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Students Wanted |
Your number one job as a student is to add value to the classroom. To do that, focus on the following:
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Add "purpose" to your work.
Help the whole class learn. Define problems. Propose solutions. 
Determine "what's not there."
Take control of your own learning. Build a personal, life-long connection to knowledge. Instead of "I don't know," say "I don't know yet!" Be courageous. |
Make global connections. 
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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Classroom Tasks for Students:
There are four tasks that you will be asked to take on from time to time. Those tasks include:
Daily Scribe: Whenever we are exploring our lessons, two students will collaborate as "official" note-takers for the day. Their notes are shared with your section in real time. Your section's class notes are the first place you should go if you miss a day or need to review for a quiz or test.
Official Researcher: Additionally, one or two students will be responsible for finding information on the internet that supports the day's lesson. The supporting resources are shared with rest of the class. Because the shared resources are already "kid-approved," those resources should be your first stop when beginning to do research for a project or paper.
Content Creator: About once each semester, you and one or two partners will create tutorials to support our lessons. Your tutorial will become part of an online library of support for the entire grade.
Teacher: Remember, you are not just students. You are also teachers. From time to time, I will ask you to demonstrate your mastery of a subject by teaching it to the rest of your class.
There are four tasks that you will be asked to take on from time to time. Those tasks include:
Daily Scribe: Whenever we are exploring our lessons, two students will collaborate as "official" note-takers for the day. Their notes are shared with your section in real time. Your section's class notes are the first place you should go if you miss a day or need to review for a quiz or test.
Official Researcher: Additionally, one or two students will be responsible for finding information on the internet that supports the day's lesson. The supporting resources are shared with rest of the class. Because the shared resources are already "kid-approved," those resources should be your first stop when beginning to do research for a project or paper.
Content Creator: About once each semester, you and one or two partners will create tutorials to support our lessons. Your tutorial will become part of an online library of support for the entire grade.
Teacher: Remember, you are not just students. You are also teachers. From time to time, I will ask you to demonstrate your mastery of a subject by teaching it to the rest of your class.
