Capstone

= 21st Century Teaching and Learning Capstone Project = The Capstone Project will consist of my classes engaging in a student centered classroom where they must professionally create and teach technology integrated review lessons for their peers. These lessons will have interdisciplinary ties and real life applications. The students will gather data through various methods and use higher-order thinking skills to develop the most practical and engaging lesson possible.

The Purpose
The class I will be running this project with is 12th grade CP seniors in College Algebra. This group of students has difficulty retaining information. Because of this nearly the entire first quarter is all review of algebra 1 and 2. The students can handle the new college algebra as I teach it to them, but they struggle when they forget their previous algebra skills. The student’s retention is a problem that I face as a teacher. I think the best way to solve this problem is to acquire the help of my students. The class will help me review the needed topics for them to be successful in college algebra. This first quarter used to consist of straight lecture and skill development. I’m hoping by integrating technology and having students collaborate to create a presentation, podcast and wiki, they will better understand the review topics. Other benefits of this project include development of 21st Century skills along with a catalog of student created resources that students can refer to by checking my wiki. = **// Click on the links below to find out more about the project. //** = = =

The Project Components
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