1. Cross Curricular Competencies Welcome to… With Sandi Berg Curriculum Implementation Support Consultant sberg@carcpd.ab.ca

2. Cross Curricular Competencies

3. Agenda Identifying and Solving Complex Problems – What is it? 1 2 Managing Information – What is it? 3 Identifying and Solving Complex Problems – Ideas 4 Managing Information – Ideas

4. Today we are… Going to learn how to manage information Going to learn how to be better at managing information

5. Identify and Solve Complex Problems Have the confidence and capacity to solve a range of problems, from simple to complex

6. “We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” ~Albert Einstein

7. Design Learning Opportunities  Cross-disciplinary, experiential and/or authentic problems  Variety  Assessment

8. What is Problem Solving?

9. Do Less to Do More

10. PBL  Project Based Learning  Problem Based Learning

11. Identifying Issues

12. 5 Minute a Day Challenge

13. http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/upload/Problem_Solution_Project.pdf

15. Dan Meyer Style http://gfletchy.com/cover-the-floor/

17. Your Ideas

18. Manage Information Access, interpret, evaluate and use information effectively, efficiently, and ethically

19. ‘Every time I learn something new it pushes some old stuff out of my brain – remember that time I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?’ Homer Simpson – The Simpsons, “Secrets of a Successful Marriage”, 1994

20. Design Learning Opportunities  Experiential learning  Real-life situations  Consider the learner  Digital technologies  Assessment

21. http://www.urenio.org/e-innovation/stratinc/files/library/28.pdf

22. Clearly Defined Purpose

23. KWL Topic: ____________________ What I Already Know What I Want to Know What I Have Learned http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/KWHLAQ-chart-template.jpg

25. https://www.mindmup.com/

26. Taking Notes

27. Wagon Wheel http://margdteachingposters.weebly.com/graphic-organizers.html

28. Graphic Organizers

29. Comparing/Contrasting

30. Ethical Use of Information http://www.citationmachine.net/ https://www.zotero.org/download/

31. Prioritizing  Three most significant ideas

32. Your Ideas

33. General Ideas

34. Animals  How could we design a brand new animal to survive in Canada?

35. Building Design  How do we build the  tallest tower  Strongest bridge  Fastest vehicle  Strongest Electromagnet  Etc. using…

36. Wetlands  How can we make a difference to our wetlands?

37. Students Need  Experiences  What do I need to know in order to figure this out?  How and where do I find the answers to what I don’t know?

38. Sandi Berg sberg@carcpd.ab.ca www.designfreebies.org