Digital+Farm+Work


 * media type="file" key="test(1).mov" width="300" height="300" || The Digital Farm is an experiment in constructivism. We believe that students should take a much more active role in what happens daily within the classroom, determining the scope and content of their learning. Just as a successful farm needs everyone pitching in and doing his or her part, a classroom functions best when everyone is contributing to the learning of the whole.

Our work is inspired by Alan November. Read an article on his conception of The Digital Farm. ||

The List of Chores: Assigned Chores: May 4-11 Assigned Chores: May 11-18 Assigned Chorse: May 21-25

===**Student Scribe**: Synthesizes the learning for the day, taking notes in such a way that someone who was absent can understand the main points of our class. There is a more detailed description on the Student Scribe page.===

==@Feedback Provider: while Mr. Neal works his way through essays, this group of students provides immediate feedback to four or five other students. This feedback goes beyond a peer review.The feedback provider should give detailed feedback, on par with Mr. Neal's work. ==

===@Philanthropist: finds ways to make charitable action (not monetary giving) a part of our daily curriculum. ===

===@Party Planner: finds ways to make play and silliness a part of our LEARNING. ===

===@Question Collector: collects students questions BEFORE class and shares these with Mr. Neal so discussion can start right up, addressing the confusion people had over the reading. The question collector has to be proactive, positive, and creative to get people to actually share their questions in advance. ===

===@Innovator: finds a way to learn in a method we’ve never used before. Think about your other classes. What have you done there that we can do in our class. Better yet, come up with something completely new. Make mistakes. Break stuff. ===

===@Big Thinker: finds connections between our class discussions and other bodies of knowledge, making connections to other literature, moments in history, current events, and other subjects. ===

===@Global Communicator: finds connections to experts, students, and others outside of the classroom, setting up Skype sessions or other conversations. ===

===Graphic Designer/Videographer: finds some way to make our learning visual in an original art piece, photos, or video. This work will be shared through the Wiki. ===

===@Life Lesson & Role Call: creates the life lesson on Mondays and thinks of the role call question on the double. ===

===@Despot of music: in charge of DJing for the class during class work ===

Student Reflections on Digital Farm Work [|Robby A] [|Annalin C] [|Peter D] Kyle F Noah J.P. [|Liv M] Reilly M [|Eddie O] [|Karen R] [|Alexia S] [|Leah W] || **English 11F** [|Jherson C] [|Sarah D] [|Kaila D] John E Henry F Danny G [|Sarah H] Jonathan M [|Nima O] Joanna P ||
 * **English 11E**