Learning Activity 1.

 

Creating Ideas

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1. Think about the standard 9.2

Jot down a collection of thoughts

which deal with the following:

a. So what

b. Who cares

c. Why bother

Attend the real-time meeting headed by the lead.

Complete the activities as prescribed by the leader.

On a set of post-it notes write a collection of thoughts, one sentence per note. Put the post-it notes on the wall.

 

 

2. Organize and Share the results

Attend the real-time meeting headed by the lead. Complete the activities as prescribed by the leader.

Read all the post-it notes and group them by affinities.

3. Create a collection of thoughts to expand upon in the development of the "philosophical perspectives" section of your idea-bank contribution.

 

Copy those ideas from the Post-it Notes which appeal to you. Put them in the best order. Re-write them to reflect your personal writing style.

Add any new ideas to the post-it notes.

Benchmark Achievement 1: The participant drafts a statement to be included in the final web product in the category called "Philosophical Perspective".

Write your "Philosophical Perspective" piece. Proof read it. Submit it to the Lead. After it is approved, save it to the appropriate places. Also save it on a floppy disk.

3. Jot down a collection of thoughts which deal with the following:

What do you presently do or have seen done to embed the standard into instruction.

On a set of post-it notes write a collection of thoughts, one sentence per note. Put the post-it notes on the wall.

4. Organize and Share the results

Read all the post-it notes and group them by affinities.

5. Create a collection of thoughts to expand upon in the development of the "Instructional Strategies" section of your idea-bank contribution.

Copy the ideas from the Post-it Notes which appeal to you. Put them in the best order. Re-write them to reflect your personal writing style.

Obtain a floppy disk containing the templates for this community from the lead. All work submitted to the lead should be done so on the floppy disk. This work should also be saved onto the network as per the instructions issued by the technology committee.

6. Begin to develop material for your reflections to be published in the idea bank.

Begin to develop ideas and reflections from your teaching experience (s) Click here for some helpful hints and possibilities.

7. As you move to learning activity 2, keep in mind the categories for developing the final products.

  • philosophical perspective
  • strategies and methods
  • resources located
  • processes for using the resources
  • reflections on how to involve students in the uses of these resources to demonstrate achievement of the standards statements under PA Arts Standards Category 9.2