Of Bridges and Blue Suede Shoes Cross-Curricular Connections
Dec 27, 2015
Goals for this Session
Promote Cross-curricular Teaching Equip teachers with Cross-curricular
information and strategies Provide tried and true tips for success in a one-
to-one technology /digital teaching environment
Challenge you to create a technology facilitated cross-curricular lesson that is relevant for your students.
What is Cross-Curricular Teaching?
A Bridge over Troubled Waters• involves a conscious effort to apply
knowledge, principles, and/or values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously.
CREATIVITY
• Cross-Curricular Teaching makes students operate on the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
CREATIVITY
• “The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - men who are creative, inventive and discoverers”
• --Jean Piaget
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”
--Zig Ziglar
• “Motivation is the Art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” --Dwight D. Eisenhower
MOTIVATION
RETENTION
• Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
--Benjamin Franklin
This is Our Story
• Cultural Diversity Fair• TAH Grant—Civil War• TAH Grant--World War II • The Origins of Fairy Tales/German
Romanticism• Germs and Hygiene• Careers
Steps to plan for a successful Cross-curricular Unit
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
A Little More Conversation
• 1. Theme—must engage your students• 2. Grade-level appropriateness http://edsitement.neh.gov/ • 3. Focus—a single sentence that represents
the direction and focus across curriculum areas.
• 4. Objectives—specific to subject area and PASS objectives
4. Gather Materials and Resources– Printed Resources – Computer/Internet resources– Audio/Visual Resources– Community Resources– Literary Resources
• 5. General Activities– Web-based—podcasts--6. Discussion7. Culminating Activity—Creative project that can be
evaluated across subject areas.8. Assessment—subject rubrics9. Communication, Communication, Communication
Resources
• http://www.crescentok.com/staff/klovett/ofbridgesandbluesuedeshoes.htm
• http://www.crescentok.com/staff/klovett/SYLLABUS.HTM
Tried and True Tips for Working in the 1:1 Environment
Provide links to lead students where you want them to go.
Teach students to find reliable resources.(.gov / .edu)
Or this might happen:http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
See the linked lesson plan on our website.
Parental Input (aka: Suspicious Minds)
• Compile a list of parent e-mail addresses or create a facebook page just for students and parents.
• Parents want to know what is going on.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crescent-OK/Crescent-High-School-Art/124881477542656?ref=ts
Classroom Management
Have an across the board understanding of acceptable technology use.
Make sure students and parents are aware of the consequences.Be consistent.
Curriculum Development
• Start with a plan!!!– Course Outlines and – PASS footprintsMake yourLesson Plans Digital!
Don’t Be Intimidated! You can do it!!
http://www.crescentok.com/staff/klovett/index.html
Creating a Visual Learning Environment
• Words can only recall images we’ve seen before, so use lots of images!
• Where to get free images: http://www.freeimages.co.uk/http://www.imageafter.com/images.php
• Etc…..
• Google is your friend. • Visuals increase learning up to 400%!• We process images 60,000 times faster than text.
• --Dr. Lynell Burmark
3 biggest mistakes teachers make when using technology in the classroom
1. Technology is not used in a focused manner 2. Technology is the focus.3. Inadequate planning_“You call this a multi-media production? This is
a slide projector and a bed-sheet!”-Archibald Asparagus
Don’t Re-invent the Wheel• Search for it!!• Find a forum for teachers of your subject to get ideas.• http://arted20.ning.com/