Teacher(s) Name: Ms. Bowles
School: ACE at Hermitage
Grade Level(s): Grade 11,Grade 12
Content Area(s): CTE
Lesson Summary
Henrico County Public Schools offer students a tremendous amount of opportunities to take charge of their learning. We have a variety of specialty schools as well as two ACE Centers for more of a vocational style education. Prospective students can go online and see outlines of courses that they can take for ACE classes….But what are they really like? What are they doing in these classes throughout the year? Students for Karen Bowles classes wanted to give potential students a deeper look into the Vet Science classes. They created a website that goes deeper into the “doing”. The site includes videos, pictures, social media accounts, and much more. Now students interested in Vet Science can get a better understanding of what goes on in the classes, and current students can share what they are doing with the community and their families.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Not Observed – Explanation: Not Observed
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students worked in their lab groups to create videos that promote the pets of the class. Web Design Team was chosen by the teacher based on leadership skills demonstrated throughout the year.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: The Design team had to decide collectively what the most important and interesting units of the class were and separate them into “pages” of the site.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Once the most important and interesting units were set into pages student had to collect pictures and create videos that promote those different areas with details and descriptions. Authentic task was that this site was fully designed for students by students.
Student Artifact
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