Student Creation /Projects for Common Core Success

Student creations/projects for Common Core Success �Supra Manohar Co-founder & CEO, Themeefy @TheMindWire supra@themeefy www.linkedin.com/in/supramanohar

Common Core – Is more than content that tells kids stuff... �

... it guides us to “do” things. �

Common Core - Digital research & media skills blended in as a whole �

To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the

ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive

range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new. The need to conduct research and to produce and consume media is embedded into every aspect of today’s curriculum. In like fashion, research and media skills and understandings are embedded throughout the Standards rather than treated in a separate section.

Hitting the Standards �

Research to Build and Present Knowledge College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

…specifically addressed in CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.X.7 & 8, & History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects – Writing Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.X.7 & 8.

The web is the greatest repository of knowledge – our job is easier �

How? It’s easier than you think �

•  Teacher created lessons as a guide �•  Use lesson plans to design projects �•  Share work load - share your projects �•  Several digital tools to search,

aggregate, and present�•  Many tools have class management

built-in �

What’s my measurement rubric? �

•  Digital discovery �•  Use of appropriate resources �•  Encourage “user gen” content*��Analysis, resource use justification, argument, & contextual thought �

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand

- Chinese proverb �

•  Don’t just discover, add argument �•  Creating is adding context not just

tagging�•  Learner gen content becomes a part

of the class lesson ��

Tools (the cat’s in trouble)�

•  Themeefy (www.themeefy.com)�•  Citelighter (www.citelighter.com)�•  EduClipper (www.educlipper.net)�•  Glogster (www.edu.glogster.com) �•  EdCanvas (www.edcanvas.com)�

You guys achieve the unthinkable – this is “before breakfast”

stuff for you. ��

Thank you. �

Reach out: �Supra Manohar�supra@themeefy.com�@themindwire �