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Math Support

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Check out Ken Robinson!

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A popular speaker at TED conferences, Robinson has given three presentations on the role of creativity in education, viewed via the TED website over 20 million times (2014).

Robinson’s presentation Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity is the most watched TED talk of all time (2014).  Wikipedia

Check out his website and especially these two Ted Videos to see his view of education!

His Website:  http://sirkenrobinson.com

How Schools Kill Creativity:  https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

Changing Paradigms:    https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms

Edwards Work- MARCH 2014

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EDWARDS FRAMING YOUR SUCCESS

A performance task is an experience created for students to demonstrate their learning. It demonstrates the foundation that you have laid for the learning process, as shown in their examples.
DOK 4 Criteria

  • Performance tasks are Key in the higher order DOK 3-4
  • DOK 4 is “real world application”  (application is a skill)
  • The nature of a DOK 4 activity calls for a PBL  -project based learning
  • Take more time
  • Rubric
  • Product is important and different
  • Teacher is facilitator…roles change as the student does the work
  • Collaboration
  • Students make decisions
  • Students do research
  • Challenge the kids
  • Problem solving
  • Higher order thinking –HOT
  • Discovery & Inquiry
  • Student does the work and they discovery through inquiry
  • Cross disciplines
  • Greater student autonomy…not cookie cutter
  • They are not led, as they come to their own conclusions.
  • Curve ball….. Throw on a “what if”, make it real world, this changes directions in thought…This is big, as it shifts the PBL to make them apply thinking skills.
  • The process is complex and usually has multiple skills.

 
Our Work for now…

  • A leadership team member works with each teacher
  • Everyone continues to work in PLCs on Matrix- begin to use the MATRIX 2.0 w/ DOK 4 template
  • DOK 4- develop high quality PBLs -w/ criteria– Performance Task / PRODUCT
  • PEER REVIEW–  Be able to respond to one another’s questions & Model the work!
  • Encourage one another, ask questions-  We all have good ideas- so listen and guide.
  • By our Thursday, MARCH 20th Edwards Meeting we all need to be ready to bring our new matrix 2.0 W/Product & student work!

 

Template – https://vhsteams.wordpress.com

Mastery Matrix 2 TEMPLATE

Depth Of Knowledge Levels

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Depth   Of   Knowledge Levels

  • DOK 1:  Recall–Remember their developmental level

 

  • DOK 2:  Multiple steps, one answer, cognitive decision

 

  • DOK 3:  Justify, some collaboration, abstract, real world, interdisciplinary, more than one answer, multiple approaches

 

  • DOK 4:
  • Ø Performance tasks are Key in the higher order DOK 3-4
  • Ø DOK 4 is “real world application”  (application is a skill)
  • Ø The nature of a DOK 4 activity calls for a PBL  -project based learning
  • Ø Take more time
  • Ø Rubric
  • Ø Product is important and different
  • Ø Teacher is facilitator…roles change as the student does the work
  • Ø Collaboration
  • Ø Students make decisions
  • Ø Students do research
  • Ø Challenge the kids
  • Ø Problem solving
  • Ø Higher order thinking –HOT
  • Ø Discovery & Inquiry
  • Ø Student does the work and they discovery through inquiry
  • Ø Cross disciplines
  • Ø Greater student autonomy…not cookie cutter
  • Ø They are not led, as they come to their own conclusions.
  • Ø Curve ball….. Throw on a “what if”, make it real world, this changes directions in thought…This is big, as it shifts the PBL to make them

 

Do not confine a student’s way to show mastery

DOK 4

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DOK 4 Criteria

  • Performance tasks are Key in the higher order DOK 3-4
  • DOK 4 is “real world application”  (application is a skill)
  • The nature of a DOK 4 activity calls for a PBL  -project based learning
  • Take more time
  • Rubric
  • Product is important and different
  • Teacher is facilitator…roles change as the student does the work
  • Collaboration
  • Students make decisions
  • Students do research
  • Challenge the kids
  • Problem solving
  • Higher order thinking –HOT
  • Discovery & Inquiry
  • Student does the work and they discovery through inquiry
  • Cross disciplines
  • Greater student autonomy…not cookie cutter
  • They are not led, as they come to their own conclusions.

Curve ball….. Throw on a “what if”, make it real world, this changes directions in thought…This is big, as it shifts the PBL to make them