Brenda (Science teacher) had a dilemma: “is there sufficient scaffolding in our current project design to ensure all students are successful at some level? What are we missing that would make this a stronger experience for all students? What do we need to strengthen or add onto the Science of Separation unit?" The Science department investigated and unpacked these dilemmas in a half day workshop recently led by me. And together with the Library team, supported her through using structured protocols to introduce a researched focused ICT task that is authentic, challenging, and engaging. Activities used during the workshop included:
This website was our home-base and contains all the protocols and activities from the day. Other workshops in this series include:
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27/4/2019 18:24:03
C.D. provides the initial awareness of how the whole thing else you will do as a teacher works. While it may be that in your region, you have a curriculum development team that gives a identical, standards based set of lesson plans, not every region has such a luxury. More prominently, you will occasionally be faced with the circumstances where you will require creating lessons; this is where your C. D. knowledge will come in helpful.
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