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Look Back Design
After students work through the five activities in a module, they review what they have learned, use the checklist to make sure their culminating artifacts are complete, use the rubric to assess their products with teachers, and reflect on their accomplishments. Students should have opportunities to share the knowledge they have created with others (Sandholtz et al., 1997).
Teachers can use the bullet points on the first page of Look Back to help students recall what they learned in the module. Teachers may want to lead a discussion to review key fundamental concepts and essential information from each of the five activities in the module.
Checklist
Teachers can help students use the Checklist page to make sure they have completed all the tasks in the module. Completing all tasks ensures that students are ready to move on to the next module. In the fourth and final module in each project, teachers can use the checklist to make sure that students can confidently produce the culminating artifact for the project.
Rubric
Teachers can help students use the Rubric page to self-assess the important characteristics of their culminating artifacts they produced during the module. Teachers can make sure students’ self-assessments of their products and perceptions of how they did their work are accurate. Teachers should always encourage students to use their self-assessments to improve their products. Teachers may want to refine rubrics based on student work (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005).
Reflection
Teachers should give feedback and ask questions that encourage reflection any time the opportunity arises. If possible, teachers may want to give students time to share and reflect on their products with each other as a class, in small groups, or in pairs. Teachers can use the bulleted list on the Reflection page to help students get started on their reflections.
Every Technology Literacy project has a Parent Guide that informs parents, guardians, or other trusted adults of the key fundamental concepts and essential information that students learn in each module. Teachers can make sure parents, guardians, or other trusted adults are aware of the Parent Guide and encourage students to take culminating artifacts home for more sharing and reflection.
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