Above the Line in Elementary

Session 5 - Lesson Builder's Fair: A BOLD Approach to Lesson Design, Jon Corippo & Lindsey Blass BOLD Lesson design is rooted in Madeline Hunter's 7-step Lesson Plan model. Jon talks about how to use the various steps of traditional, good lesson design (anticipatory set, guided practice, check for understanding etc...) and how to adapt them using new technology. This allows students to be the ones doing most of the work, not the teacher. Thanks to technology, we are no longer needed to deliver content or lecture to students. We can design activities that provide students with opportunities for higher level thinking. Jon Corippo regarding assessment: "Closure is not a test, it is another rep of what we already do." Madeline Hunter's Lesson plan steps: Anticipatory Set Objective/Purpose Instructional Input Modeling Check for Understanding Guided Practice Independent Practice Closure These steps can be remixed - change the order and/or amount, ...

I purchased the New Matter MOD-t 3D Printer with money raised from an after school STEM party fundraiser. I saw the MOD-t demonstrated at ISTE 2016 in Denver. I had not con 3D printing in elementary school - the whole concept was very vague to me. I saw this example of a 3D printed model of one of the CA missions at the New Matter Expo booth and I was sold. I teach California state history and I thought it would be amazing for my students to design their missions in tinkerCAD and print them out - so much better than using cardboard and sugar cubes like I did when I was a kid. As I have learned more about 3D printing, I realize that a project like this mission model is very complex. I had to start small with my students.