Today the students were introduced to KWL Charts. Under the "K", students listed things they "know" about "American Education". Under the "W" they listed things they "want to know" in the form of questions. When the project is completed, we will go back to these charts and under "L" we will list the things we "learned". This process seemed to go very smoothly. Some of the classes had used KWL Charts in the past so their familiarity helped the process along. We were impressed by all of the knowledge the students already have about American Education and by all of things they still want to know!
After school the faculty gathered to debrief and to discuss how the next project day will look. That will be the day students will choose a topic and form research groups. Together, we outlined the steps we felt to be the most appropriate and those the teachers felt most comfortable in doing. We also looked at some webtools that would help with the research process. One of these is called "Symbaloo". It functions in a similar way as the "Favorites" section of your web browser only it can be accessed from any computer! The teachers, especially of the younger grades, will be able to put the sites they want their students to visit in "Symbaloo" and organize them by the topics of the project. It's a cool little tool!
After school the faculty gathered to debrief and to discuss how the next project day will look. That will be the day students will choose a topic and form research groups. Together, we outlined the steps we felt to be the most appropriate and those the teachers felt most comfortable in doing. We also looked at some webtools that would help with the research process. One of these is called "Symbaloo". It functions in a similar way as the "Favorites" section of your web browser only it can be accessed from any computer! The teachers, especially of the younger grades, will be able to put the sites they want their students to visit in "Symbaloo" and organize them by the topics of the project. It's a cool little tool!
 Our sixth, seventh, and eighth graders reviewed Day 2's ideas to form questions about what they want to know to list on their KWL Charts. |  |
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