Welcome to the Durham Public Schools Professional Learning Schedule of Professional Learning! Here you will find a comprehensive list of PL sessions occurring throughout our district.
Presenters: Diana Franklin | Diana_franklin@dpsnc.net | TLC Location: Riverside High School Room A216 Description: We speak about rigor frequently but do all educators completely understand what this means or how we can help all students think at higher levels? In this session we will synthesize a workable definition of what rigor is based on several sources as well as our own background knowledge. We will analyze the level of thinking required for different activities based on both Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge. We will also discuss how to provide the appropriate scaffolding to guide academically diverse students to be able to complete higher level tasks and questions. We will then explore how to use different AI tools to easily increase the DOK level in different tasks and questions. Finally, teachers will have time to create a learning activity to implement their new understanding. We will use different higher thinking level activities and strategies throughout the workshop as exemplars for the participants. Subject Area(s): Global Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, CTE, ELA , Healthful Living Topic(s): Advanced Academics-AIG, Increased Rigor Targeted Instructional Grades: 7th Grade, 6th Grade, 8th Grade Targeted Roles: Teachers
