1)
The big idea for a project is the most important
part. Without it, you won’t be able to get very far with your lesson. You need
to keep in mind what it is that you want the students to take away from the
project. There needs to be a purpose to what you are doing.
2)
The 21st century skills move beyond
the big idea. Rather than focusing specifically on content, the focus shifts to
the skills that the students will use and how this will help them in the 21st
century. Analyzing, evaluating, and creating are all considered to be extremely
important in regards to this.
3)
The 21st century literacies help to
build and expand on what the children already know. The children should be able
to ‘recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate,
evaluate, and use the information effectively’ (pg 51 of our textbook).
4)
The 8 essential learning functions listed are:
a.
Ubiquity – Students learn all the time and not
just in one place, they can learn everywhere.
b.
Deep Learning – Using raw information to help
students build their higher level thinking skills.
c.
Making Things Visible and Discussable – Pictures
or visual representations
d.
Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building
Community – Helping students to use tools like the internet to help build up
their community interest and idea wise.
e.
Collaboration – Working together with others
f.
Research – Allows students to find the
information that they need to answer their questions.
g.
Project Management – Balancing their work.
Helping them to organize their work will help greatly.
h.
Reflection and Iteration – Thinking back on the
work. A blog is a great way to track this.
5)
The concepts in this chapter give a very good
breakdown of what we need to look at when we are coming up with our lessons. By
looking at each of these parts separately, we should hopefully be able to come
up with a very thorough lesson. With all three of our brains working toward the
same goal, I believe our gardening lessons will be a success!
I agree that with all three of your brains coming together, you will have a very successful gardening lesson!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the literacies are what we use to build and expand on what the children already know. A lot of times we think we have to start from scratch but we can just strengthen what they already know.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and think it really is very important to understand and know what the big idea is right from the start. It may seem fun and different to try to teach in a different way using project-based-learning, but with that, there does need to be a purpose. So I agree that the big idea is one of the most important parts and without it, you won't be able to get very far in your lesson.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your reading responses. I also think it is very important to have a "big idea" from the beginning of the project so the students know what is expected of them and what they are aiming to reach. I look forward to hearing about your groups garden lesson and what your "big idea" is!
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