NEIT14+OpenSpace+1D

Independent Project: Kildonan School - Sandra Charlap http://www.kildonan.org/page.cfm?p=931

10 kids - sophomores to seniors 1 period all together, rest of the time meeting with one of five facilitators, takes the place of science, history, literature (2.5 hours a day) format: information gathering, production output (essay, play, art, etc), process portfolio (notebook, digitally, explain everything, blog, evernote, etc) grades and credit: self and peer evaluation and faculty review committee, history, science, literature meet all state requirements

create their own timeline about exploring passions get ready to be in the world it starts with an idea, something you care about, a question you have have to cover history, literature, and science develop own research and working style learning how to learn, not afraid of messing up, naturally self accountable ownership of what they need/want - find resources community of learners every topic turns around to be about them “the best person to build the scaffolding is the person who needs to climb up it” IP students facilitating independent project week - includes teachers and students

examples: initial interest in drums -> history of drums -> architecture of sound - now doing soundproofing in tech lab, went to nam conference, made a keynote to show them, created professional relationship - (11th grader who can’t read or spell) shay’s rebellion as a conspiracy -> bad theory -> the kind of people who fall for conspiracies, not seeing contradiction broad framework





