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Module 2 Summary Review the central ideas of this module and the plans or materials you created to help improve student learning.

Module 2 Key Points: Projects concentrate on scenarios that provide rich learning opportunities. They involve students in problem solving investigations and other meaningful tasks. Projects establish connections to life outside the classroom and address real world concerns.

• The steps for designing projects include: • Determining specific learning goals (from standards and higher-order thinking skills) • Developing Curriculum-Framing Questions • Making an assessment plan - [] 

• Designing activities

Accomplishments (What we completed in class): • Identified standards for my unit - [] NETS - National Education Technology Standards - [] ISLMA Library Standards - []

• Set up my Teacher Workspace at the Intel® Education Web site - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">• Explored a possible project-approach for my unit and determined the priorities for my project <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[]

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In the following modules, we build on these concepts as we discuss ways we can support and encourage higher-order thinking skills through the use of standards-based projects.

Assignments for Week 2: 1. Read the "Thinking Tools Project Ideas" handout 2. Review the "Project Rubric" and "Project Characteristics Checklist" handouts 3. Fill-in the Ideas section on the 'Project Characteristics Checklist" 4. Read through the "Harnessing the Power of Project-Based Learning" and the "Planning Projects" handouts 5. Come back next week with a project idea/theme for your Unit Plan

6. Look at the website - <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|How People Learn]