Build A Unit
Time
N/A
Difficulty
Advanced
Prerequisites
Open Culture
Departments
Human Technologies
Authors
Ross Parker
Groupings
Individual
Pairs
Threes
Fours
Pairs
Threes
Fours
Minimum Year Group
None
Blurb
Free Learning at ICHK is growing, with more teachers now adding more content. However, there are still many areas of study that are not covered. This is your chance to build a unit that interests you, to share with other students.
License
This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
Outline
| The Pitch Why should I bother learning this?
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| Resources What is needed to run this unit?
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Interdisciplinary Links Do not try and force this. What areas of other subjects might this reflect and/discuss language. For IB, links with ToK.
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| Teacher Reflection What was successful? What needs changing? Alternative Assessments and Lesson Ideas? What other Differentiation Ideas/Plans could be used?
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| Credits Any CC attribution, thanks, credit, etc.
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Introduction
The Pitch
- Free Learning at ICHK is growing, with more teachers now adding more content.
- However, there are still many areas of study that are not covered.
- This is your chance to build a unit that interests you, to share with other students.
Your Idea
Getting Started
- Before starting on your unit, you need an idea of what your unit is going to teach.
- This should be something that:
- You are interested in
- You are knowledgeable about
- Others in school might want to learn
- You can find a teacher to mentor you on
- Students can work on individually, whilst producing some evidence of their learning
- Is appropriate to the school context
Your Mentor
Any Old Teacher
- Now that you have an idea of what you want to teach, you need a teacher to mentor you through the process of creating a unit.
- Choose a teacher, and have a conversation with them to see if they are willing and able.
- Depending on the topic of your unit, it may fit best into one of the many Free Learning maps, or it may fit best into the Flexible Learning grid. This is a great conversation to have with your mentor.
Your Unit
Doing Work
- Now that you have an idea, and a mentor, you can start working on your unit.
- Use this link to make a copy of a template document, and start working to gather the following information:
- Unit Name - keep it short and clear
- Blurb - brief outline of what the unit is about.
- Departments - which departments (e.g. The Arts, Maths, Science) does this unit fit into?
- Prerequisites - which other units would students have to have done to be able to do this unit?
- Overview - a quick sketch (in writing or images) of the major activities, milestones and learning in your activity.
- Take your ideas to your mentor, and ask for their input. Apply their input, and then work to:
- Flesh out your ideas
- Gather resources
- Make things as interesting for your students as you can.
- Once you are ready, start formalising your unit so that it can be input into Gibbon.
- Test your ideas on your fellow students to see if they work.
Finishing Up
Evidence
- Once you and your mentor are happy with your unit, submit it, and have is assessed by your class teacher.
- Once your class teacher approves the unit, let Mr. Parker know, so he can convert it into a functioning Free Learning unit in Gibbon.
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