Day 2 Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. Take attendance and then escort students to the auditorium.
2. Mrs. Bush will show a sample MVMS portfolio on the big screen in the auditorium and explain the components of the portfolio. This will be a long term process.
3. Personal Component: If you could add a page to this portfolio that shows who you are, what would you want to add to this portfolio?
4. Go back to class and share different things students would like to share in the portfolio.
Day 3 Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. We will use the computer labs for PBL this week. There is a calendar on the door of IT Labs. The netbooks are also in the lab and can be used if needed. (The PBL labs in the 7th grade hallway are not ready yet but will be over time.)
2. Take attendance and then explain the objective of the day. "We will review main three components of the electronic portfolio and have a better understanding of the Iowa Core Curriculum."
3. Escort students to the computer lab. 5th graders will need direct instruction on how to log onto Google Docs. Chiara has their usernames and passwords. This may take sometime for 5th grade. For today, students do not need access to their Google Docs/email; they just need the link to the website.
5th Grade Web site: http://sites.google.com/a/mountvernon.k12.ia.us/mvms-5th-grade-portfolio/
4. Then direct students to conduct a scavenger hunt. Ask students to either take notes digitally or on paper to the following questions:
How many sub pages are there on the home page?
The Iowa Core Curriculum has how many main components?
What are the five literacy strands of 21st Century Skills?
What is civic literacy? (put in your own words)
What is technology literacy? (put in your own words)
What are the five strands of the Iowa Core Literacy Skills?
Name one skill under Earth Science.
Name one skill under Geometry (Math).
What are the five strands of the Iowa Core Social Studies Skills?
Under 21st Century Skills, identify three skills under Health Literacy.
5. Review: "When we discussed the skills you gained on Monday with Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking, where in the Iowa Core Curriculum might those skills be? Look on the web page and identify a skill...there might be more than one. Raise your hand when you believe you have a match."
6. Wait for students' hands to raise. When students provide a skill, ask them to explain how they made the connection. Explain to them that the activity we did on Monday would be an "artifact" and their explanation would be a "reflection" on their learning. Reflection is a KEY COMPONENT of portfolios. Therefore the primary three components to using these portfolios are 1) identifying the key skills being learned 2) providing evidence of the learning 3) reflecting on how the evidence demonstrates the skill.
7. IF TIME...ask students what they are working on in a core content class (use your own if you'd like). Take them back to the home page, click on the content area, and find the potential skill(s) that connect to the current learning in that course. This exercise is meant to get the students (and instructors) comfortable with navigating the web site.
8. Tomorrow, students will be given access to a "shared web site" which will allow them to make it their own.
DAY 4 Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. In your classrooms, ask students to write a brief reflection: What have you learned about the purpose of an electronic portfolio? What have you learned about the Iowa Core Curriculum? What are the three main components to our electronic portfolios? (1) identifying skills (2) providing evidence (3) reflecting on the evidence.
2. Identify the objective for the day: We will gain access to the Google Site Portfolio Template and make it our own. Escort students to the computer labs. There will be a set of directions at each computer to help students gain access to the electronic portfolios. They will need access to their Google Docs.
3. After all students have followed the directions and gained access to their electronic portfolios, they can conduct their first reflection. Ask all students to click on 21st Century Skills and review the "Technology Literacy Skills." Which skills, if any, have they attained through the past two days in PBL? What might an artifact be? Ask them to click on "Comments" and write a brief reflection about their evidence of learning.
4. Tomorrow...we will finish up anything that could not be finished today:) Please allow students to navigate around their Web site.
Day 5
Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. In your classrooms, ask students to recall where they left off yesterday. Silently, write down what you need help with today. If you do not need help, please write down "no help needed." Once all students have had an opportunity to reflect, go around the room and ask students to share their current state.Try to group them according to their needs (formative assessment). Ask them to sit in those groups in the computer lab--you could even number them.
2. Escort them to the lab and have all students log onto Google Docs. Ask students to get on their electronic portfolio web site.
3. Continue the lab work from yesterday...
4. If students complete the initial work, ask them to create another page that is "personal" to include hobbies, sports, and interests. There will be another direction sheet that will walk them through the process. They can also write comments and reflections on their personal learning experiences.
*note* Google Sites Help Page is great. Kids will figure things out...if you don't have the answers, that is OK. This is part of the process, and kids will figure it out. Encourage them to use Google Sites Help and collaborate with one another. It is a pretty intuitive tool. They can also change the look of their web site, but they do need to keep all of the Iowa Core Components.
Day 2
Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. Take attendance and then escort students to the auditorium.
2. Mrs. Bush will show a sample MVMS portfolio on the big screen in the auditorium and explain the components of the portfolio. This will be a long term process.
