The zoo lessoon unit I used for fifth grade this year I think was a first move in this direction - from teacher to facilitator. What do you guys think?
Be interested to hear your thoughts on whether teaching and learning are undergoing a shift....
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Had some trouble finding this one; it's case sensitive:
http://www.ri.net/RITTI_Fellows/Barton/infolit.html
I particularly found this quote from Holly Barton relevant:
"Literacy is referred to in different terms: math literacy, reading literacy, media literacy, print literacy, visual literacy, cultural literacy, computer literacy. Each literacy prescribes a particular process by which that content area can be more easily negotiated. But there is one -- Information Literacy -- under which all the other literacies reside because it is a tool of empowerment."
Are we empowering our students?
Through the lens of my own lesson plans, I can say the most empowering experiences have occurred when a teacher was an active collaborator with me on a unit. This collaboration was made even more powerful when students were involved, helped to create the rubrics, and worked on the unit both in the library and in the classroom. With two instructional facilitators (read: not lecturers)students saw the value of the project beyond one setting and were more successful.
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