Leanna Prater - Can You Create A Game?: Rethinking Student AssessmentSeriousGamesAssoc
Presenter: Leanna Prater, District Technology Resource Teacher, Fayette County Public Schools
The Can You Create a Game Challenge is a framework to help educators bridge the gap between a student’s need to play, create and explore new digital tools while addressing state mandated standards for assessment. When carefully written, the Can You Create a Game Challenge uses a combination of game development/ designer constraints, player goals, narrative structures of a game and a student plan sheet for teachers to intentionally plan for and assess specific learning targets within student created digital games. In addition, students demonstrate understanding of skills, content knowledge, computation thinking, problem solving and creativity. Recent results of teacher creation and use of Can You Create a Game Challenge, the framework and classroom applications will be shared, as well as the 5E inquiry based instructional design model which can be use with existing games in the classroom.
A quick challenge designed to get participants laughing, having fun, and immediately involved in the 4 C's of STEM. Use readily available resource to complete this icebreaker with students or adults.
Adding the "TEM" to our Science Teaching: STEM mom gives tips for inquiry and...Darci the STEM Mom
Darci, the STEM Mom presented this powerpoint as part of a 3 hour workshop at the 2013 Minnesota Science Teachers State Conference. She challenges science teachers with six hands-on inquiry activities that engage students with not only science principles but also engineering, technology, and mathematics. STEM Mom also addresses the meaning of STEM, use and purpose of Lab Notebooks, how to create an environment friendly for inquiry, and how to modify lessons to be a higher level of inquiry. For each of the six challenges, STEM Mom provides a teacher lesson plan, tips for presenting the challenge at various levels, and two versions of student handouts.
June 8: Designing for Open Pedagogy with CCCOERUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on Designing for Open Pedagogy. Open Pedagogy was first introduced by Lumen Learning co-founder David Wiley, as a way to capture how the use of OER can change educational practices. He relates that using OER in the same way as traditional textbooks is like driving an airplane down the road – it is missing out on what open can provide for student and teacher collaboration, engagement, and learning.
When: June 8, 10amPST/1pmEST
We will hear from two professors who have not only adopted OER but have redesigned their courses with the principles of open pedagogy. Although reduced cost is what originally attracted them to using OER, involving their students in creating and evaluating OER course materials has significantly increased student engagement and critical thinking and their courses are continually being updated and improved as a result.
Featured Speakers:
• Suzanne Wakim, Biology Faculty Butte College, OER Coordinator
Will share her open course design strategy where students in subsequent semesters build on the work of those before them to create an open textbook and ancillary material. Students discuss and decide on how best to present material in the book, what applications are relevant for each topic, and what materials can help other students learn the course content.
• Mike Elmore, Political Science Faculty, Tacoma Community College
Will share how he has engaged students in collaborative writing of an Introduction to Political Science open textbook. His students report that writing assignments take on new meaning when they realize that other people are going to read their work. Not just repeating what they have read or heard in class, they compare their understanding with their peers and collaborate to present their ideas in the best way possible.
Participant Login Information:
No pre-registration is necessary. Please use the link below on the day of the webinar to login and listen.
http://www.cccconfer.org/GoToMeeting?SeriesID=62446bc7-ca21-4fb3-a56b-7f135cc8cde4
Posted by: Una Daly, Director of Curriculum Design & College Outreach, OEC Consortium, email: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
CIRTL Class Meeting 7: Jigsaw and Peer InstructionPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development
UC San Diego
David Gross
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UMass, Amherst
12 March 2015
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
cirtl.net
A five day academy. Teachers will learn how to embed tablet technology within engaging lessons rich with formative assessment using cutting-edge educational applications like Zaption, Edpuzzle, Plickers, Kahoot, Socrative, Educreations, ScreenChomp, Haiku Deck, and Powtoon. All applications are web-based and will work on tablets as well as laptops or desktops:-)
Leanna Prater - Can You Create A Game?: Rethinking Student AssessmentSeriousGamesAssoc
Presenter: Leanna Prater, District Technology Resource Teacher, Fayette County Public Schools
The Can You Create a Game Challenge is a framework to help educators bridge the gap between a student’s need to play, create and explore new digital tools while addressing state mandated standards for assessment. When carefully written, the Can You Create a Game Challenge uses a combination of game development/ designer constraints, player goals, narrative structures of a game and a student plan sheet for teachers to intentionally plan for and assess specific learning targets within student created digital games. In addition, students demonstrate understanding of skills, content knowledge, computation thinking, problem solving and creativity. Recent results of teacher creation and use of Can You Create a Game Challenge, the framework and classroom applications will be shared, as well as the 5E inquiry based instructional design model which can be use with existing games in the classroom.
A quick challenge designed to get participants laughing, having fun, and immediately involved in the 4 C's of STEM. Use readily available resource to complete this icebreaker with students or adults.
Adding the "TEM" to our Science Teaching: STEM mom gives tips for inquiry and...Darci the STEM Mom
Darci, the STEM Mom presented this powerpoint as part of a 3 hour workshop at the 2013 Minnesota Science Teachers State Conference. She challenges science teachers with six hands-on inquiry activities that engage students with not only science principles but also engineering, technology, and mathematics. STEM Mom also addresses the meaning of STEM, use and purpose of Lab Notebooks, how to create an environment friendly for inquiry, and how to modify lessons to be a higher level of inquiry. For each of the six challenges, STEM Mom provides a teacher lesson plan, tips for presenting the challenge at various levels, and two versions of student handouts.
