This project was created as an assignment in Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections, an online class offered by Berrien RESA and taught by Janine Lim.
Project Title: Top Ten
Brief Description:
This VC can be based on the top ten facts for any benchmark. The VC can be adapted to Math, English, Social Studies, Science, Study Skills, and Current Events etc. This requires the participants to ID the Benchmarks for their state on an individual basis. A partnership with a class could be built on the Top Ten VC idea. Peers checking Peer's learning is the bottom line.How this VC would look; presenting the top ten facts in a particular topic is shared between the sites connected. Each site presents their top ten facts and then listens as the other site(s) present their top ten facts. For example, in Social Studies, the top ten facts of a country, following the five themes of geography, is shared with another site and visa versa.
Project Time Frame:
This would be a good review lesson for a class to tie up a topic and do a self assessment of learning that occurred. A class of middle school students would need approximately two hours to make their presentation at the end of teaching the correlating Benchmarks. The presentation would be just an hour at the most and 30 min. at the least.How to sign up:
Coordination between the two teachers should be done with email or phone calling.Contact persons in New Buffalo; Suzanne Cramer or Jennifer Bauer: scramer@remc11.k12.mi.us or jbauer@remc11.k12.mi.us
Project Registration Deadline:
Best time to registrar would be the beginning of each semester with the following dates being cut off to contact the school and set up one or more dates within the semester.September 29, 2006: for connections in October, November, and December
February 27, 2007: for connections in March, April, and May
Number of classes that can participate:
This type of VC will work best with two to three sites. Two sites is the ideal connection.
The class involved should also look into more than one connection to form a partnership.
Type of connection:
- IP/H.323 is preferred so connections can be made directly
- ISDN can be used with the Berrien RESA Bridge
Learner Outcomes/Curriculum Benchmarks:
Depends on topic and benchmarks involved this is a good assessment for what learning has previously occurred in the topic of the Top Ten.
Methods and Activities: How will the topic be conveyed?
- Hands on activity
- Presentation Skills
- Cooperative learning
- Best Practice: Think-Pair-Share
Materials:
- Benchmarks (topic)
- Classroom/Library materials for teaching Benchmarks
- Partner School with coordinating Benchmarks
- Poster making materials for presentation
- Computer programs; PPT, Word, email, Etc.
- Email and/or phone for instructors
- VC capability with IP address for connection
Time:
Preparation Time 3-4 class periods
- 30 to 60 min. connection depending on topic, number of schools and presentation length and depends on partnership status of classrooms involved.
- Leave time for introductions, questions and closing comments
- Time for test connection previous to VC connection
- 5-10 min tops
Responsibilities:
- Students: Learn the topic and make top ten list
- Make presentation based on the benchmark
- Practice/organize presentation
- Be a good and attentive audience
- Teachers: Schedule event with VC coordinators
- Prepare students with benchmark knowledge
- Produce a schedule for the VC
- Facilitate the VC
Agenda:
- NBMS/VC coordinator will connect with partner school and check audio and visual connection (5 min.)
- Classroom teachers will introduce their classes: School 1 then school 2, etc.(5 min.)
- Exchange to top ten list (30 min)
- Open for comments (positives only) and questions for school 1 then school 2, and etc.(10min.)
- Closing comments from teachers: School 1 then school 2, ect (5 min.)
- Disconnect
Credit Due:
Jennifer Bauer, Aaron Badger, Amy Dirlam, and SJMS Social Studies Teacher