Picking up from the challenge from Brian, here are a few thoughts on my child’s dream day at school:
- Project based learning would comprise at least half of their day. There would be at least 5 choices of projects that include:
- working with local business or community groups
- cross grade groupings
- off site work
- a final product or presentation
- Physical activity and health related study would be a requirement every day
- Daily reflective journals/blogs publicly accessible
- If there was critical content or process not included in the project, these would be taught as traditional classes
- In addition if there are skills needed in projects these skills can be taught in traditional settings as well
- Everyone has a laptop
This obviously is not complete but as Brian requested, it’s a rough outline. I encourage others to develop a similar post.