I teacher at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School. Along with the three math classes I teach, I have one period of 6th grade Exploratory. The purpose of this class is help students develop the skills necessary to be successful in school (and in life.) These include study skills, computer skills, oral speaking and more. I have a lot of leeway in this course, so I try to choose engaging content in a project based learning environment.
One topic I cover each year is why our school is named after the Mendez Family. This year, I decided to use the EduProtocol, Cyber Sandwich. I printed 2 articles about Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez and the court case Mendez vs. Westminster. (tip - I printed one article on yellow and the other on blue to match the slides template). Each person annotated his/her assigned article. Then, in a shared presentation, partners added their notes. They then discussed their notes and created the shared notes slide. From this combined information, each student wrote a paragraph summary. This is a new twist on Focused Note-Taking (AVID Strategy) and was very engaging. My next step is to repeat this strategy with a new topic: Ice Cream! After completing this cyber sandwich, students will make their own ice cream. Admittedly, I should have started with ice cream, then moved into the more content based topic. But hindsight is 20/20. It's always better to start with a familiar topic when introducing a new skill. Either way, I now have another tool in my toolbelt. Cyber Sandwich really helped my students to become active participants in their own learning. |
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CategoriesAuthorAndrea Earl is a Canvas trainer and Instructional Technology Coach at Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School in Santa Ana, California. Archives
November 2020
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