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Presented at 2008 NSTA Regional Conference. Student Provocateurs is a film project designed to help students better communicate, collaborate, learn and be provocative.
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Student ProvocateursStudent ProvocateursCommunication, Collaboration, Digital Learning,
Provocation
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tomorrows leaders will need to tomorrows leaders will need to be…be…
communicators (Friedman, 2006)
collaboratorsleveragersadaptorsexplainerssynthesizersmodel builderslocalizerspersonalizers
a genuine interest indicates a genuine interest indicates personal identification with a personal identification with a course of action (Dewey, 1913)course of action (Dewey, 1913)
perhaps digital literacy is the perhaps digital literacy is the key…key…
will students engage with social issues when they have film as a medium to provoke others?
embedded questionsembedded questions
cycles of action cycles of action researchresearch
http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar/define.html
cycle 1cycle 1creating a setting for success
casey farm – setting and project focus
cycle 1 reflectionscycle 1 reflections
clear interest in SPdeb will be an
excellent partnerfunding helpedcreating the video
inspired
cycle 2cycle 2in the midst of it all
working directly with the students as the ‘expert’
cycle 2 reflectionscycle 2 reflections
students worked really hard
a reality check for us all
need for continued momentum
cycle 3cycle 3from ideas to action
filming the film
cycle 3 reflectionscycle 3 reflections
students felt successful
learned communication and collaboration
yes to doing this again – 100%
summative reflectionssummative reflections
we are preparing students for a future we cannot imagine
consider the fundamental skills of the future
solving a critical problem
students reported learning*◦how to work with
others in groups◦collaborate◦communicate◦and make a film
along the way
*skills identified by Jonassen and Rohrer, (1999), as characteristics of constructivist learning environments
nurture the futurenurture the future
imaginationintuitionpattern recognitionartistic expression
towards a future where individuality, creativity, adaptation, communication, collaboration, explanation and intuition are keys to success
http://studentprovocateurs.comhttp://studentprovocateurs.com
referencesreferences
Dewey, J. (1913). Interests and Efforts in Education. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company
Friedman, T. (2006). The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Jonassen, D. and Rohrer-Murphy, L. (1999). Activity Theory as a Framework for Designing Constructivist Learning Environments. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47, 61-79.
