New Things in New Ways
Here at Glen Lake, when we have conversations about using technology to support learning, our teachers use a rubric (the SAMR rubric) to evaluate where the technology usage falls on the scale. It boils down to if the tech is being used to do old things in old ways, old things in new ways, or new things in new ways. Projects will fall all along this continuum and that is okay. Even when students are using technology to do basic word processing or drill and practice problems, the functional benefits are apparent through either efficiency, practice targeted to student needs or increased engagement. Our goal is to have continuous improvement and push further up the scale each year. Our teachers are constantly learning, trying and sharing new ways to integrate technology to increase student achievement.
The project we are highlighting in this week's blog post is definitely an example of doing new things in new ways. It comes from Karen Richard's biology students. It is a semester long project in which students are paired up with other students around the world to collaborate on self-selected topics impacting their environment (over fishing, air pollution, etc.) Our students are working in groups with students from New Zealand, South Korea, Australia and many other countries! Each individual group decided on a topic to research, collect data within their region, collaborate on solutions and create a final presentation to share. This project is very student driven. The students work together on a group wiki to post and share. See the video below of one of our students talking about the project.
Mr Grams originally discovered this project through his own research. He shared it with Mrs. Richard who took and ran with it. Mrs. Richard said this about the project "This project is a great way for students to see that we all (all around the world) face the same environmental issues and we can all come up with, and even enact, solutions that can help reduce the environmental problem."
Our students will need to be able to compete and collaborate in a global workforce when they leave us. This project gave our students valuable insights and skills to do just this! See a sampling of student project presentations below. Awesome job Mrs. Richard and Glen Lake biology students!
The project we are highlighting in this week's blog post is definitely an example of doing new things in new ways. It comes from Karen Richard's biology students. It is a semester long project in which students are paired up with other students around the world to collaborate on self-selected topics impacting their environment (over fishing, air pollution, etc.) Our students are working in groups with students from New Zealand, South Korea, Australia and many other countries! Each individual group decided on a topic to research, collect data within their region, collaborate on solutions and create a final presentation to share. This project is very student driven. The students work together on a group wiki to post and share. See the video below of one of our students talking about the project.
Mr Grams originally discovered this project through his own research. He shared it with Mrs. Richard who took and ran with it. Mrs. Richard said this about the project "This project is a great way for students to see that we all (all around the world) face the same environmental issues and we can all come up with, and even enact, solutions that can help reduce the environmental problem."
Our students will need to be able to compete and collaborate in a global workforce when they leave us. This project gave our students valuable insights and skills to do just this! See a sampling of student project presentations below. Awesome job Mrs. Richard and Glen Lake biology students!
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