Laptops and production software for project-based learning
Learning Experts (Bloom, Webb) agree that students need to be creators of knowledge and work product in order to succeed in school and the global economy. Project-based learning that integrates your school technology is paramount to realizing this vision. AUSSIE/Digital School Solutions technology consultants will support you and your classroom teachers in driving an Innovation Culture that begins with designing authentic performance tasks that spur students on to pathways of investigation and multimedia creation.
Objectives
- Share research models on constructivism and authentic learning experiences
- Model strategies for creating authentic problems suitable for classroom instruction
- Explore Web 2.0 tools to create pathways of investigation, problem solving, or inquiry
- Design student-centered projects and scaffolds for learning
- Plan Classrooms as Global Communication & Collaboration Centers
- Examine Classroom Management frameworks for project-based learning units
- Co-develop assessment rubric for evaluating student work/participation.
Outcomes:
- Technology-based units of study and/or technology extensions for current units
- Web-based organizers for developing authentic learning tasks
- Teacher-guided, student-centered authentic learning tasks for projects
- Identified Web 2.0 tools to be used in student project work with multimedia “how-to”s
- Student-created digital projects, using Web 2.0 tools
- Google Site template for housing class projects and online tutorials on using Web 2.0 tools
- Web-based evaluation form for peer reviews
- Assessment rubric for evaluating student work/participation
10 to 30 days of consulting
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Testimonials
"Last year our school received a major grant that allowed us to purchase a great deal of new technology. We literally went from a school with only a machine or two in various classrooms to a site that could support teacher and student usage across all grade levels. The only problem was that most of our teachers did not have a clear model for integrating the technology into the curriculum. Our DSS consultant worked with us to develop a customized technology plan aligned with our school goals and learning standards. Through the guidance of DSS we are now prepared to move forward as 21st century learning community."
-Principal, New York City