Looking Back at 10 years of EdCamps Oh how the time flies, EdCamp Madison is turning 10 this year! It will be held Saturday, February 3rd at Sun Prairie West High School. Which can be found at 2850 Ironwood Drive in Sun Prairie Wisconsin from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Get more information and register here: https://sites.google.com/sunprairieschools.org/edcampmadwi/home I will always remember sitting in my first EdCamp opening session at the very first EdCamp Madison and having no clue what I was in for. So, I’d like to take this space to go over some of the basic rules of EdCamp. No One Will Pitch It for You EdCamps are unconferences. By this I mean that they have a blank slate of sessions for the day. There may be a few predetermined sessions, but ultimately the session topics are determined by attendees during the pitch & plan session that opens the day. If an idea gets pitched there will be a session on it. If a topic doesn’t get pitched, there won’t be a session on it. So, it i
Non-content skills are what help to separate a traditional classroom project from one in a project based classroom.
In our current unit in AP Physics, students a critiquing how well a specific project teaches rotational motion to students. They are playing the role of a science teacher to see how well the project they found teaches the concepts tied to the unit's learning objectives. The first step of this project is attempting to build a car powered by a mousetrap. This is a process with a high failure rate. Students need to use non-content skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, flexibility, and adaptability to build a working product.
The video below highlights how some students used critical analysis of their failures to change their designs and find success.
As a teacher it is really important to let students struggle but not feel hopeless. It's a fine line the teacher has to walk between giving useful suggestions and giving away the keys to success.
As a teacher it is really important to let students struggle but not feel hopeless. It's a fine line the teacher has to walk between giving useful suggestions and giving away the keys to success.
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