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Intel Teach ProgramModule 1 and 2Presented byBecky Clarke & Amy MooreSpecial thanks to Robin McConahey Directions: *Log onto your computer/get onInternet *Click the homepage and click Instructional Technologytab *Click CCPS Intel Teach tab

Program Overview • Participating teachers will develop a unit of instruction based upon their content SOL’s. • Purpose – • Help teachers use the power of technology to spark student imagination and move students to greater learning

Module 1 Focus Questions • How can units help my students meet standards and develop 21st Century Skills? • How can I use units to enhance student learning?

Characteristics of Project-Based Learning (unit) • Student centered • Objectives aligned with standards • Driven by Curriculum Framing Questions (CFQs) • Ongoing, varying types of assessment • Unit activities will be connected and take place over a period of time • Real world connections • Students demonstrate mastery through products/performances that are published, presented, or displayed • Enhances and supports student learning • Thinking skills are integral to unit/project work • Varied instructional strategies

Module 1- Activity 2View Sample Unit Plans Manual – p. 1.20 • From the CCPS Intel Teach Site click Intel Design Projects (under map) • Click Designing Effective Projects • Click Unit Plan Index • Choose 1 unit plan to browse from your desired content and grade level

Download Unit Plan Template

Module 2 Focus Questions How can Curriculum Framing Questions support my students’ learning? How can I plan ongoing student centered assessment?

Fill Out Standards and Objectives • On your unit plan list the SOL’s you will be teaching • You can easily cut and paste from the VDOE website http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/index.shtml • Don’t forget to add some 21st Century Skills (refer to print out or CD)

Curriculum Framing Questions - Essential Questions • Purpose is to connect learning and promote higher order thinking skills • Essential Questions • Broad, open ended • How are numbers important? • Why is storytelling an important part of our lives?

CFQs – Unit Questions • Unit Questions • Tied directly to a unit and support investigation • Open ended • What can imagery teach us about writing? • How does narrative structure make a story more interesting?

CFQs – Content Questions • Content Questions • Fact-based • Concrete • Identify imagery and explain how it effects text. • What are the narrative elements of a story?

Assessment • Activity 3 (p. 2.10) • Browse through sample assessment plans and timelines (from Intel CCPS Teach) • On your unit plan (paper copy) write down some assessment strategies for each part of the assessment timeline. • p. 2.13 has some great suggestions and explanations

Blog • Go to CCPS Intel Teach page • Under Links, click Intel Module Blog • Click on the module you want to answer • Scroll down and add a comment at the bottom • Enter the module and number for your title • Fill in body with the answer to the “question”

For November 1 • Complete the following sections of your unit plan: • Unit Author • Unit Overview • Unit Foundation • Assessment Timeline and Summary • Answer blog questions for Module 1 and Module 2

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