FRESHMEN SEMINAR/PBL: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
- Students will be introduced to PBL/Leadership
Challenge: The class will be split into 4 groups. Each group
will have a 1)student-teacher/leader, 2)an assistant/recorder, and
3)members/peers. Each group over the next three weeks will be
assessed as mini classes. The classroom teacher will provide a class framework and lesson topics. The teacher will be looking for
student-teachers with their class to develop mini lessons displaying model
student high school traits, skills learned throughout course, organization
including attendance and on task behavior, initiative/proactive traits,
relevant content that reflects Freshmen Seminar, etc. The project
begins Monday, December 5 and ends Monday December 19th.
(Can
be used as a “course extension” type assignment. Those who are currently , who complete and
passes the PBL, overall grade will become 70%.
Those who are passing can earn up to 10 points on their overall grade. Students will be monitored daily and receive a
weekly average. The three individual weekly
averages will be average together to determine final PBL grade. So, if a student who is already passing average
75% on the PBL, they will receive 7.5 points on their overall grade.)
Students will also continue to work on Final Performance Exam: UNL presentations demonstrating skills learned in course and "expressions" within the PBL discussed above
- Semester Blog Assignment
As a part
of your Final for this class, you are responsible for creating a blog that
summarizes everything we’ve covered this semester. You can use Blogger,
WordPress, or any other approved blog sites. Your blog must contain the following
sections/information:
1.
Character/High
School Readiness Traits
2.
Social
Media Etiquette
3.
Propaganda/Persuasive
Techniques
4.
The
Academies/Career-Discuss the academy and career you selected (Creative Studies
or Global Services).
5.
Usher’s
New Look-Discuss something you learned or can take away from Mr. Brandon’s
(Tuesday) lessons.
Each
Section must contain an artifact and one paragraph written response:
The artifact must
be creative enough to represent each section. (You should do more than just
copy the definitions)
·
PowerPoint
·
Picture
(Photo)/Drawing (Quality work that is displayed in the class)
·
Video
One paragraph
written response:
·
Description
of the artifact
·
Explanation
of why you chose that artifact
·
How
you can apply it to your life next semester/school year
