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Kip Holland-Anderson

Cakes, Snakes and Boxes: Passion-based Learning & Early Literacy | Powerful Learning Pr... - 1 views

  • I have wondered for a long time how passion and project based learning would change my primary classroom
  • The questions came very slowly at first (they had only been in my class a couple of days and we were still getting to know each other), but by the end of our discussion, all of the students had had at least one question.
  • As they formulated their questions, I gave them a card with I wonder… printed on it, and they went to a table to draw a picture of their question. As each picture was finished, I printed the words to end their question for them, and the children trotted off to our Wonder Wall to post them. 
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  • Some questions the students wondered about couldn’t be answered by their working on their own. “I wonder if there are patterns in my basement?” needed some parent support. “I wonder if snakes have patterns?” meant I needed to share an informational picture book with the class. The question above about patterning with cake meant that I had to do some baking.
  • At the end of the unit, each of the children produced a digital artifact to show what they had learned. These were all posted on their blogs. As this was the first time we had done this, I reminded them of what our objectives were at the beginning, and gave some ideas of ways they might choose to express what they knew, although I was open to their ideas as well. Some students chose to animate their patterns with Animationish or make a digital picture and record their voices with Audioboo. Others chose to use the iPad app ScreenChomp and made a screencast. A few made posters and explained them while another student recorded it on video.
  • I loved the fact that we could learn curriculum outcomes based on what the students (not the teacher’s guide or myself) chose. Digital artifacts have been a part of my classroom for a long time, but I prized the specificity of the ones we created this time. I have some still-forming ideas for ways I want the next unit to be better. However it turns out, I think I’m hooked. And I’m definitely still learning.
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    A great model of inquiry in a primary classroom.
Kip Holland-Anderson

The Flipped Class: Shedding light on the confusion, critique, and hype - THE DAILY RIFF... - 1 views

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    A brief history of the concept of the "flipped classroom" from the co-creator of the concept, Aaron Sams.
Kip Holland-Anderson

Classrooms of the (Near?) Future « Chris Kennedy - 0 views

  • the three most common elements I am hearing right now around new and evolving instructional and classroom innovation from teachers and schools involve inquiry, technology and self-regulation
  • Inquiry is based on the belief that understanding is constructed in the process of people working and conversing together as they pose and solve the problems, make discoveries and rigorously testing the discoveries that arise in the course of shared activity.
  • Inquiry is a study into a worthy question, issue, problem or idea
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  • There is amazing innovation happening with technology in a number of areas in West Vancouver. The work at Caulfeild Elementary is an example of this, and has been interesting to follow as they have launched their Inquiry based Digitally Enhanced Community (IDEC). Principal Brad Lund is writing a regular blog (here)
  • Dr. Stuart Shanker has brought self-regulation to the masses. He has been a regular presenter in British Columbia, as mentioned in an earlier post on his work  here,
  • The conversations on the elements of inquiry, technology and self-regulation are a marriage of pedagogy and environment. Of course, in a world of increased student ownership and personalization of learning there will likely be more diversity rather than less to what a classroom should look like.
Kip Holland-Anderson

Professional Development links from CBD - 6 views

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    Resources shared with tech coaches by Erik Cliff.
Kip Holland-Anderson

Starting the Year on a Positive Note | Edutopia - 10 views

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    A short post with great suggestions.
Kip Holland-Anderson

When School's Out, PBL Opens New Doors to Learning | Edutopia - 2 views

  • A new movement is underway to encourage PBL during summer vacations and after-school hours.
  • gives youth new opportunities to become leaders, thinkers, and problem-solvers
  • One team of teens spent this summer planning a carnival for neighborhood children as a strategy to raise funds and visibility for a nonprofit cause they care about: supporting youth in foster care. In another program, children have put their passion for the Earth to work by writing a play they are producing that teaches about environmental issues.
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  • Shifting from after-school activities to authentic projects challenges after-school staff to rethink how they work with youth (just as classroom teachers have to do when they start down the PBL path). Projects are likely to be different from “the way we’ve always done things,” and change can be challenging.
  • ongoing professional development has been the best way to address the challenges that come with implementing PBL
  • You for Youth was unveiled last week
  • You for Youth includes four online courses, one of which focuses specifically on PBL.
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    Supports the idea that with iPads in hand, learning can be 24/7 for students.
Kip Holland-Anderson

iPads are Consumption Devices. Really? - iPads in Education - 3 views

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    Educators share how their students are using iPads to create content.
Kip Holland-Anderson

Verde River is focus of students' expeditionary learning - The Prescott Daily Courier -... - 0 views

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    "This semester the Northpoint ninth-graders focused on the Verde River. Along with studying the native flora and fauna, they tackled the complex geology, hydrology, water law and water quality issues related to the local river. They created a children's book for local middle school kids, and practiced their statistical skills by surveying Prescott residents about their knowledge of local water issues, student Vivian Cook related. They created posters that featured maps, charts and drawings of more than a dozen subcategories, from macroinvertebrates to invasive fish to water quality. "
Kip Holland-Anderson

Why Project-Based Learning Can Improve Motivation And Relevance In Your Classroom - 0 views

  • Project-based learning is not without its difficulties for both students and teachers. Technology can be employed to support the learning efforts of both students and teachers as they work on their projects.
  • Teachers are concerned about motivation as well as technical issues of thinking and learning.
  • teacher must be concerned with motivation, because this motivational energy will help students processed in the face of challenging lesson material
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  • Researchers have found substantial evidence that focusing on relatively long term problems that require meaningful engagement with challenging subjects that integrate ideas from a number of diverse disciplines in which is supported by practical and useful technology can help overcome many classroom challenges and prepare students for practical and relevant skills for the future.
  • Problem-based learning at once allows groups of students to collaborate, to apply themselves in real-world challenges that demonstrate the relevance of the material, explore and integrate information from across multiple domains and allow the teacher to adopt the role of facilitator and co-learner rather than as the single point of expertise in the classroom.
  • In this framework, teachers are well employed as a master craftsman who provide just enough scaffolding in order to ensure students can remain on task and productive rather than floundering without guidance.
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