Excavating+the+Process

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**Twitter**#swblc12 #dig

**Process and Product**
 * What is a learning process?
 * What is a learning product?

**The Learning Process**: (Jigsaw, Groups of 3)
 * Jigsaw Resources:
 * Wikipedia Definition
 * Small Group Process
 * [|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:
 * Step 1 - Each participant picks a different resource from above
 * Step 2 - How might this resource help you think about the learning process? What parts might help you define the learning process?
 * Step 3 - As a group of 3, share your insights and draft a definition to post in the discussion area below - 5 min

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//What artifacts do your students' have of their learning __process__?// //How are students capturing their "learning moments"?//
 * Artifacts of Learning** (T-P-S)


 * Two Minute Tweet**:
 * 1) swblc12
 * dig

**Excavating**: //How have others archived their learning process?//
 * Step 1 - In pairs, examine a set of 5-10 learning activities listed below
 * Step 2 - Pick 2 to annotate & evaluate, using learning process template
 * Step 3 - Create a page for each activity you've chosen:
 * To create a new page:
 * Click on "+" symbol next to pages & files tab at the top of this page
 * Page Name: name of activity + team members initials (be sure to include __//both//__ parts)
 * Template: excavating the process
 * Tag: excavate
 * Step 4 - Save page and check to be sure it appears under "What We Discovered" area, below the Learning Activities
 * Step 5 - As you review the activity, consider the elements on the template and look for evidence in the learning process.
 * Step 6 - Use discussion tab to comment on evaluation of activities posted above & below yours
 * Comment Types


 * Learning Activities:**
 * Class Blogs
 * [|2KM And 2KJ @ Leopold Primary School]
 * [|http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/pagez]
 * []
 * Student Blogs
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * Student Learning Portfolios
 * Single Year - []
 * Multi Year - []
 * Other Student Work:
 * Student Created "Textbook" - https://thescienceclassroom.wikispaces.com/Our+Classroom+Textbook
 * ELA Novel Study - http://mysideofthemountain.wikispaces.com/
 * Choose Your Own Adventure - http://digie-xplorers.wikispaces.com/Christmas+Thief
 * Book Event Newscasts & More - http://hobbitalk.wikispaces.com/Hobbitalk+Radio
 * Mini Event Wiki & Glog - []
 * Cross School Literature Circles - http://pwx.wikispaces.com/
 * Make sure to check out the discussion tabs
 * Summarizing with New Lyrics - []
 * Science Research Template - http://eeabstudents.wikispaces.com/Team+Workspace+Template
 * Discussions - []
 * Class Projects
 * [|Collaborative Writing] - peer feeback
 * (re) Make
 * [|Mini Biographies]
 * [|Mini Events]
 * [|Event Inquiry]
 * [|Multimodal Science]
 * [|Multimodal Vocabulary]
 * [|Jigsaw Notetaking]
 * [|Book/Movie/Game Reviews]
 * [|PureMI] / [|PureLA] / PureRegions
 * Collaborative Projects (small group)
 * [|Fab Fables Theatre]
 * [|Michigan Places] (formerly [|Mini Michigan Biography])
 * [|Wiki Profile]
 * [|Audacity Retelling]
 * [|PhotoStory Commercials] (//twist off PureMI campaign//)
 * [|Multimodal Lab Reports - Activity]
 * [|Multimodal Lab Report - Sample]
 * [|Crickets modular design/programming]
 * Teacher Project Descriptions
 * 1 page description - []
 * Multi page description - http://animalresearch.wikispaces.com/
 * Beyond The School Walls
 * [|Flat Classroom]
 * [|Digiteen Project]
 * [|Eracism Project]
 * The Sunny Thought Project
 * [|http://www.iearn.org/]
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * []
 * []

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 * What We Discovered**


 * Iterating**
 * Reconsider your venn & definition of the learning process
 * Any changes, edits, modifications?

**Process Changes:** T-P-S
 * What process changes had to have occurred to allow for this kind of learning experience?
 * Technical
 * digital environments
 * lesson re-design
 * learning out loud
 * time
 * Adaptive
 * students
 * teachers (pedagogy)
 * parents
 * other...?

**Why Bother?**
 * Challenges:
 * Benefits:
 * Explicit
 * Implied
 * Implied


 * Two Minute Tweet**: questions, connections, summary...
 * 1) swblc12
 * dig

**Assessment**


 * How might you assess this kind of learning?
 * Possible Resources:
 * Effort & Achievement rubric
 * Collaboration/Teamwork rubric
 * [|Questioning]
 * Documentation & Reflection prompts
 * Discussion rubric
 * [|Student Roles]
 * Copyright & Creative Commons
 * discuss:
 * Student Contracts
 * balance of assessment (individual v group)


 * Additional Resources**
 * [|Visible Thinking Routines]
 * [|SOLO Taxonomy]