assess
Scenario Examples • Patients, Chemical Consulting Company; Sneezing School • Hiring a writer for a newspaper column – find a columnist to follow, determine what is good about the column, emulate that person, write movie reviews – research good movie review writers. Convince people to go and not to go. Write dialogue, finishing a story. • Math Mall Rats • Global citizenship with videographer
To help stimulate your thinking… • Dancing Cell Phone • iTuned You Out • BFF Moms • Sneezing School • Cell Phone Remote Control
Skeletal Unit • Go carefully through unit, note things on the Unit checklist
Growth of a Scenario • Theme that ties your course together? • Possible problem-solving options? • Already using the concept? Expand… • Something in your community • Base it on something you know • Experience you’ve had • People or other organisms you know ? Benchmark Possible problem Relevant idea
Conception of Scenario • Skeletal unit problem: osteoporosis • Web articles on osteoporosis • Found data for making diagnosis • Found groups with more osteoporosis • Chose related group without data available (ill-structured) • Multicultural: Tony Hillerman novels, Ship Rock, NM • Invented Elsu Featherstone • Baby-naming websites • Position problem introduction at the beginning
Evolution of Scenario • Navajo context • Found barriers to treating the Navajo • Found contributing factors for osteoporosis • Created patient • Necessary data to be revealed • Problem to be solved on student’s level • Wove regular labs into the scenario
Examples of Scenarios • Embedded scenarios in Iowa Learning Online Anatomy course • Colonel Weismann • Corrupted data • School nurse • TTYN: Ideas?
A, B, C, Not Yet Rubric Scoring Rubric for Projects
Share student comments about Elsu • I really like how we used what we learned to help Elsu. It made learning the info easier to do and understand. In this unit I was good about reading the websites because they helped me help Elsu. • I loved doing the Elsu scenario because it not only gave me a lot more insight about how osteoporosis is developed and treatments for it, but it reminded me how important calcium is to a daily diet. • I learned a lot about the Navajo Nation and racial statistics of those with osteoporosis. • I really enjoyed learning about Elsu's problems, and making a diagnosis. I especially liked writing the paper explaining what she needed to do and why it was important.
Rigorous Unit Workshop • Come up with next or near unit • Come up with overarching concept to tie it to • Use Google Presentation • Collaborate with others • Turn in your current stage of development to Lisa • Target date?
Thanks for your kind attention! Go Forth and Assess!
Contacts Gail B. Wortmann Iowa Learning Online Great Prairie Area Education Agency 2814 N. Court Ottumwa, IA 641-682-8591 ext. 5233 gwortmann@iowalearningonline.org gail.wortmann@gpaea.org