"C" & "K" Presentation

This presentation is going to cover the components of the "C" and "K" lessons, as well as show an example of a "C" lesson, a grading rubric for that lesson, and a student artifact I would expect from to be created in order to help with the finished student product.

Lesson Components

"C" stands for "Consistent Application." What this means is that technology is used consistently within the classroom, and across content areas.

"C" Components

• Culture shift
• Consistent use of technology
• Deeper levels of complexity
• Student choice

Culture Shift

What this means is that there is a shift within the classroom regarding where the learning is coming from. Instead of the teacher being the source of all knowledge, the classroom becomes more student lead, and students are able to take more control and pride in their learning.

Consistent Use of Technology

This means that the teacher will make certain that the students are using technology throughout all of their lessons within their classroom; they will also be in communication with teachers in other content areas to impress upon them the importance of utilizing technology in the classroom.

Deeper Levels of Complexity

This means that the instructor will make certain that the assignments and content require more from the students. They will make assignments more rigorous, and they will expect a more in-depth understanding of the content from their students.

Student Choice

This component is based around the idea that giving students more freedom of choice within the classroom, both in assignments turned in and in the technology used to complete those assignments.

Lesson Components

"K" stands for "Knowledge Centered Classroom." What this means is that the purpose of the classroom is to facilitate students' ability to gain a deeper level of knowledge about a given topic or content area.

"K" Components

• Teacher as facilitator
• Student "owns" learning
• Personalized target/learning goals
• Project-based instruction
• Pushes beyond "brick-and-mortar" classroom

Teacher as Facilitator/Student "Owns" Learning

This means that the culture shift begun in the "C" part of the model has been completed. The teacher is no longer the provider of all knowledge and the students take ownership of their own learning. The teacher is there in order to provide the students with the assistance they need in order to complete their projects, while the students are the ones leading their own learning and choosing how they want to show their knowledge for assessment.

Personalized Target/Learning Goals

This means that each student is able to create their own targets and goals, within a particular content area, and with the assistance of their teachers. Some may choose to do a large project, others might want to write a paper, and others may decide to do a presentation in order to show what they have achieved during the unit/quad/semester/year.

Project Based Instruction

What this means is that rather than the instructor assessing the students' learning through tests and papers, they give the students more freedom in choice regarding their assignments.

Beyond "Brick and Mortar"

This is the most important aspect of the "K" portion, and of the H.A.C.K. model. The students take their research and their projects out into the community somehow. An example of this might be the student conducting an interview with a World War II survivor, or the students creating a pamphlet to hand out in their community about voting and its importance.

"C" Lesson Example

Components of the Lesson

• Research of United States Political Parties
• Graphic Organizer on party filled created and filled out
• Campaign Commercial created for political party

For this lesson, the students will be split into groups. Each group will be responsible for researching one of the major political parties in the United States (Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green Party, Independent).

Each group will then create a digital graphic organizer of some sort in order to organize their research and thoughts.

Finally, each group will be responsible for creating a Campaign Commercial for their Presidential candidate. They will utilize different kinds of technology in order to do this project.

The culmination of the project will be the students showing their videos to another class. This other class would then vote on who they think should become President based on the information given to them in the video and any supplementary materials the group felt were important to give to their voters.

The students will be graded using a rubric which will look at how well they followed the instructions, and how well they met the content standards listed on the lesson plan and the rubric.

Rubric for Assignment

Student Artifact for Assignment