2 Day Workshop
Day 1: Community and Thinking Differently
8:00 - 9:00: Building Culture and Thinking Differently
9:00 - 9:30: 6 A's of Powerful Projects
9:30 - 9:45: Teacher Hat --> Apply to current ideas or begin to consider next steps
9:45 - 10:00: Mental and Physical Break
10:00 - 11:00: 4 Puzzle Pieces
11:00 - 11:15: Teacher Hat --> Which pieces are in place and which need to be considered?
11:15 - 11:30: Assemble Toolbox
11:30 - 12:15: Lunch
12:15 - 1:00: Student Hat --> Project Launch with QFT
1:00 - 1:45: Expert Launch
1:45 - 4:00: Work Time
4:00 - 4:30: Teacher Hat Reflection
Recent Projects
Examples of Collaborative Authentic Learning
Resources From Experts
Day 2: Making Ideas Come Alive
8:00 - 8:30: Circle of Support
8:30 - 10:00: Prototype Design and Pitches
10:00 - 10:45: Prototype Pitch to Experts
10:45 - 11:30: Final Work Milestone
11:30 - 12:15: Lunch
12:15 - 1:00: Record Presentation of Learning
1:00 - 1:30: Teacher Hat --> Reflect on process
1:30 - 3:30: Teacher Hat --> Work on structures for next year
3:30: Closure
Project Final Preparation and Presentation
Please record your presentation to this Flipgrid Topic
Resources
PBL Works - https://www.pblworks.org/
HTH Unboxed - https://hthunboxed.org/
Examples of projects and works I have been involved with - https://coffeeforthebrain.com/project-based-learning/
Survival NASA Project- https://sites.google.com/view/survivalpbl/home
Complexities of Being Human - Riva Story PDF of Educator Comic Version
Discovery Time
Explore and Discover
micro:bit
Meet the tiny computer course (35 minutes)
Makecode tutorials and projects
Makecode is the coding platform you will use and the website contains all you need to get started.
Micro:bit Getting Started Guide along with multiple other supports
Lots of support from a workshop I ran pre COVID
Micro:bit project ideas
4th Grade ELA project with teachers from North Scott created Spring 2018
25 Days of Making
Cardboard Cutting Techniques
Cardboard Automata
SCAMPER
SCAMPER is a checklist of idea‐spurring questions. Some of the questions were first suggested by Alex Osborn, a pioneer teacher of creativity. They were later arranged by Bob Eberle into this mnemonic.