Effectiveness of Design and Delivery
- In regards to design and delivery, we formulated a plan to get all the students collaborating on the bat box activities. We had students do hands on learning while giving them a lot of choice in their own end products. By incorporating a social media aspect to the end product we keep the students engaged and wanting to learn more, leading them to practice skills which would guide them down a path to becoming lifelong learners. We had set specific outcomes and indicators out for the students to reach, meaning there wouldn’t be very much wiggle room in their activities even though the activities could take many shapes. With the students learning the importance of fundraising in the community, once again …show more content…
Overall we realized that we had an effective plan, but there are some things that we could have done to make it even more successful. In regards to the students fundraising, it was not made clear what they were fundraising for. By having the students realize exactly what they are raising money for they would become more interested in the activity. If the students are excited to fundraise, we could have let the students decide themselves how they would fundraise (car washes, cookie sales, etc.) We also thought more collaboration between the grades would have led to a better understanding for all students. If we had the older grades share their knowledge with the younger grades, then the different grades would be collaborating with each other as well instead of just the teachers collaborating their materials when …show more content…
As the end goal of this project being the physical building of bat boxes, there are many opportunities for those who do not want a hands-on final assessment to be assessed in other ways. Students collaborating their thoughts through all the different subjects being taught allows them to take one idea from science for example, and implement that learning into their art work. Our goal of not having one specific way of assessing the students is outlined by this quote by Piersol, “the dangers of relativism are no longer relevant because students develop this sense of inter-being (connected to a web of locations), and this caring space can guide them in their way through critical social, economic, and political issues” (pg204). This quote outlines that what we want from our students is for them to really care about what we are doing in class, and not just be learning for the sake of assessment. This way they are learning to become better leaders rather than a better follower. During the entire assignment, we will not be using textbooks but rather we would be using modes of teaching such as night walks as an educational resource along with FNMI books, an idea that reinforced the writing of Battiste’s Reclaiming indigenous voice and vision
- In regards to design and delivery, we formulated a plan to get all the students collaborating on the bat box activities. We had students do hands on learning while giving them a lot of choice in their own end products. By incorporating a social media aspect to the end product we keep the students engaged and wanting to learn more, leading them to practice skills which would guide them down a path to becoming lifelong learners. We had set specific outcomes and indicators out for the students to reach, meaning there wouldn’t be very much wiggle room in their activities even though the activities could take many shapes. With the students learning the importance of fundraising in the community, once again …show more content…
Overall we realized that we had an effective plan, but there are some things that we could have done to make it even more successful. In regards to the students fundraising, it was not made clear what they were fundraising for. By having the students realize exactly what they are raising money for they would become more interested in the activity. If the students are excited to fundraise, we could have let the students decide themselves how they would fundraise (car washes, cookie sales, etc.) We also thought more collaboration between the grades would have led to a better understanding for all students. If we had the older grades share their knowledge with the younger grades, then the different grades would be collaborating with each other as well instead of just the teachers collaborating their materials when …show more content…
As the end goal of this project being the physical building of bat boxes, there are many opportunities for those who do not want a hands-on final assessment to be assessed in other ways. Students collaborating their thoughts through all the different subjects being taught allows them to take one idea from science for example, and implement that learning into their art work. Our goal of not having one specific way of assessing the students is outlined by this quote by Piersol, “the dangers of relativism are no longer relevant because students develop this sense of inter-being (connected to a web of locations), and this caring space can guide them in their way through critical social, economic, and political issues” (pg204). This quote outlines that what we want from our students is for them to really care about what we are doing in class, and not just be learning for the sake of assessment. This way they are learning to become better leaders rather than a better follower. During the entire assignment, we will not be using textbooks but rather we would be using modes of teaching such as night walks as an educational resource along with FNMI books, an idea that reinforced the writing of Battiste’s Reclaiming indigenous voice and vision