1. Purpose

       Used as Formative and Summative Assessments

    2. Teacher role​​

    The role of a teacher is to be a facilitator (use the Right Question                Institute- https://rightquestion.org/  to help you ask good guiding            questions) and guide students when they get stuck. The challenge          for teachers is balancing how much assistance they give students to        not helping them at all. A teacher needs to think in a workshop model      that may look like this:

                Warm-Up (5 min.)-usually individual and students are
                                                  answering a guiding Question. They need to                                                    be ready to share out.

                 Mini-Lesson (10 min.)-teacher centered and uses this time to                                                              give some general guidelines and                                                                      content related facts.

                 Classwork (30 min.)-student centered and they are working in
                                                     groups to complete the work and learning
                                                     from each other.

                 Wrap-Up (5 min.)- student centered and teacher guided.
                                                   Students share out their progress or where                                                      they are stuck. This allows for the whole
                                                    class to help each other and can become                                                        very powerful.

                 Homework (2min.) Review what the homework is and when it                                                       is due.

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       Teachers need to trust the process and that self directed learning              WILL produce exceptional learners. Trying to impart knowledge on          students may work for some but not all and we MUST try to reach            all of our students. It may feel hard at first but then gets easier with          time. Teachers need to think on their toes and be as dynamic as                 our world is today. The planning and execution takes time but                   once you see the benefits it will become fun for everyone.

 

  3. Student Role

   Students work in groups to work through the learning. The range is           usually between 2-4 students. More than 4 becomes hard for every           participant to equally share in the tasks and the learning. Teacher may     want to create group roles to help facilitate groups. Additionally,                teacher may want to include peer feedback forms as part of the                grade. It is hard to work in groups but the more that students work in        groups the better they get at it and the more they learn. Groups can          be created randomly or planned. They should always be in                          heterogeneous groups. Some teachers have the students work in the      same groups all year round. The hardest part of groups is for them to        be productive and stay on task. Teachers need to be present and              redirect the students that are off task. Students can also receive a              grade for working in groups during a class period. Again there is no          one size fits all. It is all about trial and error.

 

   4. Backwards Map

       Below are examples of  a unit plan using the Design
       Thinking Process.

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