In the first phase, students look, listen, and learn.The goal here is awareness. It might be a sense of wonder at a process or an awareness of a problem or a sense of empathy toward an audience. 

• Watch any/all tutorial videos

• Preview/review the anchor/GLEs

• Peruse any walkthroughs and showcased examples

Sparked by curiosity, students move to the second phase, where they ask tons of questions. 

• Consider teaming up/callaborating

• Consider combinding/sychronizing

• Use a planning template to prepare

• List questions on the Progress Tracker

This leads to understanding the process or problem through an authentic research experience. They might conduct interviews or needs assessments, research articles, watch videos, or analyze data. 

• Write a summary of your understanding on Progress Tracker

• Conference with peers, parents, and/or teacher for understanding

Students apply that newly acquired knowledge to potential solutions. In this phase, they navigate ideas. Here they not only brainstorm, but they also analyze ideas, combine ideas, and generate a concept for what they will create. 

• Use a Frame

• List ideas or plans on Progress Tracker

• Conference with peers, parents, and/or teacher for ideas or plans

In this next phase, they create a prototype. It might be a digital work or a tangible product, a work of art or something they engineer. It might even be an action or an event or a system. 

• Completely and thoroughly address your GLE

• Support your response with sufficient evidence

• Link prototype to Progress Tracker

Next, they begin to highlight what’s working and fix what’s failing. The goal here is to view this revision process as an experiment full of iterations, where every mistake takes them closer to success. 

• Self-asses prototype using Progress Tracker and revise/proofread

• Provide peer feedback using Progress Tracker

• Collect feedback from peers/parents based on Progress Tracker

• Review and respond to feedback, and revise as needed

Then, when it’s done, it’s ready to launch. In the launch phase, they send it to an authentic audience. They share their work with the world! 

• Write a brief reflection on the Progress Tracker

• Evaluate your proficiency for your specific GLE using specific evidence from your process

• Collect teacher feedback on Eval

• Revise as needed until Eval approved to complete challenge