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.
AEIOU
CONNECT EXTEND WONDER
CSI: COLOR / SYMBOL / IMAGE
HEXAGONAL THINKING
THE BULL'S EYE
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.
To view the Google Drawings version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner
To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-copy
To view the Google Slides version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-slides
To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-slides-copy
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.
AEIOU
CONNECT EXTEND WONDER
CSI: COLOR / SYMBOL / IMAGE
HEXAGONAL THINKING
THE BULL'S EYE
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.
To view the Google Drawings version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner
To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-copy
To view the Google Slides version go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-slides
To make a copy go to bit.ly/sem-tech-type-i-planner-slides-copy