The Center for Projects and Portfolios needs two more posters... About EDX and about the procedures to build a Center.

Here are the next two posters that I'd like to see in a Center for Projects and Portfolios

1.  Let kids know that they can take free courses on EDx and other formats.

2.  Let kids know what is happening in the Center... put the list of procedures on the wall and see how long it takes for the students to walk trhough the procedures.

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Here are some of the procedures to create a Center for Projects and Portfolios.

Procedures for setting up a Center for Projects and Portfolios

Dr. Fischler often talked about the three parts of the transformation of schools

1. Get kids the right technology
2. Encourage discussions
3. Ask them to show what they learned with projects

You can see some of his presentations and discussions at TINYURL.comFischlerDiscussions

https://tinyurl.com/fischlerdiscussions

Anyone wanting to set up a Center to promote portfolios and projects can download the following ebooks and share them with teachers and students.   The contents will guide the set up of the Center

Matt Blazek’s book of projects (to give students suggestions about how to show their learning)

A Guide to Digital Portfolios to get students started on their own free website to show their projects.

TinyURL.com/FWPstart  for the free start (to guide students through setting up their own website)

Dr. Fischler’s book of commentaries (to inspire patience in the audience.)

1. Posters to spark discussions

2) Discussions to build the culture

https://tinyurl.com/fischlerdiscussions

Free Videos featuring questions posed to Dr. Fischler

For more tips and for professional development about the transformation of education, call +1 954 646 8246

Procedures for setting up a Center for Projects and Portfolios

• Display books to guide students. The “free library” for borrowing books should include books by Dan Pink, Daniel Amen
• Put up posters to encourage reading (looking for Gold Nuggets, the procedure described by Tai Lopez)
• Display posters based on the work of Dr. Daniel Amen (positive thinking) and Dr. Fischler (transformation of education)
• Show students how to make free websites
• Encourage students to show each other how to build positive Digital Footprints
• Display videos from EduTech Foundation (including short videos featuring responses by Dr. Fischler)
• Show students the portfolios of students at Big Picture schools and High Tech High schools    tinyURL.com/
• Expose teachers to the blogs of
• John Spencer  spencerauthor.com
• George Couros  georgecouros.ca
• Ken Robinson   
• Roger Schank   educationoutrage.blogspot.com    RogerSchank.com
• Brilliant-Insane.com and other “creatives”

Encourage students to submit their Word Documents on Createspace.com to create books.   See  TinyURL.com/SunDanielMunoz  (an example of a student who compiled his artwork).

Somehow, somewhere in this mix of procedures, a Center for Projects and Portfolios will emerge.   Students will turn into “makers.”