After the success, positive vibes, and excellent planning developed at Jeff Tech High last November 2024 in San Diego, JTH and XP are opening up submissions for JTH 2025.
Email Me with questions and ideas as soon a you can!
I can help you before the deadline on July, 4th 2025
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The First step is creating an Exemplar, doing the expedition . . .
Creating an Exemplar
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There are many ways to create an exemplar. As teachers, you know your subject area, the curricular requirements of your class, and the level at which you teach.
Combining your class requirements in an open-ended student-centered expedition with a teaching partner and their class's educational requirements, making an exemplar that you can present to both your classes to illustrate the kind of cross-disciplinary work they will do, sounds difficult. That's why scaffolding the production of your exemplar into steps is necessary, the same way you would do for your students. There are many ways to do this, and I suggest two pathways; however, if you have a successful process to create an exemplar, I am interested. You need an exemplar to attend Jeff Tech High 2025 in La Jolla. I want to help you flesh out an idea and an exemplar. We can do this through Zoom this summer. |
Pathway to Exemplar #1 (one way of making an Exemplar )
Can you make something that represents the learning and skills your students will do in your class? This task is obvious, and it might not be that easy.
Example:
As an Art teacher working with a Humanities teacher, my students needed to investigate the 20th century, learn to research, find their own topics, work with primary sources, and write fictional prose for Humanities.
For the Art requirement, students needed to create a portfolio of original artwork, combine images and writing, make an art presentation, and use their artistic skills to tell a story.
Example:
As an Art teacher working with a Humanities teacher, my students needed to investigate the 20th century, learn to research, find their own topics, work with primary sources, and write fictional prose for Humanities.
For the Art requirement, students needed to create a portfolio of original artwork, combine images and writing, make an art presentation, and use their artistic skills to tell a story.
Twentieth Century Box Expedition:
The first thing I did was look at books for inspiration, something to riff on.
Next, I did the project myself first. I had to revise and start over many times because my original ideas were not always doable or reasonable.
Next, I did the project myself first. I had to revise and start over many times because my original ideas were not always doable or reasonable.
Insperation: McSweeny's 19 a book in a box about the interwar years.
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Another inspiration Marcel Duchamp Box
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My Exemplar
My Exemplar: Subject Man Ray https://www.jeffrobin.com/my-examples.html
I showed my exemplar to my collaborating teacher and used their critique to make my exemplar better. I then had them make their exemplar, which is an important step. If your partner doesn't do the expedition, they will not know how to finish or support the students.
Then we compiled the steps of the expedition with our exemplars onto a website and in real life, and showed them to the students. They followed an expedition path, adding their subject, style, and personalities, making it their own.
Then we compiled the steps of the expedition with our exemplars onto a website and in real life, and showed them to the students. They followed an expedition path, adding their subject, style, and personalities, making it their own.
Pathway to Exemplar #2
We can meet on Zoom first.
Prepare a summary:
Student Year
Class Title and some curricular requirements
Your personal story of why you are teaching this subject
Any ideas about the expedition you would want to go on if you were a student in your class?
Ideally, both you and your co-teachers can present together.
I will give you some directions that might take you to the perfect exemplar of your expedition, or you might instinctively reject my ideas and devise your direction. We can meet several times during this process.
Prepare a summary:
Student Year
Class Title and some curricular requirements
Your personal story of why you are teaching this subject
Any ideas about the expedition you would want to go on if you were a student in your class?
Ideally, both you and your co-teachers can present together.
I will give you some directions that might take you to the perfect exemplar of your expedition, or you might instinctively reject my ideas and devise your direction. We can meet several times during this process.