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Four Question Co-Planning Routine
Four Question Co-Planning Routine
Linking 'Learning to Make' with 'Making to Learn'
- Content Challenge : “What are three concepts and/or essential understandings that learners need to be able to explain and demonstrate in your first unit/ 1st quarter/1st 45 days of School?” (Massachusetts academic and arts standards)
- Context Relevance: “How might you find out how student interests intersect with these concepts/essential understandings?”
- Community Process: “How do you set the stage for maker projects that represent high expectations and unlimited possibilities?”
- Concrete Actions: What can kids make? How will you set up learning? What will you look for?
Content Challenge
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First 45 Days
How do you determine 'the big ideas' that are the curricular essentials?
Context Relevance
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User Interface
How Will You Set Up and Use Space in the Center?
How will you set up learning?
How will you develop Student and staff User Fluency with Technology Resources and Tools, both older and newer?
Community Process
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Learning Culture
How will you facilitate design thinking and maker learning practices through pedagogical strategies?
How will you create a Class Community Culture of collaboration and sharing?
Concrete Actions
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What can kids make?
How will you ensure kids are safe?
How will you ensure kids are responsible together for the space?
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