June 8: Designing for Open Pedagogy with CCCOERUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on Designing for Open Pedagogy. Open Pedagogy was first introduced by Lumen Learning co-founder David Wiley, as a way to capture how the use of OER can change educational practices. He relates that using OER in the same way as traditional textbooks is like driving an airplane down the road – it is missing out on what open can provide for student and teacher collaboration, engagement, and learning.
When: June 8, 10amPST/1pmEST
We will hear from two professors who have not only adopted OER but have redesigned their courses with the principles of open pedagogy. Although reduced cost is what originally attracted them to using OER, involving their students in creating and evaluating OER course materials has significantly increased student engagement and critical thinking and their courses are continually being updated and improved as a result.
Featured Speakers:
• Suzanne Wakim, Biology Faculty Butte College, OER Coordinator
Will share her open course design strategy where students in subsequent semesters build on the work of those before them to create an open textbook and ancillary material. Students discuss and decide on how best to present material in the book, what applications are relevant for each topic, and what materials can help other students learn the course content.
• Mike Elmore, Political Science Faculty, Tacoma Community College
Will share how he has engaged students in collaborative writing of an Introduction to Political Science open textbook. His students report that writing assignments take on new meaning when they realize that other people are going to read their work. Not just repeating what they have read or heard in class, they compare their understanding with their peers and collaborate to present their ideas in the best way possible.
Participant Login Information:
No pre-registration is necessary. Please use the link below on the day of the webinar to login and listen.
http://www.cccconfer.org/GoToMeeting?SeriesID=62446bc7-ca21-4fb3-a56b-7f135cc8cde4
Posted by: Una Daly, Director of Curriculum Design & College Outreach, OEC Consortium, email: unatdaly@oeconsortium.org
CIRTL Class Meeting 7: Jigsaw and Peer InstructionPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development
UC San Diego
David Gross
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UMass, Amherst
12 March 2015
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
cirtl.net
A five day academy. Teachers will learn how to embed tablet technology within engaging lessons rich with formative assessment using cutting-edge educational applications like Zaption, Edpuzzle, Plickers, Kahoot, Socrative, Educreations, ScreenChomp, Haiku Deck, and Powtoon. All applications are web-based and will work on tablets as well as laptops or desktops:-)
Learning environment optimisation: Doing less with more for better outcomesStephen Dann
A maxi-edition of my guide to Learning Management Environment optimisation, whereby we hack the workload model to our favour, make marking easier (and more fun) for the lecturer, and put the students second in the pursuit of "How can we use this teaching technology to deliver something superior to our own work days?". Because quite often, the better systems for improving academic workplace effectiveness never get sold on the basis of "Want to do less work with more resources for better personal outcomes?"
To flip or not to flip: the theory and practice of blended learningUofGlasgowLTU
The flipped classroom is a model of teaching and learning in which the traditional course elements of lecture and private study are reversed. This session begins with a brief look at the pedagogy underpinning the technique, followed by examples of practitioners who successfully incorporate flipped classrooms into their teaching. We then consider some of the tools available to design possible learning objects and show how they could be used. Participants will then have the opportunity to discuss the tools and techniques with each other and consider how, if at all, they might use them in their teaching.
To flip or not to flip: the theory and practice of blended learningNomadWarMachine
The flipped classroom is a model of teaching and learning in which the traditional course elements of lecture and private study are reversed. This session begins with a brief look at the pedagogy underpinning the technique, followed by examples of practitioners who successfully incorporate flipped classrooms into their teaching. We then consider some of the tools available to design possible learning objects and show how they could be used. Participants will then have the opportunity to discuss the tools and techniques with each other and consider how, if at all, they might use them in their teaching.
6. IT’S NOT INQUIRY IF……
• The students know the results they are
intended to get.
• The questions and steps are predetermined for
the students.
• The teacher is working harder than the
students.
7. • Provide guidance
for students if
they are off task
but let them be in
full control of
their design.
• The trail and error
process is key.
8. LET’S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO!!
Pom Pom
Cannons
http://www.starfisheducation.com/2013/04/the-brown-bag-
stem-challenge-pom-pom-cannon.html
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9. • Challenge: Build a cannon that fires a Pom
Pom to successfully hit the target using only
the supplies given.
• Supplies: 16 oz paper or Styrofoam cups, 9″
balloons, masking tape, scissors, 3 different
sizes of Pom Poms
• Criteria: You may practice with all different
size Pom Poms before choosing one to fire at
the target.
12. SAVE TIME TO REFLECT!
• Provide time for students to
reflect on their design.
• What worked well?
• What did they struggle with?
• What can they improve on for
next time?
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13. HOW DO I FIT THIS IN??
• As an introduction to a new unit
• After a summative assessment or before new
information is introduced
• Break it into two days-complete background and
planning one day and the designing another day
Do what works for you!
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Teachers will take some time to discuss in cooperative learning groups and then each group will share their ideas. Presenters will generate a list of ideas that teachers share.
Allow teachers to work through lesson and experience with different size Pom Poms.
