Thought on a deck

How is it?

I asked the team to break out into smaller groups and take time out to think about what the deck construction method might look like?

This photo was taken by a student during the process of laying out the grid that takes the deck temporary structure.

For me, to see these thoughts was important, so I asked the team to sketch onto cardboard what's in their minds eye. Then explain these sketches to the larger group. SMV = Student Manufactured Video.

Sebastien had an idea and thought he might express this using Sketch-up. So off to the CAD Lab he took himself and one other student, coming back with his concept that he then printed off.

Young Taes group had many great sketches and he explains a few of these. He has a very soft voice. SMV.

The team have come up with many thoughts and solutions. Much critical thought was used.

When asked, one of the students said "the hardest part was the thinking". You might notice Young Tae using his electronic dictionary. LMV.

Living Curriculium :

Curiosity/Inquiry

Learners and teachers develop meaning through asking and answering questions
• Teachers become facilitators and co-learners
• Learners become investigators, seekers, problem-solvers

After all, what is the use of adopting loftier goals for yourself and your students if you continue to use multiple-choice tests that seek the “right” answer, capturing only the lower-level knowledge that is easiest to measure? Rather than relying on a single assessment method, instructors who adopt authentic learning methods must analyze multiple forms of evidence to measure student performance, including observations of student engagement and artifacts produced in the process of completing tasks.

So this is authentic learning