#OZPBLCHAT Week 2: Q1 What makes content ‘significant’? (For the teacher and the students.)
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If you've got questions about significant content and student voice and choice in PBL, join us for #OZPBLCHAT from 9pm tonight. Pls RT :)- I'm going to bake scones before #OZPBLCHAT tonight ... thanks for the push @PollyDunning ;)
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.@BiancaH80 has no space left on her phone for photos, so here are the scones. Enjoy! #OZPBLCHAT http://pic.twitter.com/PxWVYmOU- OK ... for our first discussion question: 1. What makes content ‘significant’? (For the teacher and the students.) #OZPBLCHAT
@BiancaH80 #OZPBLCHAT for me I feel significant content needs to fulfil syllabus requirements plus be interesting.
I guess we still need to ensure that the content still fulfils the syllabus requirements. #ozpblchat- @BiancaH80 #OZPBLCHAT for the student significant content is probably about relevancy
- Yeah that's true @junith81 ... what are some ways we can work out what our students see as relevant? Just ask? #OZPBLCHAT
- @junith81 yes - both are super important. I wonder who define 'interesting' ... students or teacher? #OZPBLCHAT
- @BiancaH80 #OZPBLCHAT I usually make that decision eg wanting to look at dystopian fiction with yr9
@BiancaH80 A1: surely it has to be authentic and engaging, achievable and challenging - all at the same time? #OZPBLCHAT
@BiancaH80 #OZPBLCHAT a1 for me, I look at syllabus, and from that, what emerges as most relevant, authentic, long-lasting, fundational
@BiancaH80 A1 - content is significant when it has real world connections, is meaningful to the student and beyond the text #OZPBLCHAT
@BiancaH80 A real audience and where students see a purpose for the task. None of the 'Why are we learning this?' #OZPBLCHAT- @biancah80 the question of significance though is interesting. How to differentiate 'significance'? #OZPBLCHAT
- Great question @ShaunMason79 ! Do you mean within your class? This comes to student voice and choice which is next qn! #ozpblchat
#OZPBLCHAT @junith81 maybe it depends on the purpose of the essay? But I teach maths!- @BiancaH80 @junith81 just ask is probably a good place to start. What about them asking each other? #OZPBLCHAT
- @junith81 @biancah80 great qn. The purpose has to be real. Making a point - they are v good, but consider purpose I think is key #OZPBLCHAT
- @junith81 @ShaunMason79 that's where I came up with the DQ 'why do emos write poetry? still had to do an essay on poetry! #OZPBLCHAT
- @BiancaH80 @junith81 Sometimes it doesn't hurt to ask students to come up with three questions they want answered in a topic #ozpblchat
