by Pearl Ohm | May 29, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Mathematics, Personal Authenticity, Solutions
Our students (and staff!) have so many feelings about the MTA, mostly disappointment and frustration. At the start of this semester, I wondered how I could create the final project for my Calculus to allow for them to: Share their personal lived experiences Personally...
by Jackson Shafer | Mar 13, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Authentic Audience, Authenticity Strands, Authenticity to the Discipline, Disciplines, Literature, Personal Authenticity, Solutions
An experiment in varied written assessment. I used to (and still do) believe that the repetition of writing structures is crucial in a student’s ability to improve and and internalize organized literary analysis. I often assign the same structured essay three to...
by Stacy Blair | Jan 25, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Solutions, World Languages
One of my struggles as a French teacher is to foster independence in my students while providing them with authentic and comprehensible input. Finding a balance between providing good models of language and allowing them opportunities to practice speaking freely in...
by Liz Maron | Jan 24, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Science, Solutions
Chemistry at ESA now has a legitimate, hands-on Baking Unit! Around the time of my first post, I was brainstorming, collecting, and wrangling ideas & resources to determine an authentic anchor phenomenon to drive the unit. My planning started in August and the...
by Cristie Praeger | Jan 23, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authentic Audience, Science, Solutions
My original Problem of Practice was… How might we use the product of a unit on mental health to make contributions within the ESA community? I created a survey for the students of ESA to take. They responded to the following statements with either YES, NO...
by Susie Kang | Jan 21, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authentic Audience, Science, Solutions
In my first blog post, I wrote about my desire to form student experts in neuroscience who would be able to create some kind of meaningful product for a wider audience. Instead of completing a project just for me as the teacher, and for their grade, I wanted students...