Think of lessons that you participated in as students that involved using information or skills from at least two different subjects?


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How might interdisciplinary units be implemented in personal classrooms?
How would students in personal classrooms benefit from an interdisciplinary unit?
What challenges might be encountered?

How can teachers develop interdisciplinary units:

What challenges can appear when completing interdisciplinary lessons with a class? What are some advantages to using interdisciplinary units? How might a teacher incorporate student input into the planning of a unit?

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Evaluating Interdisciplinary Units:
Were there ideas uncovered while assessing existing units that will aid your own
development of an interdisciplinary unit?

Managing Student Learning:
How will ideas shared here transfer into practice?
What benefits does the use of technology afford teachers and students when working with interdisciplinary units?
How is teacher and student productivity increased?

Planning an Interdisciplinary Unit:
What has been most challenging?
What concepts uncovered during this session change their current teaching practices? How?

There is much talk going about assessment. While the latest trend is to give up LAS altogether, this doesn't undermine the importance of day-to-day assessment, evaluative or formative, that teachers use and will continue to use.
What has been your experience with assessment? What would you like to learn about/improve/try and see it work?
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