Intel Essentials CourseIntel Essentials Course

Module 2-8Module 2-8

Module 2 BreakdownModule 2 Breakdown

Standards and Learning objectivesStandards and Learning objectivesCFQ (Curriculum Framing Questions)CFQ (Curriculum Framing Questions)Multiple Assessments Samples Multiple Assessments Samples

(Activity 4)(Activity 4)Create a Presentation about your Create a Presentation about your

UnitUnit

(Activity 5)(Activity 5)

Curriculum Framing Curriculum Framing QuestionsQuestions

To target higher-order thinking skillsTo target higher-order thinking skills To require comparison, synthesis, interpretation, To require comparison, synthesis, interpretation,

evaluation, etc.evaluation, etc. To ensure student projects are compelling To ensure student projects are compelling

and engagingand engaging To require more than a simple restatement of To require more than a simple restatement of

factsfacts To focus on important topicsTo focus on important topics

To connect learning to other disciplines and other To connect learning to other disciplines and other topics of studytopics of study

To ask questions that have been asked To ask questions that have been asked throughout human history throughout human history

To address compelling questions that students To address compelling questions that students ask ask

CFQCFQ

Essential QuestionsEssential QuestionsUnit QuestionsUnit QuestionsContent QuestionContent Question

Essential Essential QuestionQuestion

Unit QuestionsUnit Questions

How can math help me How can math help me understand the world around understand the world around

me?me?

What are fractals good for?What are fractals good for?

Why have stories always been Why have stories always been important throughout history? important throughout history?

Why do we still read Shakespeare? Why do we still read Shakespeare? How is Shakespeare’s work How is Shakespeare’s work

relevant to my life?relevant to my life?

How does art reflect or change How does art reflect or change society?society?

How does impressionist art reflect How does impressionist art reflect life in the late 1800’s?life in the late 1800’s?

How does your own art reflect your How does your own art reflect your life and culture? life and culture?

What does it take to change the What does it take to change the world? world?

How did the policies or actions of How did the policies or actions of Abraham Lincoln affect America Abraham Lincoln affect America

in the 1860’s?in the 1860’s?

How do the policies and actions of How do the policies and actions of Abraham Lincoln affect your life Abraham Lincoln affect your life

today?today?

Have a narrow set of correct, fact-based answersHave a narrow set of correct, fact-based answers Often relate to definitions, identifications, and general recall Often relate to definitions, identifications, and general recall

of information (example: questions found on a test)of information (example: questions found on a test) Help answer the unit questionsHelp answer the unit questions Examples:Examples:

Essential Question: Essential Question: Why do we need others?Why do we need others?

Unit Questions:Unit Questions:Which of our community helpers is the most important? Which of our community helpers is the most important? Which community helper would you most like to be? Which community helper would you most like to be?

Content Questions:Content Questions:Who are some community helpers?Who are some community helpers?What do these community helpers do?What do these community helpers do?

Content QuestionContent Question

Methods of AssessmentsMethods of Assessments

Formative (before and during)Formative (before and during)Summative (after)Summative (after)

Assessment ExamplesAssessment Examples

http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/AssessmentStrategies/GaugingStudentNeeds/

http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingProjects/AssessmentPlans/ElementaryAssessmentPlans/

Unit PresentationUnit Presentation(Activity 5)(Activity 5)

Included in your presentation is your Included in your presentation is your Unit Summary, which you will write Unit Summary, which you will write during this activity; your targeted during this activity; your targeted standards and objectives; standards and objectives; Curriculum-Framing Questions; and Curriculum-Framing Questions; and Assessment Timeline. Assessment Timeline.

You share this unit presentation, You share this unit presentation, along with your assessment to gauge along with your assessment to gauge student needs. student needs.

