Daniel's+Showcase


 * UNIT SUMMARY**

The students collaboratively design a product or service to be used at the school fair.

The unit begins with students highlighting their own strengths and abilities, thinking carefully about what design teams will need. All students will then form collaborative work teams to create their product / service. The unit not only focuses on the creating a product but on the 21st century collaboration skills required in the real workforce. Groups will use a content managment system called airset (www.airset.com) to manage task lists, update important events in a calendar, collaborate through blogs and wikis and invite 'business experts' to be part of the online team though airset.

During the design phase of their product/service groups will be required to independently and collaboratively reflect upon their learning, posting these within their blogs and or voice recording using mp3 players. Storyboards and flow charts will form essential components to the planning of the product. Groups will also engage the services of other students, parents, friends, etc to review their work completing Strengths, Weaknesses & Improvements graphic organisers.

Is that original?
 * Essential Question**

What can I/we invent? Why is that so popular? Will that idea work? Can that be improved? Why did that work so well? What do I/they like? Can you share your ideas?
 * Unit Questions**

How are new inventions patented? What makes a product sell? Who invented the.....? Why was it invented? What does a letter look like? How much does that cost? What is a blog? What is a wiki? How do I use an online calender?
 * Content Questions**

Unit plan link:

Work sample 1: [|Daniels Strengths.doc] [|Daniels Strengths.isf]

Airset images: [|airset_frontpage.bmp] [|airset_calander.bmp] [|airset_blog_example.bmp]

Criteria / Expectations; [|letter_author_process.doc]

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