Student+Ownership+and+Engagement

= = = = = **Student Ownership/ Self-directed learning** = = **Julie Huykee, John Walsh, Heather Dutrey, Donita Clarahan, Chris Cother, Sue Cohoon, Angela Olsen** =

· Iowa Core -- characteristics of effective teaching § Student centered classrooms § Teaching for understanding § Assessment for learning § Rigorous and relevant curriculum § Teaching for learners’ differences o Instruction designed and delivered to match students’ needs o Learning aligned with Iowa Core o Student engagement – student response, opportunities created by teacher

· Giving kids more power over what they are learning will give them more responsibility for their learning o Minimum requirement in order to by passing – i.e. put online grade book the ones that were o Required, if worked ahead these were not put in the online grade book until required o Technology can enhance choices and pacing o More choice they have, the more buy-in they have § Choose some type of product – lets them do something they are good at doing § Sometimes they get to choose which problems to do   o Need to help them be able to read material and learn from it    § Students don’t know how to use, read, and apply what they have read § Online can re-listen, don’t have to listen to it all § Teachers will need to redirect – ask them what they have done, direct to listen again · Teachers need to focus on kids, give them the ownership § Grades – do more competency based · How does it transfer to post-secondary?

· Students need to have a reason for their learning § Relevant beyond the classroom § Have students share how they could use the material § Have to look at it as an opportunity to learn § It’s learning how to problem solve