Module 2 ReviewModule 2 Review

Pair and Share: Assessment Pair and Share: Assessment ExamplesExamples

Unit Plan PresentationUnit Plan PresentationKid BlogsKid BlogsPost Showcase ShowdownPost Showcase Showdown

Module 3 BreakdownModule 3 Breakdown

Pair and Share-Unit PresentationPair and Share-Unit PresentationTarget 21Target 21stst Century Skills (1) Century Skills (1)Moduling and Teaching Legal & Ethical Moduling and Teaching Legal & Ethical

Practice (Copyright/Citing Sources) (2)Practice (Copyright/Citing Sources) (2)Using the Internet for Research (3/4)Using the Internet for Research (3/4)Web-based Collaborative Learning (5)Web-based Collaborative Learning (5)Resources (check links)Resources (check links)Due November Due November

Module 3-ReviewModule 3-Review

(Activity 3) If you are going to have your student (Activity 3) If you are going to have your student doing any type of research (Media References or doing any type of research (Media References or Internet), make sure you develop a Work Cited Internet), make sure you develop a Work Cited Sheet for them to use (make this part of your Sheet for them to use (make this part of your rubric/checklist, too) and as a class cover How to rubric/checklist, too) and as a class cover How to Evaluate a Web Site. All of this is explain on the Evaluate a Web Site. All of this is explain on the CD. I'm attaching helpful files as well from the CD. I'm attaching helpful files as well from the CD. (Email)CD. (Email)

(Activity 4/5) Remember add a checklist of (Activity 4/5) Remember add a checklist of directions if your students are using them.directions if your students are using them.

Any Online Collaboration ToolsAny Online Collaboration Tools BloggingBlogging Surveys (Google Forms, etc)Surveys (Google Forms, etc)

Module 4Module 4How will you incorporate Internet into your How will you incorporate Internet into your

unit.unit.Student Samples (Activity 3) Student Samples (Activity 3) targettarget

specific learning objectivesspecific learning objectivesAssess your Student Sample (Rubrics, etc)Assess your Student Sample (Rubrics, etc)The student sample should demonstrate how you expect your students The student sample should demonstrate how you expect your students

to meet the targeted student learning objectives. Consider also how to meet the targeted student learning objectives. Consider also how your sample addresses higher-order thinking skills, 21st century your sample addresses higher-order thinking skills, 21st century skills, and your unit’s Curriculum-Framing Questions.skills, and your unit’s Curriculum-Framing Questions.

Revisit Unit Plan (Activity 4)Revisit Unit Plan (Activity 4)

Module 5Module 5

Share and Improve Student Share and Improve Student Samples/AssessmentsSamples/Assessments

Revisit Student AssessmentsRevisit Student AssessmentsRevisit Student SamplesRevisit Student SamplesRevisit Unit PlanRevisit Unit PlanReflection/BlogReflection/Blog

Module 6Module 6

Creating AccommodationsCreating AccommodationsModificationsModificationsDiff. Survey (CD)Diff. Survey (CD)http://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingPhttp://educate.intel.com/en/AssessingP

rojectsrojects (Assessment Strategies-Self Direction) (Assessment Strategies-Self Direction)

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Module 7Module 7 Now that the goals for your unit are well-defined, and assessment Now that the goals for your unit are well-defined, and assessment

strategies are in place, you can focus on student-centered strategies are in place, you can focus on student-centered teaching strategies. In this module, you discuss how to facilitate a teaching strategies. In this module, you discuss how to facilitate a classroom in a project-based learning environment as well as how classroom in a project-based learning environment as well as how to use technology to increase your own productivity or support to use technology to increase your own productivity or support your instructional practice. your instructional practice.

Plan how to implement your unit in your classroom and create Plan how to implement your unit in your classroom and create management resources to support students while they work with management resources to support students while they work with technology on their projects. Will you use a website, presentation, technology on their projects. Will you use a website, presentation, blog, etc to implement this unit?blog, etc to implement this unit?

Revisit all areas of your unit plan, objectives, goals, rubrics, Revisit all areas of your unit plan, objectives, goals, rubrics, checklist, every area you can think of? Do you need to invite checklist, every area you can think of? Do you need to invite someone from the community to share with your class? Will you someone from the community to share with your class? Will you have a celebration wrap up after the project? Will you share this have a celebration wrap up after the project? Will you share this project with the Board of Education, so they can see what’s project with the Board of Education, so they can see what’s happening in your classroom?happening in your classroom?

Reflect and revisit your Unit Plan in Module 7Reflect and revisit your Unit Plan in Module 7

Module 8Module 8

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