I really enjoy this model and I think that my students will also. My favorite part is that it is embedded in a story. Not only will my students need to READ to help them solve the problem, they can also WRITE their own problems for other students to solve. I like the fact that it can be so realistic and entertaining. I was even interested while reading about Jasper. I could definitely see this model working well in a math classroom. In my classroom I will be using to help teach excel. This method is a good way to provide real-world context to a skill. I think that for some students this may be difficult because they are impatient. It is VERY important that you read the details in anchored instruction. I can see some of my students trying to rush through the activities to be the first one finished and missing the details. I can also see the frustration of having to go back and reread information. Not that I think this is a bad thing, just an observation from a 12 year old point of view.
I see this model working well when students are taught a skill then individually asked to perform that skill. I had a difficult time translating the "teaching" skill part to web content. All I could really think of was creating a video or doing something similar to what they did on scholastic's website. I think using this in conjunction with other online assessment tools (quia) would be very beneficial to my students. I really enjoyed looking at the sample projects that were created in plain HTML. Anything on the web captivates my students! If I were doing this online, I would combine the skill-and-drill teaching of a video with the exploration of a website or webquest.
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