Questions

Questions RL--What's the difference between a legacy project and a service learning project? Some schools require service learning. See this clip and and let me know if you think this project fits what we are looking for in a legacy project. [|Oregon Kids]


 * 1) Do we need traditional English classes? Combine with all subjects?
 * 2) How do we make sure we hit all the TEKS/Objectives?
 * 3) How much control should be given up?
 * 4) What are the logistics?
 * 5) What is the place of the canon?
 * 6) Accountability?
 * 7) Is this in addition or in place of?
 * 8) Technology?
 * 9) What will pull the children in to this? How do we find out what is purposeful?
 * 10) How do we find the balance between what teachers have to do and what students want to do?
 * 11) What is the starting point?
 * 12) Time?
 * 13) Legacy Project - Does it have to be written? online?
 * 14) Filters? Students are more technologically savvy than teachers.
 * 15) How do teachers evaluate the worth of the project?
 * 16) What is purposeful work?
 * 17) If everyone is doing it, how do you keep it unique and engaging?
 * 18) Who should be the primary drivers of the project? Teachers or students?
 * 19) How do you develop a sense of community?
 * 20) What is community?
 * 21) How do we find the time? Continuing the CCT?
 * 22) Will all students actually buy into this? Will they take it seriously?
 * 23) How will this fit into our chronological curriculum and not just be one more thing to make sure we do?
 * 24) How can we make this a "school world" supported activity?
 * 25) Is this a year-long event? a six week project?
 * 26) How do we get buy-in with our principals?
 * 27) How can we turn this into grades? Can we encourage kids to do this without the motivation of grades?
 * 28) Will everyone do this? accommodations? ESL? Special education?
 * 29) Do we let them each do their own thing? How do we create authentic engagement?
 * 30) Can we have a physical as well as a digital connection?
 * 31) Should we just jump in and work with unmotivated students?
 * 32) Should we start with small groups?
 * 33) How do we allow students to create the learning?
 * 34) Is the Legacy Project an in-class assignment or an outside of class project?
 * 35) Give the learning to the students to design the outcome?
 * 36) Are we underestimating our students' abilities?
 * 37) How do we accomplish Alan November's ideas with limited technology?