Science, Design, and OER Academy
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A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers on Open Educational Resources for K-12 Classrooms
Presented by Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
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Introduction
Through the OER Commons initiative (www.oercommons.org), ISKME is offering a series of courses in teacher professional development using innovative open-source, teacher-led approaches. Our Science, Design and OER Academy course engages teachers in modeling investigative science and bringing hands-on design to the classroom through using online resources and collaborative tools for teachers to share what they know.
Participating Teachers are focusing on:
- Active science and multidisciplinary learning techniques and tools using freely available online teaching and learning resources, easily accessible lab equipment, and repurposed art materials
- Broad collection of lessons and other resources that support teaching and modeling problem-based learning, especially in environmental studies, plant biology, sustainable agriculture, renewable energies, social studies, green technology, art, design, and critical thinking
- Experience with Open Educational Resources, which are curricular materials that can be shared, adapted, and improved, especially by teachers, and a selection of online social networking and digital content creation tools and practices
- Practice in resource search and identification, through an understanding of metadata and knowledge sharing, and an introduction to licensing that makes content legal to adapt and share online
- Opportunity to participate in the Sun Curve Design Challenge, a student-teacher collaboration and competition in the creation of new open resources that support hands-on invention and investigation in environmental science and sustainable living
- Continued online support and networking through the OER Commons site and education program
Photos from the Academy on flickr[1]
Pre-workshop Activities:
- Register for an OER Commons account here. Once registered will receive a confirmation email. Click on the link in the confirmation email to log in.
- Prepare to discuss successes and challenges you have had working in a collaborative environment.
- Bring a learning resource that you have made (a lesson plan, activity, image, video, etc.)
Schedule:
Day 1
Breakfast 9:00-9:15
Part 1: OER
Morning Session 9:15-10:30
- Introductions
- Icebreaker Activity: Partner Interviews and Presentations
- Prompt Line Exercise
- What does open mean to you? Activity
- OER Checklist Board
Morning Break 10:30-10:45
Morning Session 10:45-12:30
- Teacher Process Concept Map
- Resources mentioned during presentations:
- Google Earth
- Quest KQED
- Bill Nye on youtube
- Project 2061
- Helical Learning Model
- Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Model
- GEMS: Lawrence Hall of Science
- Interactive Math Project
- Japanese Lesson Study Model
- Instructables
- La Escuela del Sol, Montezuma, Costa Rica
- Resources mentioned during presentations:
- Survey
- New Vocabulary List
Lunch Break 12:30-1:00
Afternoon Session 1:00-4:30
- OER Presentation
- Understanding Science Flowchart: [2]
- Citizen Science: The Great Sunflower Project
- Cone-Welder: [3]
- BioQuest Curriculum Consortium: 3 P's Approach
- BioQuest: What is a PROBLEM SPACE? See in-depth explanation and examples at: http://www.bioquest.org/scope/problem_spaces.php
- The Pollen Project: [4]
- OER Commons Tutorial
- Discussion: What OER has to offer: motivations. opportunities, and challenges
- Reflections
Day 2
Breakfast 9:00-9:15
Part 2: Collaborative Tools
Morning Session 9:15-10:30
- Sharing Warm Up Activity
- How can we share?
- Using tools for workflow and communications management
- Components of social collaboration: discussions, blogging, groups, tagging, feedback, incentives
- OER Activity
Morning Break 10:30-10:45
Morning Session 10:45-12:00
- Open Collaboratory Introduction Activity: Sun Curve Design Challenge wiki project page and Sun Curve Ning collaborative tool (post discussions, blogs, photos, videos)
- Science and Design OER Activity: Sun Curve Challenge Resources on OER Commons [9]
- OER Checklist Board
- Reflections: How does collaborating with open improve learning?
Depart for Coyote Point Park 12:00
Lunch 12:30-1:00
Afternoon Session 1:00-4:30
- Sun Curve Intro (I notice/I wonder Activity)
- Q&A with INKA Biospheric Systems staff
- Design Process Brainstorming Activity
- Brainstorming Presentations
Part 3: Theme Projects and Collaboration
- Brainstorming and Idea Sharing for Group Projects
- Form Groups based on theme interests
- Project Work Time
- Check in: Groups present their project ideas
Resources:
- SF Chronicle Article: Newsom's fresh idea: mandates on healthier food "All city departments have six months to conduct an audit of unused land - including empty lots, rooftops, windowsills and median strips - that could be turned into community gardens or farms that could benefit residents, either by working at them or purchasing the fresh produce."
- NY Times Article: Street Farmer "Like others, he advocates eating locally grown food. But to Allen, local doesn’t mean a rolling pasture or even a suburban garden: it means 14 greenhouses crammed onto two acres in a working-class neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northwest side, less than half a mile from the city’s largest public-housing project... Without microbe- and nutrient-rich worm castings (poop, that is), Allen’s Growing Power farm couldn’t provide healthful food to 10,000 urbanites — through his on-farm retail store, in schools and restaurants, at farmers’ markets and in low-cost market baskets delivered to neighborhood pickup points. He couldn’t employ scores of people, some from the nearby housing project; continually train farmers in intensive polyculture; or convert millions of pounds of food waste into a version of black gold." Growing Power Farm
- New Yorker Article: Greening the Ghetto Can a remedy serve for both global warming and poverty?
- Green for All Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. By advocating for local, state and federal commitment to job creation, job training, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people from disadvantaged communities – Green For All fights both poverty and pollution at the same time
- San Francisco Magazine Article: [10] This article mentions the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center [11] in idea number 3, whose roof has solar panels, a wind turbine, and a vertical garden. All of these technologies help minimize the energy needs of the Center.
- The Science Barge is a prototype, sustainable urban farm and environmental education center powered by solar, wind, and biofuels, and irrigated by rainwater and purified river water. It is the only fully functioning demonstration of renewable energy supporting sustainable food production in New York City. The Science Barge grows tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce with zero net carbon emissions, zero chemical pesticides, and zero runoff.
- Peter Blanc's Vertical Garden
- Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
Day 3
Breakfast 9:00-9:15
Part 4: Group Project Work Time
Morning Session 9:15-10:30
- Project Work Time
Morning Break 10:30-10:45
Morning Session 10:45-12:30
- Project Work Time
Curriculum for Inka Sun Curve project Wade
Renewable Energy Curriculum Noah
Brainstorm: Sun Curve Challenge Katie
Sun Curve Design Challenge Curriculum Matrix
Lunch Break 12:30-1:00
Afternoon Session 1:00-4:30
Part 5: Group Project Presentations
- Storytelling Exercise: Participants document the successes and challenges of their collaborative project
- Reflections
Part 6: Summary: collecting and evaluating our learnings and potential impacts for students
- Feedback Survey: Participants share feedback on the training, what they liked and what could be improved.
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