Rebecca+Dunhem+-+Design+Space

=**I. Design space to develop your 250-300 word** // abstract // **that summarizes your question, rationale, and your findings.**= >
 * What is your question?
 * **//How do I encourage diverse learners to realize a greater understanding of the "human experience"?//**
 * What is your rationale?
 * My rationale for my compelling question is two part. The first part, taps into my desire to build curiosity that drives life long learning and my enthusiasm for teaching and learning about humanity that I want to pass along to my students. I consider myself to be a life long learner and I have always been curious about people and human nature. As a life long learner, I have a lot of college experience and I spend a lot of my free time reading stories about history and modern day people and events going on around the world. All this taps into my curious nature about people. It is my curious nature about people that drives my motivation to hopefully teach social studies some day because, among the core subjects, social studies most clearly focuses on human behavior and how its existence as evolved. The second part of my compelling question rationale taps into my recognition of the growing diversity of students within the general classroom. This diversity is broad and includes not only a mix of races and cultures, but a mix of learning abilities, learning styles, socioeconomic backgrounds, and perspectives that my students bring to the classroom. If I am to promote an interest in life long learning and a greater understanding of humanity and self for all of my students, it is imperative that diversity is recognized and that teaching and learning within my classroom motivates and engages all students.**


 * What are your findings?
 * I have identified four themes to support my compelling question and can be supported by my course work. These are: 1. global connections, 2. use of technology, 3. application of 21st century skills, and 4. infusing different perspectives. More specific findings are described later in this planning wiki.**

=**II. Design space to plan out your** // creative synthesis // **that will visually represent your findings. Remember to include your abstract in your visual representation.**=

> ** How do I encourage diverse learners to realize a greater understanding of the global "human experience"? ** > > Develop your compelling question related to student learning by the end of your first semester in the program. Decide on a question that you are passionate about and want to focus on for the duration of your program. Click here to learn more about what we mean by compelling question. Here are a couple of examples: How do I creatively and effectively engage diverse learners in my middle grades classroom? How can I effectively engage elementary students in reading and writing?
 * ==Compelling Question:==

> Use coursework (including core courses ECI 546, 524, 523, 508 and your content specialty courses), individual investigations, and outside experts to explore different aspects of your question. Actively analyze information from multiple sources and perspectives as you explore answers to your question. Make a list here of the information you are analyzing. As you proceed with your analysis make some notes here about your initial findings and where you anticipate needing more information. Also, make sure to note if and how your compelling question has changed.
 * ==Gather & Analyze Information:==
 * 1. global connections**
 * **Global Poverty project**
 * **Sweatshops project**
 * **Human Rights elective**
 * **Cosmopolitanism**
 * 2. use of technology**
 * **PBI project**
 * **TPAC**
 * **flipped classroom study**
 * **wiki and social studies instruction paper**
 * 3. application of 21st century skills**
 * **PBI project**
 * **Titanic webquest**
 * **Westward expansion project**
 * **Teacher leadership modeling behavior**
 * **inquiry based learning**
 * 4. infusing different perspectives.**
 * **Titanic project**
 * **Classroom mosaic project**
 * **Human rights, women's issues presentation**
 * **inquiry based learning**


 * For all themes, class themes, activities, and readings will be selected and incorporated as it fits.**

> Synthesize the information from and across your sources to create a unique response to your question. You should be able to distill your synthesis into 4-6 bullet points (to be included in your written abstract) as well as provide a creative visual representation of your findings. You may use a variety of media and tools to design your visual representation of your Creative Synthesis. Think carefully about the tools that you will use to represent your findings. The first draft of your Creative Synthesis should be developed no later than Midterm/NCSU Spring Break while you are taking the ECI 508, Teachers as Leaders class. Click here to see sample products from former students.
 * ==Creatively Synthesize Information:==
 * 1. global connections**
 * **Quotes from texts, project samples, examples f teaching strategies**
 * 2. use of technology**
 * **Quotes from texts, written paper, project video, examples of teaching strategies**
 * 3. application of 21st century skills**
 * **Quotes from texts, examples of teaching strategies**
 * 4. infusing different perspectives.**
 * **Quotes from texts, examples from class projects, examples of teaching strategies**


 * I am not currently teaching, but I would use some kind of illustrations to support themes too.**

> Seek out at least two colleagues in the NLGL program in addition to your advisor to provide peer feedback on your abstract and creative synthesis based on the NLGL Creative Synthesis Rubric. Based on the feedback you receive, you may choose to make revisions to more fully meet the rubric criteria.
 * ==Critically Evaluate and Revise:==

> Be prepared to present your Creative Synthesis at the NLGL Design Studio Showcase during your final semester of your degree program, in conjunction with the ECI 508, Teachers as Leaders course.
 * ==**Share, Publish, Act:**==
 * ==**I plan to create a website in Weebly for my final project. It will have eight main pages: Home page, compelling question & rationale page, 4 Theme pages, Looking Ahead, and resources page**==