Student Oriented Curriculum

Blue Barracudas,
Your presentation was really great. There were so many different parts and themes that you incorporated that made every interested in reading the book. There were many strengths in your performance. I really liked the group activities. The river crossing activity was nice because it was a great way to work on team building. I also liked the ball game, it is a great idea on how to brainstorm ideas for a class!
Steph's chart on the wiki did a really great job illustrating how the students really began taking the initiative in the planning process and coming up with ideas and everything on their own for their units.
The video at the end was a great way to end the presentation to really give a real life example of how a curriculum like this could work. It makes me really want to teach in a school like that!
There were a lot a great things incorporated in your presentation- links, wiki, videos, activities. The powerpoint, although it was very well done with many hyperlinks, it didn't quite hold my attention the whole time. Maybe by using Inspiration or Comic Life could make it a little more interesting.
I really think you guys did a great job explaining the main points of the book. You all did a great job illustrating how and why a student oriented curriculum is the way to go! You kept the attention of the whole class well by transitioning from lecture to activity and back. You set a high standard for presentations to come! Great job!

~Sara