Our final day of planning worked out so smoothly. Our constant meeting on the project ignited a natural flow each time we meet. The excitement of the project is increasing as well. We are beginning to see the impact the project can have on the students and the team. Our abilities as educators is increasing and our students will be all the better for it.

This meeting focused on the selection of a

The brainstorming for questions was a very productive meeting. It began with discussing the big picture. I knew this was a crucial step now so that we could all be on the same page. We are using the model for planning designed by Buck Institute for Education (http://www.bie.org/index.php). The process includes five basic principals:
1. Begin with the end in mind
2. Craft the

We had a really great meeting that I taped. Unfortunately, home duties call so I have to postpone writing to tomorrow. Look for details on how we narrowed down the food topic to three possible driving questions and a video seeing the process.

It is such an exciting day! We were able to narrow down the topic to food since it can tie back to all of our standards and interest the students (see picture of screenshot of concept map above). We still have to focus in on what we want our students to answer and products they must produce. This will be our focus for tomorrow's meeting.

The discussion was the best part of our meeting today.

Today was a really great day. I can't wait to actually write about the details. I am ran out of time to do it today. However, tomorrow I will talk about the brainstorming and the selection of the topic. Selection of the topic is the focus of our meeting tomorrow.