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RIGOROUS UNIT DEVELOPMENT
Cardinal CSD, Iowa
Gail B. WortmannNovember 14, 2011
Celebrating Generational Divides
Remember your grad group 0-9 (mine is 1970-1979)
During the decade you graduated from High School, what were the:
Trends
Fads Values
Heroes Taboos
What does this say about what we value and how we operate?
Decades Discussion
Changes in your lifetime. Changes in students’ lifetime. Beloit College
http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/ Gap: current college seniors/high school
freshman.
Today’s Agenda
Examples of forward-thinking, rigorous units 21st Century Unit Development Framework Rigor/Relevance Framework Grown-up Thematics Scenario Development http://
edvance21-support-wiki.wikispaces.com/Cardinal+Nov.+2011 OR Google Docs
Iowa Core and Teacher Effectiveness
History of Iowa Core to Iowa Core Curriculum Added START Characteristics of Effective
Instruction S T A R T
Iowa Core and Teacher Effectiveness
History of Iowa Core to Iowa Core Curriculum Added START Characteristics of Effective
Instruction Student-Centered Classrooms Teaching for Understanding Assessment for Learning Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum Teaching for Learner Differences
Mosquito Ringtone
Young people using ringtone Test frequencies Does it work for mosquitoes? If it works for mosquitoes, does it work for young
people? Application of apps in schools for problem solving 21st Century context If you make it relevant problem solving, rigor will come with it
Use of Smartphone Apps
Angry Birds – physics QR Codes (scavenger hunts, assignments, etc.) Camera as note-taker; kids texting
evidence Google Sky Musical Lite iTuned You Out – Decibel Others? TTYP
If you are not already there, you need to move to Collaboration and problem solving. (Use 1:1 for H.O.T.S)
“Think” Experiments
Don’t let lowest common denominator limit you Next Generation Standards Argue from evidence Engineering – solutions, not just conclusions
Paleobiology
Example of rigorous unit development
In the Context of 21st Century Skills
Civic literacy Financial literacy Health literacy Employability skills
(individual and team evaluation rubrics)
Technology literacy Using Google Docs!
21st Century Unit Framework
Can’t do one-by-one, must interweave Adjust it for your own purposes (small groups?) Google Docs and share/collaborate
Grown-up Thematics
Overarching concept Teleinterns Refer to Unit Checklist
Use lesson plans you already have Problem to solve on student’s agenda
Problem
Teacher poses the problem Students do the work Answers/solutions are found/developed by the
students (they must investigate, not just research and report – solution cannot be “found”)
It is not about right/wrong; It is about the best defensible answer (arguing from evidence)
Rubrics to assess
Scenario Examples
Patients, Chemical Consulting Company; Sneezing School
Hiring a writer for a newspaper column – find a columnist to follow, determine what is good about the column, emulate that person, write movie reviews – research good movie review writers. Convince people to go and not to go. Write dialogue, finishing a story.
Math Mall Rats Global citizenship with videographer
More Examples
Dancing Cell Phone iTuned You Out BFF Moms Sneezing School Cell Phone Remote Control
Skeletal Unit
Go carefully through unit, note things on the Unit checklist
Growth of a Scenario
Theme that ties your course together? Possible problem-solving options?
Already using the concept? Expand… Something in your community Base it on something you know
Experience you’ve had People or other organisms you know
Benchmark Possible problem
Relevant idea ?
Conception of Scenario
Skeletal unit problem: osteoporosis Web articles on osteoporosis
Found data for making diagnosis Found groups with more osteoporosis
Chose related group without data available (ill-structured) Multicultural: Tony Hillerman novels, Ship Rock, NM Invented Elsu Featherstone
Baby-naming websites Position problem introduction at the beginning
Evolution of Scenario
Navajo context Found barriers to treating the Navajo Found contributing factors for osteoporosis
Created patient Necessary data to be revealed Problem to be solved on student’s level
Wove regular labs into the scenario
Examples of Scenarios
Embedded scenarios in Iowa Learning Online Anatomy course Colonel Weismann Corrupted data School nurse
TTYN: Ideas?
A, B, C, Not Yet Rubric
Scoring Rubric for Projects
A B C Not Yet (resubmit)
Criteria
Criteria
Criteria
Share student comments about Elsu
I really like how we used what we learned to help Elsu. It made learning the info easier to do and understand. In this unit I was good about reading the websites because they helped me help Elsu.
I loved doing the Elsu scenario because it not only gave me a lot more insight about how osteoporosis is developed and treatments for it, but it reminded me how important calcium is to a daily diet.
I learned a lot about the Navajo Nation and racial statistics of those with osteoporosis.
I really enjoyed learning about Elsu's problems, and making a diagnosis. I especially liked writing the paper explaining what she needed to do and why it was important.
Share student comments about Elsu
I really like how we used what we learned to help Elsu. It made learning the info easier to do and understand. In this unit I was good about reading the websites because they helped me help Elsu.
I loved doing the Elsu scenario because it not only gave me a lot more insight about how osteoporosis is developed and treatments for it, but it reminded me how important calcium is to a daily diet.
I learned a lot about the Navajo Nation and racial statistics of those with osteoporosis.
I really enjoyed learning about Elsu's problems, and making a diagnosis. I especially liked writing the paper explaining what she needed to do and why it was important.
Generate Ideas!
Come up with next or near unit Come up with overarching concept to tie it to
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION!
Go Forth and Assess!
Contacts
Gail B. WortmannIowa Learning OnlineGreat Prairie Area Education Agency2814 N. CourtOttumwa, IA641-682-8591 ext. 5233
gwortmann@iowalearningonline.orggail.wortmann@gpaea.org
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