Teacher Interest Challenge

Today, students were introduced to our next design challenge. We wanted to give students an opportunity to work with the 10th graders in Studio D to promote collaboration and foster a sense of unity  throughout the program. These design challenges were based on teacher interests and are being led by teachers from both D9 and D10.

Students were given some quick information on each of these challenges and asked to choose their first, second, and third choices. Here are the three HMW's for these challenges:

Trailblazers: How might we showcase the wild beauty of Westwood in a way that promotes fitness?
FunD It: What can we do or create that will show off our Studio D skills to make money for our program?
SDPR: How might we market our program by using and promoting students’ individual strengths?

Next Friday, January 31, both D9 and D10 will be participating in an In-School Field Study to begin the Gather stage of this design challenge. Students will meet with the teacher leaders of their groups and start to brainstorm what they'll need to know in order to complete this challenge. This will be something that students will work on over the next few months, so make sure you check with your student to see what project they are working on.

Priorities for Today (1/24/13)
-Africa Map Quiz (20 countries only; no capitals)
-Vocabulary Unit 5 Review (Quiz Tuesday 1/28)
-Introduce Teacher Interest Design Challenge
-Continue Human Rights Violation Research (See guidelines here)


STUDENTS:
Make sure you fill out the form to let us know what your first, second, and third place choices are for the Teacher Interest Challenge

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