AUTHENTIC LEARNING

DEFINITION

• Real life learning
• Encourages a useful product to share
• Authentic tasks & activities
• Provides multiple role or perspectives
• Promotes reflection

MAKE A NOTE

THE BIG WEEK

INSPIRATION

• The movie, "The Big Year" watched over the summer.
• Husband says, "You should do that in class."
• Initial thought, "I can't do a big year in class."
• Jumping off thought, "I can do a Big Week!"
• And...don't really like what I'm doing for taxonomy

DESIGN & COLLABORATION

• Collaborated with PLC group about parameters of project
• Wanted students to play role of birder & get outside
• Key pieces to document: Family, Genus, Species
• Must take picture of bird (no zoo, house or store birds)
• Contest among Biology students

THE WERE PAYING ATTENTION

• To nature around them!

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WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE?

CHICK GENES

INSPIRATION

& I GREW UP ON A FARM

THE IDEA

• We incubate eggs
• Research predict possible outcomes with breeds
• Eggs hatch (they adore this)
• Usually live stream on Ustream hatching
• We see the results & observe development

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MAKE ANY CONNECTIONS?

ANIMAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS

ALL ABOUT ANIMALS

• My students write a children's book on animal of choice
• We present in class
• The best of the best are chosen
• We read via Skype the books in 20 minute sessions
• Books can be hard copy, digital or iBooks

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LET'S SHARE IDEAS

THANK YOU