Excavating+Process+Planning

Excavating the Process: An Archeological Learning Dig
2) Stand & Share to create group Venn 5 min 3) Group Definition of Process: (Jigsaw) - Participants' create own definitions
 * Title: ||< Excavating the Process Workshop ||
 * Subject: ||< PD ||
 * Grade: ||< any ||
 * Time Frame: ||< 75 min ||
 * Summary: ||< Grab your wiki whisk broom, your Moodle trowel and your blog brushes, and join us as we excavate the learning journeys of students building legacy with digital tools and standards-based lessons, activities and explorations. Unearth the benefits of students collaborating, creating and publishing, process-to-product, for a global audience. Assess the landscape, ecology and student contributions to discussions, reflections and self-assessments. Explore peer feedback between local and global participants, as partners strive to add value to one another's work. Don't have a wiki, Moodle or blog? No problem! This session is about exploring opportunities for students to create artifacts of their learning, with the tools at their disposal! ||
 * Tasks: ||< 1) What is a learning process? What is a learning product? Small group Compare/Contrast Venn 4 min
 * Jigsaw Resources:
 * Wikipedia Definition
 * Student Process
 * Make sure to check out some of the teacher made pages and some of the student made pages
 * Teacher Process
 * [|Curriculum] link
 * [|Digital Share] link
 * Process: (15 min)
 * Step 1 - Each teacher gets a different resource - steps 1-2, 5 min
 * Step 2 - Each teacher adds bullet notes to the discussion area of that resources' page
 * Step 3 - As a group of 3, draft a definition on main page - 5 min
 * Step 4 - Brainstorm: What are the artifacts of your students' learning //process//? 3 min

4) Sample Task: (5 min) 5) Excavating: //How have others archived their learning process?// (25 min) 6) Process Changes: T-P-S (5 min) 7) Assessment: (15 min)
 * Step 1 - In pairs, examine a set of 5-10 learning activities
 * Step 2 - Pick 2 to annotate & evaluate, using learning process template
 * Step 3 - Save page and link to learning activity
 * Step 4 - Use discussion tab to comment on evaluation of activities posted above & below yours
 * Comment Types
 * Step 5 - Revisit Venn & definition: any changes, edits, modifications?
 * What process changes had to have occurred to allow for this kind of learning experience?
 * Make sure to include processes of participants in workshop: learning and facilitating
 * How might you assess this kind of learning?
 * Possible Resources:
 * Effort & Achievement rubric
 * Teamwork rubric
 * Questioning skills
 * Documentation & Reflection prompts
 * Discussion rubric
 * Collaboration rubric
 * discuss:
 * Student Contracts
 * balance of assessment (individual v group)
 * Where/How does this fit with your state standards? ||
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Discussion:
Use the Embed Widget tool to add a Discussion Area widget. Bump the number to 100. This will take the comments from the discussion tab and add them to the bottom of the page. This will encourage teacher reflection and modification.