Enhancing StudentCentered Projects wPresentation Software

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Enhancing Student-Centered Projects
w/Presentation Software
Instructor Jeffrey Shitaoka,
jeffrey_shitaoka_at_yahoo.com

• Farrington High School Professional Development
• PDERI Course (Event 808)
• 9/7/04-1/10/05

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Todays Agenda

• 3-4pm
• Housekeeping Big Picture, Review Calendar
• A word about student work for portfolio
• Dept/SID Sharing Plans
• Share Draft Unit Plans
• 4-5pm
• Dreamweaver (Webpage building software)

Enhancing Student-Centered Projects
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PDERI Event 808October 26, 2004
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Big PictureBaby Steps

• Calendar
• Weekly Teacher reflection logs, time
• logs, and teaching resources.
• Week 4 Professional Development Plans
• Week 5 Multiple Assessments
• Week 8 Unit Plans (Draft)
• Week 9 Dept./SID Sharing Plans
• Week 11 Unit Plans (Final)
• Week 16 Learning Portfolio Due

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Review Calendar

• Only 4 more F2F meetings! Hang in there!
• Nov. 9
• Nov. 30
• Dec. 13
• Jan. 4

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Todays Essential Questions

• How can we share what were learning with our
  peers?
• How are teachers and students in other schools
  using project-based learning and technology?

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Samples of Student Work, Projects, and Teacher
Narrative

• Minimum of 3 examples, includes examples of
  student self-evaluation and teacher narrative

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Dept./SID Sharing Plans

• A document that demonstrates evidence of how the
  participant plans to share course experiences,
  successes and challenges with their respective
  department and/or to the SID committee.
• Go over Template

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Case Study of the Week 1 Mt. Diablo High
SchoolsDigital Safari Multimedia Academy
(Concord, CA)

• Examples
• Student Portfolios
• What are these portfolios assessing?
• Would you like your students to do digital
  portfolios, why or why not?

Enhancing Student-Centered Projects
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Standards-Driven Unit Plan

• Share your unit plans with at least three
  different teachers who are not familiar with your
  curriculum.
• Write constructive comments, questions,
  suggestions on unit plans.

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Reclassification/Portfolio Questions

• Memo RE Reclassification
• HSTA Advocate
• Questions???

Enhancing Student-Centered Projects
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Wrap Up

• Next meeting
• In two weeks Nov. 9, 3-5pm
• Homework
• Dept./SID Sharing Plans
• Revise/Finish Unit Plans Due Nov. 16.
• Check course website for weekly assignment.

Enhancing Student-Centered Projects
w/Presentation SoftwareFarrington High School
PDERI Event 808October 26, 2004