D79 HSE Curriculum - Think B.I.G.

The D79: Think B.I.G. Team is all about:

Blended learning – team members will learn how to provide instruction through a combination of traditional classroom materials and digital/online materials, with more student control over the time, place, path or pace of their learning
Interdisciplinary courses – team members will work together to develop courses that combine learning standards from two or more departments into a single course
Google tools –team members will become certified experts in Google tools, which are free and accessible everywhere there is internet

On December 18, 19 and 20 of 2018 we conducted out first Think BIG Learning Walk - teachers visited one another's classes to see how we are all Thinking BIG!

Sara Yablonsky used the Station Rotation model of Blended Learning at JSK HS along with Google Classroom, Google Docs and Google Forms

Christopher Williams used Google Hangout to connect his class on 96th street to students at Longwood in the Bronx...

...while Alejandro Jhonson connected his students in the Bronx to the students on 96th street!

And a nice D79 transition story... on the Learning Walk teacher Hilda Caceres met one of her P2G graduates studying at Coop as a post-grad while he gets ready for college next Fall...

Cynthia Chau and Elaine Latham demonstrating math program Geogebra to students at Passages Academy Belmont.

Denice Martin giving instant feedback on student writing using Google Docs at Bronx Hope.

Think BIG Learning Walk Report 2018-19.pdf

On November 1, the Think BIG team reconvened to share best practices, to learn about models of blended learning, and to plan for a Learning Walk in December! All of the resources we used are below.

THINK B.I.G. Session 6

June 25, 2018 was the final day of training for D79 Think BIG team. We focused on planning for 2018-19 and effective change management.

THINK B.I.G. Session 5

managing complex change.pdf

Think BIG Action Plan

On June 11, 2018 D79's Think B.I.G. team visited Google HQ for an amazing training. We learned more about Drive, Docs, Forms and Classroom; we learned about the Google Applied Digital Skills Curriculum and we got a preview of the future of Ed Tech in the NYC DOE. Click on the right for the agenda with clickable resources!

Copy of D79 - Think Big Agenda - 6.11.18