http://www.byrdseed.com/googles-20-in-a-gifted-classroom Gifted Classroom Ideas & Lessons Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.byrdseed.com/googles-20-in-a-gifted-classroom/comment-page-1#comment-204 jculv Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:39:41 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=151#comment-204 I just finished "Drive" too, and though I don't teach gifted students, I was wondering about how to (or should I?) implement it in my high school science classroom. I'm envisioning a unit during which every 4 periods or so, I allow the students to research any topic that interests them in the subject of electricity and magnetism. Thus, the entire period would be devoted to letting them look up/research/study/(build?) whatever they want. Not sure how it'll work. I just finished “Drive” too, and though I don't teach gifted students, I was wondering about how to (or should I?) implement it in my high school science classroom. I'm envisioning a unit during which every 4 periods or so, I allow the students to research any topic that interests them in the subject of electricity and magnetism. Thus, the entire period would be devoted to letting them look up/research/study/(build?) whatever they want. Not sure how it'll work.

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/googles-20-in-a-gifted-classroom/comment-page-1#comment-154 jculv Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:39:41 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=151#comment-154 I just finished "Drive" too, and though I don't teach gifted students, I was wondering about how to (or should I?) implement it in my high school science classroom. I'm envisioning a unit during which every 4 periods or so, I allow the students to research any topic that interests them in the subject of electricity and magnetism. Thus, the entire period would be devoted to letting them look up/research/study/(build?) whatever they want. Not sure how it'll work. I just finished “Drive” too, and though I don't teach gifted students, I was wondering about how to (or should I?) implement it in my high school science classroom. I'm envisioning a unit during which every 4 periods or so, I allow the students to research any topic that interests them in the subject of electricity and magnetism. Thus, the entire period would be devoted to letting them look up/research/study/(build?) whatever they want. Not sure how it'll work.

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/googles-20-in-a-gifted-classroom/comment-page-1#comment-152 Ian Byrd Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:04 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=151#comment-152 I'm actually reading "Drive" right now and am definitely thinking about the same things you are. Sandra Kaplan has a book about independent studies that scaffolds the process of "opening up" students' learning: <a href="https://ssl23.chi.us.securedata.net/jtayloreducation.com/merchantmanager/product_info.php?cPath=5&products_id=6" rel="nofollow">https://ssl23.chi.us.securedata.net/jtayloreduc...</a> I'm actually reading “Drive” right now and am definitely thinking about the same things you are. Sandra Kaplan has a book about independent studies that scaffolds the process of “opening up” students' learning: https://ssl23.chi.us.securedata.net/jtayloreduc...

]]> http://www.byrdseed.com/googles-20-in-a-gifted-classroom/comment-page-1#comment-151 Sharon_Drummond Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:24:19 +0000 http://www.byrdseed.com/?p=151#comment-151 I just finished Daniel Pink's "Drive", and have been thinking about how I would use 20% time in my classroom. While I love the idea of allowing students to respond to a novel of their choosing, I was considering the viability of using it in an even more open way. That is, giving students the chance to learn, research, experiment, etc, on anything they wanted - as long as it wasn't something we were already working on in class. I did wonder if that would be too overwhelming, though, for middle school aged students. But I've had so many kids say things like, "we studied space in grade 6, but we didn't go into enough depth" that I think it could be valuable. What do you think? Could you open it up completely? Perhaps start with an activity like the one you used, and then expand it to be even more open? I just finished Daniel Pink's “Drive”, and have been thinking about how I would use 20% time in my classroom. While I love the idea of allowing students to respond to a novel of their choosing, I was considering the viability of using it in an even more open way. That is, giving students the chance to learn, research, experiment, etc, on anything they wanted – as long as it wasn't something we were already working on in class. I did wonder if that would be too overwhelming, though, for middle school aged students. But I've had so many kids say things like, “we studied space in grade 6, but we didn't go into enough depth” that I think it could be valuable. What do you think? Could you open it up completely? Perhaps start with an activity like the one you used, and then expand it to be even more open?

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