Workshops-Spring 2008
• A Science & English Partnership: Building Common Ground for Collaboration in Dens
Session 1: English 1/ICS
In order to strengthen the potential to meaningfully infuse the environmental curriculum, teachers in the 9th grade who have common preps can be given a window into some options. With options, then they can decide to take it where they choose. There are many avenues to explore.
Goals for Workshop #1
• Show English faculty potential options for environmental curricular options within the regular English 1 units of study
• To familiarize Science faculty with these but to enable them to see where THEIR curriculum can also be meaningfully infused, facilitating the English/Science 9th grade partnerships
• All units presented have a PBL/portfolio element
Session 2: The International Odyssey Project
Goals for Workshop #2
• To familiarize elements of the Odyssey Project as an example of PBL/portfolio assessment
• Disciplines BEYOND science & English applicable
• Collaboration internationally in both subject areas w/ another classroom entailed/presented
Session 3: The Virtual Classroom
Goals for Workshop #3
• Utilizing the Ed1Stop feature for teachers to work together-example shown using my Germany partner school
• Building base research skills at the 9th grade • E-mail for documents, wiki construction, use of
bookmarks & file storages to build a more informed PV student
• Multiple resources/elements of utilizing the blog
Collaboration occurs in many ways…
• Across den discipline areas within a den• Across classrooms locally & abroad• Science & English partnership @ 9th grade can
meaningfully propel the environmental aim of PVHS
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