Monday, November 9, 2015

When Students Take Ownership

For the past three years officers in our  class council have been taking on a variety of responsibilities and activities. One of the things we did when we first started was to groom the students and help them prepare for becoming responsible for various things. A shining example would be one of the class projects which has been going on since fall 2013. The project revolves around local area veterans and their stories. These stories are collected, filmed, and submitted to the Library of Congress. What is neat about this project is that it was student generated and now is student run. The person in charge of the activity books a veteran every month for an interview, signs out the equipment, and assigns the interview to a fellow student. What started on shaky ground is now a solid, student driven, activity which has produced fourteen videos.

The project has really come into its own as evidenced by this article http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151106/news/151109233/

What are some things you are doing in your class room or activities where you put the onus on the students to produce?

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