Sample planning schedule of a joint learning experience
While the following list might seem to be wishful thinking, we recommend that you compare this list with a list that could happen in your school with your faculty.
- The Classroom Teacher (CT) and the Teacher Librarian (TL) decide to partner on a learning experience.
- The CT presents a general idea of the content objectives and the TL sets up a digital collaborative workspace known as a Knowledge Building Center (KBC).
- The TL, using the LIIITE Model to gather ideas about what to embed into what the CT's content objectives are.
- In a concentrated planning session, both teachers make major decisions about:
- Goals and objectives
- Assessments - both formative and summative
- Instructional design and learning activities
- The Culminating Activity and the Big Think activity
- Space needs for technology, activities, schedules
- CT and TL build the KBC digital space that both they and the learners will use during the learning experience.
- The activities of the learning experience happen and both adults participate jointly as often as possible.
- The Culminating Activity and final assessments are made including the percentage of learners who met or exceeded both adults expectations.
- The Big Think with the learners occurs. The "So What?" and "What Next?" are recorded for future use.
- The adults archive the learning experience for future reporting and use if they expect to do the same learning experience again.