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| Approach to the class design:
Each class will have an introduction to
thinking skills and life skill elements.
Class learning will center around proposing a
solution to one of the "World Issues".
The students will work as a team.
Delivery of the content will be a combination on
in-class as well as on-line. The process will include the
Flip learning technology for delivery of the material.
Students will focus on one of the world projects and develop a
plan to solve the problem. It will contain the
following sections:
- What learning strategy did we use to
solve the problem?
- What obstacle's were faced in developing the solution?
- What "Life Skills" did I need?
- What is the problem we are solving?
- What were my references?
- If people on the team completed the
Business Class, Add a business plan
- If people on the team completed the
Design Class, Add a Design plan
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Projects as vehicles for learning:
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Feed the World
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Heal the World
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Clean the World
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Power the World
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Respect the World
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Connect the World
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Business Processes:
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Design Process:
- Framing the Problem, Finding the
Gap
- Research ... Process
- Developing lots of Ideas,
Divergent View
- Critical View, Converge the Ideas
- Developing a Paper Solutions/
Sketching
- Review and Test ...
providing feedback
- Innovation/ Entrepreneurship
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Decision
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Thinking Skills:
- Questions
- Creative Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- System Focus
- Meta-cognitive Thinking
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Bloom Taxonomy
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Life Skills
- Character Development
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Work in Teams … Collaboration
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Work Ethic and Professionalism
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Habits of Mind ...Costa and Kallick
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Dialogue … 6 Hats How to create
dialogue and not shouting matches
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Respectful dealing with others (
Professionalism )
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Executive Functions
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5 Minds for the Future ... Howard
Gardner
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Mapping Skills and drawing
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Listening Skills
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