3. Personal Component: If you could add a page to this portfolio that shows who you are, what would you want to add to this portfolio?
4. Go back to class and share different things students would like to share in the portfolio.
Day 3
Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. We will use the computer labs for PBL this week. There is a calendar on the door of IT Labs. The netbooks are also in the lab and can be used if needed. (The PBL labs in the 7th grade hallway are not ready yet but will be over time.)
2. Take attendance and then explain the objective of the day. "We will review main three components of the electronic portfolio and have a better understanding of the Iowa Core Curriculum."
3. Escort students to the computer lab. 5th graders will need direct instruction on how to log onto Google Docs. Chiara has their usernames and passwords. This may take sometime for 5th grade. For today, students do not need access to their Google Docs/email; they just need the link to the website.
5th Grade Web site: http://sites.google.com/a/mountvernon.k12.ia.us/mvms-5th-grade-portfolio/
4. Then direct students to conduct a scavenger hunt. Ask students to either take notes digitally or on paper to the following questions:
How many sub pages are there on the home page?
The Iowa Core Curriculum has how many main components?
What are the five literacy strands of 21st Century Skills?
What is civic literacy? (put in your own words)
What is technology literacy? (put in your own words)
What are the five strands of the Iowa Core Literacy Skills?
Name one skill under Earth Science.
Name one skill under Geometry (Math).
What are the five strands of the Iowa Core Social Studies Skills?
Under 21st Century Skills, identify three skills under Health Literacy.
5. Review: "When we discussed the skills you gained on Monday with Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking, where in the Iowa Core Curriculum might those skills be? Look on the web page and identify a skill...there might be more than one. Raise your hand when you believe you have a match."
6. Wait for students' hands to raise. When students provide a skill, ask them to explain how they made the connection. Explain to them that the activity we did on Monday would be an "artifact" and their explanation would be a "reflection" on their learning. Reflection is a KEY COMPONENT of portfolios. Therefore the primary three components to using these portfolios are 1) identifying the key skills being learned 2) providing evidence of the learning 3) reflecting on how the evidence demonstrates the skill.
7. IF TIME...ask students what they are working on in a core content class (use your own if you'd like). Take them back to the home page, click on the content area, and find the potential skill(s) that connect to the current learning in that course. This exercise is meant to get the students (and instructors) comfortable with navigating the web site.
8. Tomorrow, students will be given access to a "shared web site" which will allow them to make it their own.
DAY 4
Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. In your classrooms, ask students to write a brief reflection: What have you learned about the purpose of an electronic portfolio? What have you learned about the Iowa Core Curriculum? What are the three main components to our electronic portfolios? (1) identifying skills (2) providing evidence (3) reflecting on the evidence.
2. Identify the objective for the day: We will gain access to the Google Site Portfolio Template and make it our own. Escort students to the computer labs. There will be a set of directions at each computer to help students gain access to the electronic portfolios. They will need access to their Google Docs.
3. After all students have followed the directions and gained access to their electronic portfolios, they can conduct their first reflection. Ask all students to click on 21st Century Skills and review the "Technology Literacy Skills." Which skills, if any, have they attained through the past two days in PBL? What might an artifact be? Ask them to click on "Comments" and write a brief reflection about their evidence of learning.
4. Tomorrow...we will finish up anything that could not be finished today:) Please allow students to navigate around their Web site.
Day 5
Guiding Questions for the week:
What do we remember about PBL from last week?
What is an electronic portfolio?
What does the term "essential skills" mean?
Objectives:
We will articulate our understanding of previous learning--what is PBL?
We will understand the purpose of a portfolio and why we will use them throughout the school year.
We will understand what term "essential skills" means.
1. In your classrooms, ask students to recall where they left off yesterday. Silently, write down what you need help with today. If you do not need help, please write down "no help needed." Once all students have had an opportunity to reflect, go around the room and ask students to share their current state.Try to group them according to their needs (formative assessment). Ask them to sit in those groups in the computer lab--you could even number them.
2. Escort them to the lab and have all students log onto Google Docs. Ask students to get on their electronic portfolio web site.
3. Continue the lab work from yesterday...
4. If students complete the initial work, ask them to create another page that is "personal" to include hobbies, sports, and interests. There will be another direction sheet that will walk them through the process. They can also write comments and reflections on their personal learning experiences.
*note* Google Sites Help Page is great. Kids will figure things out...if you don't have the answers, that is OK. This is part of the process, and kids will figure it out. Encourage them to use Google Sites Help and collaborate with one another. It is a pretty intuitive tool. They can also change the look of their web site, but they do need to keep all of the Iowa Core Components.