We teach in 2016 so why do many of our classrooms look like they’re from the 1950s? Concepts from engineering can help to modernize our teaching methods and classroom style. This presentation covers tools for improving technology integration, collaboration, creativity, inquiry, justification for answers, writing for reflection, problem solving, hands-on learning, the role of the teacher as a facilitator, and transparent assessment.
Initially presented at the AACT Dow Teacher Summit in Austin, Texas, July 2016.
35. Assessment Idea: Rubrics
• Especially useful for projects
• Unambiguous categories
• Students require training
36. Assessment Idea: Distributed Labs
• Too many labs?
• One student per lab group writes the report
• Formal lab
• Turn rotates
37. Assessment Idea: Standards Based Grading
• Don’t be alarmed!
• Acknowledges that students learn at different speeds
• Varied ways to use this
38. Image Attributions
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• Brain [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2015, from http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/field/image/brain-512758_1280.png
• IPad Mini [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved July 13, 2016, from http://iphoneate.com/encuentran-referencias-de-un-ipad-mini-en-la-aplicacion-instapaper
• Socrative Cell Phone [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from Www.soctrative.com
• PhET Simulation [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2015, from https://dr282zn36sxxg.cloudfront.net/datastreams/f-d:06e173872a8cf2c6b0f5a9eb9f5774cc8c15a4c58d1a1c3cf0469cdd+IMAGE_TINY+IMAGE_TINY.1
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• Question [Digital image]. (2014, January 18). Retrieved November 9, 2015, from https://openclipart.org/detail/190137/question
• Writing [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Writing.svg/240px-Writing.svg.png
• Mars [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2015, from http://www.latinquasar.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=516&Itemid=2
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Checklist Icon [Digital image]. (2008, December 1). Retrieved November 8, 2015, from https://openclipart.org/image/2400px/svg_to_png/20498/CoD-fsfe-Checklist-icon.png