Active Learning Classroom (2012)

This is a Vimeo video of college science classes at the University of Minnesota.  Even though this example is set in a university, the idea is very similar to the evolving instructional model used in my classes for the first time this year.  My classes are basically this type of instructional model (adapted for the Middle School level) with the addition of game design elements. I plan to incorporate the “Poster Session” idea presented in the video when my students have appropriate projects to share.  Let me know what you think of this model… (I’m planning on videoing what this looks like in my classes in the relatively near future and will be sure to post it when it’s ready).