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The Visual Ranking Tool **Module 5 Key Points:** **Accomplishments:**
 * Any project that has students prioritizing, choosing among options, and/or evaluating different perspectives could benefit from the Visual Ranking Tool.
 * The Visual Ranking Tool can be used at any stage of a learning project: to help students discuss their prior knowledge, put learning in a new context, or to assess or reflect on learning.
 * Practiced brainstorming and ranking a list as it would be done in a classroom
 * Explored the strengths of the Visual Ranking Tool to determine its potential use in my unit

 



We completed this document for our Visual Ranking Project - 


 * Module 6: Begin creating your Visual Ranking Project **

Key Words to Consider: compare, contrast, differentiate, order, organize, perspective, placement, point of view, rank, sort Project Description: The Project Description is a focused, short paragraph that describes the project to your students and explains how they will use the Visual Ranking Tool to help them answer the questions of the project. The Project Description should be able to convey in a few sentences why this is a project or problem that is worthy of study, as well as define what your students will be trying to solve, produce, respond to, test, recommend, or find out.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Setup of an authentic problem, significant question, or real-life scenario
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explanation as to why the project or problem is worthy of study
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Definition of what your students will try to solve, produce, respond to, test, recommend, or find out
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Description of what students will be required to decide, prioritize, negotiate, or seek consensus on
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Use of age-appropriate language that makes the topic engaging and interesting