The+Prometheus+Project

The Prometheus Project Laura Smylie - Grand Valley Shane Mead - East Garafraxa Drew Landsborough - Montgomery Village Scott Montgomery - Elora Angela Novikow - Arthur Grade 8 - Geometry and Spatial Sense -determine the Pythagorean relationship, through investigation using a variety of tools (e.g., dynamic geometry software; paper and scissors; geoboard) and strategies; Laura’s house on Monday, Oct 19th in pm Scott’s School - Thursday, Oct. 29th in pm; Day 4; Scott will teach
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Meeting October 19, 2009
TO DO: -Centicubes/Cubelinks - Scott has some, everyone will look for more -Create templates/worksheets - Scott will do this -Task cards - Laura -Consolidation worksheet- Drew -Lesson plan - Angela -Video - Shane -Video camera - use one at Scott's school -Camera - Shane



**Revised Lesson Plan**
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=Our Reflections= The initial lesson was more like a unit. After a 75 minute period we were no where close to finishing the lesson. We decided to eliminate the teacher led activity during the video and just have students respond to three questions while watching the video. During the application part of the lesson, we only focused on the example highlighted in the video and eliminated the extension activities that were planned as follow-up to the video as time did not allow for them. We also found it was beneficial to limit the focus of the lesson so that students gained an understanding of one basic concept. The technology was definitely an engaging tool. Students reported watching the video was more engaging than listening to a teacher read from the book. It would have been beneficial to dedicate more release time to mentoring among group members. A lot of time was focused on the lesson study and didn’t allow for time to explore technology/new programs and questions we may have had. The Wikispace was a great starting point for communicating ideas, meeting dates and sharing ideas. It would have been beneficial to see it used throughout the process. Perhaps a requirement for more frequent use of the wiki?