Weeks One : Building a Better Classroom... Step One: IMAGINE
Week Two & Three: Build a Better Classroom... Steps Two & Three: CREATE & PLAY
Weeks Four & Five: Building a Better Classroom Steps Four and Five: SHARE & REFLECT
- Introducing the BBC Project V 1.0
- Project goal(s)
- to develop a better understanding of how we learn and solve problems
- to develop strategies for working together, giving and receiving feedback, orally and in writing
- to develop technological competencies for content creation and publication
- to learn to identify the optimal conditions for our own learning, and to act on what we have learned
- to learn how to give attribution, cite and build a bibliography
- Project parameters
- Teams of 4 to 5 students
- Weekly updates to Mr. Duncan (CLICK HERE)
- A Prototype Design document, covering your project's Desirability (what do the stakeholders want?), Feasability (is it technically possible?), Viability (could it work?) and Impact (What difference will it make?) (SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE)
- A proposed weekly/daily schedule for the Better Classroom
- A model (virtual or physical) of the proposed Better Classroom
- A short presentation video, in which the group's proposal is explained.
- A bibliography
- A personal reflection from each team member (this will be the last thing we do)
- Viewing "Kid's Creative Thinking" with Mitchel Resnick (13:17)
- Comprehension Quiz (5 points): CLICK HERE
- Teams and "Teams"
- Examples of roles: Record-keeper, Researcher, Model-builder, Spokesperson, Coordinator
- Ready, set... Imagine!
- Project goal(s)
Week Two & Three: Build a Better Classroom... Steps Two & Three: CREATE & PLAY
- Introducing Prototyping & Iterative Design
- Reading "Teaching Prototyping with Back to the Future and Self-Lacing Shoes" by Nick Scott
- Comphrehension Quiz (4 points): CLICK HERE
- Viewing "Abstract" Episode 2: Tinker Hadfield (shoe designer for Nike)
- Reaction & Reflection (4 points): CLICK HERE
- Reading "Teaching Prototyping with Back to the Future and Self-Lacing Shoes" by Nick Scott
- Introducing Research & Attribution
- Ideas from New Brunswick's Minister of Education's recent Green Paper
- Ideas from New Brunswick's 10 Year Education Plan
- Google search tools (Advanced Google Search, Google Scholar, FIlters and Alerts)
- Using Wikipedia (Citations and styles)
- Building a bibliography (MLA format)
- Why we cite and how to start
- Prototyping and Play
Weeks Four & Five: Building a Better Classroom Steps Four and Five: SHARE & REFLECT
- Publishing platforms
- Places and ways to share your project
- Publishing/Presenting your project
- Giving and receiving feedback
- The Cycle continues
Prototype Design Document
| prototype_design_sample.docx |