Welcome
Welcome to our class website. This is were you can learn about the course Futures Forum Project at Sir John A Macdonald Secondary School in Waterloo, Ontario. The class will be building this website from February 5, 2013 to June 21, 2013.
About Futures Forum ProjectFutures Forms Project embeds more technology into hands of students cultivate a learning environment that is collaborative and connected to the outside world. In our class we combine Civics and Careers with English. The course is two periods long and so far we have been very paperless by using a website called "Moodle" and google documents.
Check out an interview between Steve Paikin and a Future Forums classroom at Waterloo Oxford: http://theagenda.tvo.org/blog/agenda-blogs/talking-students-about-futures-forum-project |
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How It Works
This is the Prezi that I use on the first day to set up the expectations of the course. It includes:
- my philosophy of teaching - expectations on how to communicate - an overview of the course - an explanation of the strategy Below is an infographic that explains the process of FFP. All of the activities are based on the curriculum documents for Grade 10 English, Careers and Civics. |
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