Show 19: Piloting a 1:1 Tablet Program and Writing Your Own Textbook
Essential Question: How can writing one’s own textbook help support a 1:1 program?
Guest: Chris Ros of Alexandria Country Day School
Tips of the Week:
Chris- Books to add to your reading list:
The World Without Fish, The Nature Principle, Lifetime of Observations... Coach Wooden
Mark- Mightybell Spaces - great way to share collections of materials - Web pages, images, videos, etc.
David- Challenge-based learning from Apple site and the Challenge-based Learning website for examples. Project and inquiry-oriented with very real world practicality. Follows the normal research process of choosing a topic area to then do a little research, question creation followed by choosing a problem (the challenge) that needs solving. Push to use research skills and contact with members of the community to gather data and develop answers to the essential questions. Apple Distinguised Edcuators work in teams to create a challenge-based unit when they go through their initial training. The Learning Mag for online textbook creation.
Next Show- We interview Chris a second time to discuss using Evernote for class note taking & hear his reflections from attending the Flipped Classroom Conference over the summer.