11-13-13

Adelphi University School of Education

[|0809-860-005] Masters Seminar in Adolescence Education

"Curriculum Design in a Web 2.0 Environment" Fall 2013 Dr. George Maurer gmaurer22@gmail.com 516-520-8495 Schedule of classes: Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:50 - Woodruff Hall Room 307

Class 12: 11-13-13

Essential Questions:

1. What is the difference between active and passive learning?

2. How do you learn best?

3. How were you taught in school?

4. ** How do students and teachers work and utilize new technology in a 21st century school environment ? **

For today...

As we begin our final project based learning activity, consider the following:
 * Establish teams
 * Decide on project managers
 * Choose a topic
 * Division of Labor

As we did with our small scale problem based activity, let's begin to collaborate and share ideas on creating a PBL. To review, according to Boss and Krauss, there are 8 Essential Learning Functions:
 * 1) Ubiquity - Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom and All the Time
 * 2) Deep Learning
 * 3) Making Things Visible and Discussable
 * 4) Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building Community
 * 5) Collaboration - Teaching and Learning with Others
 * 6) Research
 * 7) Project Management
 * 8) Reflection and Iteration

***Keep the ideas and "tools" discussed in Richardson available to you as you think about the appropriate use of web 2.0 tools within your project.**

Our Work...


 * Before you begin, we need to come up with an understanding of what our collaborative teams are going to look like. **


 * Using pages 56-57 as a guide, **create a Core Concept Planning Wiki as a group**. Begin discussing and answering questions 1-8.

When planning your project, consider the following:


 * Overcoming Pitfalls
 * Pitfall 1 - Long on activity, short on learning outcomes
 * Pitfall 2 - Technology layered over traditional practice
 * Pitfall 3 - Trivial thematic units
 * Pitfall 4 - Overly scripted with many steps


 * The best projects share the following qualities
 * loosely designed for different learning paths
 * allows students to construct meaning
 * center on a driving or essential question
 * captures student interests
 * across multiple disciplines
 * reach beyond school
 * uses primary sources
 * students learn with and from each other
 * use 21st century skills discussed above
 * learn by doing

Using pages 67-74 as a guide, collaborate and create the following components necessary for a good PBL design.
 * 1) **Project Sketch Wiki** - will be a link found on your **main project page**
 * 2) **Create an Asset Map** - again, **linked to the main project page** - this can be done in a variety of ways. Which will you choose?

Your project **must answer the following questions**:


 * Who and what will you need for this project to be successful? (77)
 * Create a project calendar with key events, due dates, etc. (78)
 * How will you meet the needs of all learners and how will you make sure that each learner is responsible for the team's success? (79)
 * What are the formative and summative assessments you will use to monitor and evaluate learning? (81)
 * What are the unique needs of the teacher and student in this project? (84-85)
 * Students should be involved in activities that will allow them to inquire, study, plan, evaluate, compare, collaborate, manage, create, and present. What does this look like in your project? (95)
 * What rubric will you be using to assess learning? (101)
 * What is your essential question and what kinds of questions are being asked of students? (108)
 * In the end, how will you tell your story? (111)
 * How will you incorporate the web 2.0 tools Richardson speaks of? (Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarks / Networking, Podcasting, Screencasting, Video and Live Stream?
 * Where will you utilize the "flipped model" in your project.

For next week...
 * Online calendar of events (2 weeks worth) for PBL Activity
 * PBLA Rubric
 * Drafts of Lessons
 * ** Project presentations will begin on 12-4-11 **