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Best Practices Current Reality

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Standardized Test Prep

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Standardized Test Prep

• Content separated into separate disciplines

• Discrete steps delivered through lecture format

• No time to apply skills to authentic activities

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“Lots of brief lessons on multiple unrelated topics literally force shallow thinking.”

Richard Allington, Professor of Education

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Students Struggle With:• Problem solving

• Reading and following directions without support

• Making connections to their world.

• Inventing things for themselves, including games.

• Finding different ways of doing things.

• Lacking a road map for themselves with regard to their learning.

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Solution

Interdisciplinary

Context Based

CooperativeLearning

CurriculumUnitExpanded

Worldview

Career Focus

Critical ThinkingSkills

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Zapotec Trek Unit

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Student Feedback

It was fun and easy to

use!You can

learn a lot.

It had a lot of cool information.

I had a good time learning about the

culture!

The website was organized

and clear.

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Teacher Feedback• Organized and engaging

• Website user-friendly and easy to navigate

• Learning was embedded in technology with a lot of visual content.

• Each lesson was different so the kids didn’t get bored.

• Detailed and full of culture and history

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Conclusion

• Challenges

• Impact

• Acknowledgements

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Questions?

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