In this activity, students investigate the steps that need to be taken to reach the final product. It helps students gain more insight into the (learning) process they will go through and what they are working towards.
• Create groups of 3-4 students. • Go through the assignment description of the product they are working towards with the group. • Give each group one final product. • Ask students to think about what actions are needed to reach this final product: gathering information about…, creating a layout, conducting an interview, etc. Have them write this down or make it visual. • Discuss the findings centrally: what actions are needed? • Then link this to the planning for the coming weeks: what will we work on and when? And what do you really have to do all by yourself? Where is assistance desirable?
You could ask the groups to allocate time to the different actions. Possibly by saying: split everything into tasks of a maximum of 30 minutes. This gives them insight into the work they will be doing in its entirety. You could then link this to scrum, for which you could use Trello, for example.
• The assignment description • 1 product that students work towards (+ assessment form/rubric)