Comments on: Great questions from Michael Wesch http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/01/great-questions.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rodd Lucier http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/01/great-questions.html/comment-page-1#comment-13665 Rodd Lucier Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/01/great-questions.html#comment-13665 The idea that learning can and should be engaging is what led to the creation of the Rich Performance Task project at the LDCSB in Ontario, Canada. In order to bring rich learning to students, teachers need examplars of what exemplary open-ended, collaborative, cross-curricular, hands-on, scenario-driven, performance tasks look like. Learning can be much more than paper and pencil and assessment of learning can result in products far beyond essays and written tests. If you are looking for examples yourself, check out: http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/RPT/menu.html The idea that learning can and should be engaging is what led to the creation of the Rich Performance Task project at the LDCSB in Ontario, Canada.

In order to bring rich learning to students, teachers need examplars of what exemplary open-ended, collaborative, cross-curricular, hands-on, scenario-driven, performance tasks look like.

Learning can be much more than paper and pencil and assessment of learning can result in products far beyond essays and written tests. If you are looking for examples yourself, check out: http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/RPT/menu.html

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