Applied+Technology+Planning+Notes

Applied Technology Planning Notes
Six-Week Rotations:

//Team Building, Documentation, Reflection//
 * 1) ====**Virtual Bridge Simulation**====
 * **Goals**:
 * single iteration
 * 1 reflection
 * teamwork - //"How did you and your partner make decisions during this challenge?"//
 * **Group:** in pairs
 * **Challenge**: design a virtual bridge for the least cost and most strength
 * **Time:** 2-3 Class sessions
 * **Lesson Plan** - [|Virtual Bridge lesson plan]
 * 1) ====**Craft Stick Bridge Building**====
 * **Goals**:
 * photo & text documentation
 * single iteration
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //How did you & your partner blend your individual ideas to come up with a bridge design?//
 * documentation process -
 * **Group:** in pairs (remain w/ same partner from simulation, swap out, or work in threes?)
 * **Challenge**: using up to 50 craft sticks, design a bridge that will support a predetermined weight
 * **Time**: 2-3 Class sessions
 * **Lesson Plan** - [|craft stick bridge building lesson plan]
 * 1) ====**Can Racers**====
 * **Goals**:
 * video documentation
 * wiki discussion of first iteration
 * 2 iterations
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //What does a team that works well together look AND sound like?//
 * learning from others documentation - How did the opportunity to look at, study & ask questions about other team's designs make a difference to your group's process? How did it make a difference to your project?
 * **Challenge**: working as a team of 3-4, design a metal can racer that can reach the 3 meter mark the fastest, while staying within the track boundaries
 * **Time**:
 * **Lesson Plan** -
 * 1) ====**Egg Drop**====
 * **Goals**:
 * photo, text, video or audio documentation, as needed
 * 2 iterations
 * 2 reflections
 * teamwork - //What does a team that is working well together look AND sound like?//
 * thoughts on multimodal documentation -
 * **Challenge**: working as a team of 3-4, design the smallest and lightest egg safety device that will protect your egg when it is dropped from a height of x meters to a hard floor marked with a target.
 * **Time**:
 * **Lesson Plan** -
 * 1) ====**Cricket Discovery**====
 * tutorials & tinkering
 * explore & share
 * 1) ====**Initial Cricket Challenge** (2-3 more concrete)====
 * see placemats
 * 1) ====**Open Challenge**====
 * wiki-like
 * 1) ====**Team-to-Class Creations**====
 * teams build separately to interact with whole class

Resources:
Teamwork Rubric

Roles