Essential Question: What are the challenges in shifting content from “what” to “where” and “how”?
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Thursday 4:30 AKDT Twitter Focus Session #ETLEAD Hosts: Keri and Tiffany! note – if you’d like to host with Keri and Tiffany you may! Just sign up and contact them! The more hosts, the better!
Assignment:
New Groups:
All Groups: Become familiar with Game Mechanics, and discuss (as a group) the way that these might apply in the game that you will ultimately create. You may do this in your group Wiki, in the Wikispaces site.
Continue to review games in Vicki’s class. If you have not reviewed five, please do so. If you have done five, but would like to continue to review games please do so! As you review games, be certain to document those you have reviewed in the Google Spreadsheet.
If you believe you’ve met the criteria for a badge, but you didn’t get one, submit that criteria in this Google Form. Here is the criteria if you missed it!
Minecraft group: Meet with Colin to enter Minecraft and learn to navigate in the world. Practice in Minecraft over the week (and over spring break) so that you may build, navigate and become proficient in the basics. In April we will be the primary support for Vicki’s students as they get into this world, therefore it’s important to master navigation, building and some basic programming. Post your experiences in Minecraft with your blog entry for the week.
Other groups: Begin to conceptualize a game that might be conducted, using social media and free tools, to help students avoid Panem. Post the summary of the discussions you have had with your blog entry for the week.
Reading:
A New Culture of Learning, Chapters Seven through Nine
About the Week
Sometimes schools fall victim to the trap of taking facts out of context, having students regurgitate these facts, and calling this teaching and learning. In Chapters Seven and Eight, the authors argue that learning is far more complex than this. Certainly we are all familiar with concepts such as prior knowledge, and we know that when we help students contextualize (and decontextualize) information, the information is more easily assimilated into the schema. However, it can be complex to move from teaching facts and formulas to teaching contextualized application of these facts and formulas. This is something that we certainly do – and we know how complex it can be! This week consider the challenges you face in your context as you shift content from “what” to “where” and “how”. Share your best techniques for making this shift with your colleagues.
Due Friday:
Create your Week Nine Blog, responding to the Essential Question. You should use resources from the text, and you should also add at least 3 of your own resources to the blog posting.
Use Twitter to share your blog address with the #ETLEAD community.
Due Sunday:
Comment on the blogs of others.
Create a blog entry outlining the way that you contributed to the learning of others, and the impact of your interaction with others through social media (Twitter, blog responses) on your learning.
Submit the URL for your Blog Postings to Livetext on Sunday.
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