Hero
This unit happened as one of those teachable
moments. In early late August-early September we had just
began a literature unit in Houghton Mifflin called
Catastrophe's. The literature unit is filled
with stories of survival and heroes. Marge
Shasberger, Lori Jarvis, Phyllis Berry and I were
teaching similar units with different grade
levels. We wanted to join together to try to
develop a staff development workshop showing the
value of the strategies we had learned. We
knew the strategies could be used with any age
group and ability level and we were all teaching
approximately the same unit. So we decided
to call our unit Heroes. Then we
were all touched by THAT DAY (9-11).
Like all teachers we faced classes of children
asking questions. We also faced assignments
in our Masters classes. What was concept
attainment, concept mapping, and project based
learning? What did that have to do with
technology and how could we seize "The
Teachable Moment?" Like many of
you we sought some answers and the results of that
quest follow in the unit we call
Heroes.
The final version was reviewed by all and
presented at National C.U.E.
Final
Heroes Reflection Scaffold
Purpose
Peer Review:
Heather said, "Linda, The
Hero movie is a great visual in exploring what a
hero can be. The Ell student would have a good
concept of hero without the need for oral
language. This is a good introduction."
From the workshop, "The
introduction was fantastic. The multiple
grade level examples gave us a clear idea of how
to implement project based learning at different
grade levels. Well done."
Roger C
The blending of the strategies was excellent and
had a 'natural' flow to it.
Tim J
This is a very polished and organized
presentation. I had no problem going through the
slides and no cumbersome problems either. Good
intro with the "hero" gig.
Mike Yee
Nice! The detail of this group's literature
review...is that the expectation?
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Faculty Review:
Once again, Linda, your sense of purpose and
design flow wonderfully. This work is of the
highest quality and the use of images without
needing too much bandwidth to capture the
visitor's attention is outstanding. Watching the
surgeons, fireman, police, etc. is powerful. I
couldn't find the enter button at first because
my screen was too small. It might just be an
issue with my machine. Once I noticed the
scrollbar prompt, I found it without trouble.
Wasn't sure if it was possible to move it up
somewhere without messing up your great intro.
The integration of strategies and research is
outstanding on this site. I also like the
feedback form. Has anyone ever found it and
given you feedback?
Good work. Mike Menchaka
Mike Menchaca
It is an exceptionally annotated bibliography;
each group will have a different amount of
resources, but the annotations follow a good
model! Have you thought about using Inspiration to
map out your site and perhaps aid in navigation?
You have a lot of information here and you'll find
there are many ways to make links--logical ones
could be helped with a sitemap page. Not necessary
for THIS PROJECT, I'm just thinking future
modifications. Your project is outstanding; we are
just talking about moving things to the next level
for future projects! Great collaboration.
Bruce McVicker
Phyllis, Marge, Linda and Lori, I'm about half-way
through, but I'm extremely impressed. I've even
seen this before. More impressive the second time.
I really liked the way you've incorporated Open
Court lessons into your new use of strategies.
Very clever and creative. These synectic poems are
utterly amzaing! I'm guessing the parents were
pretty impressed too. BTW, these make great
bulletin boards for Open House. It's obvious you've
completely absorbed these strategies. You OWN
them. Well done. Make sure you keep this
transcript oo. It's for your feedback journal. I
may not get to the discussion board tonight. I'm
really into this site. These four Cubes certainly
OWN these strategies! I'm impressed. The bar has
been set! Yikes!
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