SEM:Tech

Type I: Resources to Create Student Experiences


HEIGHTEN ANTICIPATION
What can you do to heighten students anticipation of a new experience? Think of something brief and thought provoking. Locate a set of interesting images, a curious quotation, or pose a question. Heightening Anticipation provides a POINT TO PONDER.

SOME POSSIBLE RESOURCES

BrainyQuote
Goodreads
Wikiquote
The LIFE Photo Collection
​New York Public Library Digital Collection
​Pixabay

STIMULATE INTEREST
Provide an engaging set of new information. This could be an interesting video, an online simulation, a virtual field trip, a video conference with a guest speaker, or any other resource to entice your students’ thinking. 

POSSIBLE RESOURCES

YouTube Education
Crash Course
TED Ed
PBS Digital Studios
Skype In The Classroom
Skype a Scientist

DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING
The real MAGIC happens when students are asked to think deeply about their experiences and connect the experience to their own life. Here are some SEM:Tech Graphic Organizers to get you started. 

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CONNECT EXTEND WONDER
CSI: COLOR / SYMBOL / IMAGE

HEXAGONAL THINKING
THE BULL'S EYE
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EXTEND THE EXPERIENCE
You should have some viable options for your students in place should they want to further explore the topic presented in your TYPE I Experience. Think of TYPE II Skills that students might need to learn in order to successfully pursue a line of inquiry and seek satisfaction for their own curiosity. 

​Use this PLANNER to develop your ideas for a SEM:Tech Type I. ​
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