Self Directed projects
Not about intelligence, but actions
Transform interest into project – based actions
Google Development Team
20% of time on projects that interest them
Proven to increase productivity
3 RULES•Driving Question•Must Involve Research•Product must be shared
Share Ideas
Creator Conversation
What’s nextResearch
Collaborate
Using Exhibits as Assessment
• Normal Park Museum Magnet School Chattanooga, TN K-8
• 4 exhibits a year, must have a cohesive theme.
• Pieces from math, science, reading, language arts, and social studies.
Exhibits include:
• Art projects• Essays• Poems• Travel journals• Sculptures• Drawings
How Teachers Assess
• Walk through of the exhibits
• Faculty meeting
• Look for evidence of understanding
• Share with each other their expectations
• Question students about their projects and their understanding.
Sharing• Every 9 weeks celebration of learning for family
• Students walk around with family and share their projects
• Explain their projects to teachers and principal.