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| Focus: Project Based Learning and Assessment in the networked classroom | Did You Know..... | |
| Enduring Understanding: | Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes. | |
| Essential Question: | How does Project/Problem Based Learning enhance the use of technology in the classroom? | |
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| Working in a networked classroom offers many benefits as well as some possible distractions. When planning technology lessons, there are many factors to take into consideration. At my school, students take a computer studies class in 6th and 7th grade for 12 weeks. The district curriculum is to teach the programs: word processing, spreadsheets, painting and drawing, data bases, presentation and keyboarding. While I have been there, we incorporated internet safety (digital citizenship) as well as a unit in media awareness. We are gently sneaking in some web2.0 in the classroom. Yes, I say "sneaking" as if Web2.0 is a dirty word. What if your district or administration does not approve of the "tools" you would like to use in your class? In order to accomplish real world learning opportunities for our children at any age, in a networked classroom, how do we keep up with the unending evolution of technology? Take a look at this article. (Unlocking the Took Kit) When teaching middle school students "programs", the material, the core of the lessons, needs to be relevant and engaging to the students. What 7th grader cares about the mathematical functional capabilities of spreadsheets or the immense organizational capabilities of a database program? So, we use a lot of project based learning exercises. What is interesting, captures their attention and gets them to buy into all of this? That is what we face in our 90 minute class time every other day, and 45 minutes on Friday's. (Do you think that is too long for middle schoolers to be seated in front of a computer every other day?) Along with engagement also comes frustration and absolute blatant disregard for the lessons. Typical for some middle school children. How can we reach them all? It is evident that the teacher in the front of the classroom "owning" the knowledge and the student, seated in rows, "listening to the lectures" is not working anymore in our schools. As far as I have read and seen in my own classroom. I am up for new ways to "engage with relevance and rigor" are you? What would you use PBL for if you were teaching all ages, elementary, middle, high school students or even adult learners? Do you think it would work for any age group? What about integrating technology into core classrooms along with PBL? Just something to ponder. Through the project based lessons, students are working towards completion of a final outcome. How can this final creation be assessed properly to ensure curricular goals or standards are met? How does assessment change in the networked classroom? What is it that is important to learn? How do you assess skills through content? Take a look at the assessment article and interview with Howard Gardner below along with information you read about in the two Project Based Learning Articles to help you. There are a few other resources below. I belong to a PBL group within Diigo if you would like to see our listing of shared information. Gotta love Social Bookmarking! Take some time on this one. Let it roll around in your brain a little. I still struggle with it...so it's OK for you to struggle with it too. Amazing Video - Children of Poverty - Hope
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