Digital Portfolios or Journals: Digital portfolios and written journals contain evidence of learners engaging in short and long-term investigative research projects. Journals reflect evidence of students thinking and attempts to make sense of data collected.
Mountain View students utilize journals and laptops to memorialize their thinking during all stages of the 4C and EDP process. Many times, these sections are built into the unit plan and require multiple revisions along the way. Students have used FlipGrid, iPads, and Minecraft as a way to journal as well.
Mountain View students utilize journals and laptops to memorialize their thinking during all stages of the 4C and EDP process. Many times, these sections are built into the unit plan and require multiple revisions along the way. Students have used FlipGrid, iPads, and Minecraft as a way to journal as well.
STEM Journal Cover Contest (March - April 2023)
In order to have students reflect on their ideas and thoughts, it is a valuable piece to also allow them to create their personalized journal. Therefore, to show connection between all grade levels at MVES, we decided to allow students to compete in a schoolwide STEM Journal Cover Contest. The winner of the contest will have their cover placed on each student journal for the 2023-2024 school year. Students will be allowed to color in the design, but more importantly, it shows the idea of STEM through the students' eyes and provides ownership of what they write inside.
This years winning design was by Evelyn Z. - 4th grade.
This years winning design was by Evelyn Z. - 4th grade.
Learners Produce Technology Products: Learners are producers and not merely consumers of technology through the development of multimedia products, digital journals, BLOG posts, websites, coding and programming, robotics, augmented/virtual/mixed reality tools, Apps, digital probes to collect data, O365 tools, and more.
Students can be seen using FlipGrid, coding robots to perform certain tasks, Oculus VR Goggles to search the International Space Station, SDG sensors to bring awareness of temperatures and humidity in the school, measure soil composition in the outside garden, and use Minecraft to explain a final product. Students are also learning how to create their own coding language to communicate.
Students can be seen using FlipGrid, coding robots to perform certain tasks, Oculus VR Goggles to search the International Space Station, SDG sensors to bring awareness of temperatures and humidity in the school, measure soil composition in the outside garden, and use Minecraft to explain a final product. Students are also learning how to create their own coding language to communicate.
Revised Lesson Plan Template (February 2023)
As a STEM team, we felt it was important to add additional information into our lesson plan template. Under the technology section, we now list when students are consumers of technology versus when they are producers through technology.
Self-Assess and Rubrics: Learners are encouraged to self-assess (using rubrics, checklists, etc.) and reflect on their learning.
Teachers provide students with rubrics, including the 4C rubric, so that they can manage and assess their own learning. This allows students to be productive in trying to improve as the unit or problem becomes more difficult.
Teachers provide students with rubrics, including the 4C rubric, so that they can manage and assess their own learning. This allows students to be productive in trying to improve as the unit or problem becomes more difficult.