Starting at the Top of the Pyramid

http://literallyunbelievable.org

http://literallyunbelievable.org

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http://literallyunbelievable.org

http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/has-drug-driven-medicine-become-a-form-of-human-sacrifice-greenmedinfo/#.VxP35Xrrvdc

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1504267

Collaboratively writing a textbook• What’s important?• How should the information

be presented?• Is the explanation clear?• What are the applications?• How do these topics connect?

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Student Comments• The best part the course was getting to work on a

textbook for the college. It's something I'd be interested in continuing with until I transfer. It's such a good idea to have an open source textbook. I hope more colleges and courses can take this approach. I really, really don't like Pearson and the direction they are going with their online textbooks. They cost way too much, you don't learn anything from them, and if you want to save money by buying just the online version its still $80. A lot of their textbook aren't even bound anymore and you can't return them or sell them afterwards. It's such an in your face scam that I'm not even offended by it, I'm just appalled that nobody is doing anything about it. So I'm glad that you are doing something about it.

• Can you name the next one "Honor's Biology II" so that I can take the class again without having it look like a repeat? I really want to keep working on the textbook.

• The idea of writing the textbook is one I like a lot and I would have liked to have taken the course when it was further along (when the actual writing was being done rather than just outlining). I look forward to someday being able to maybe see the finished product.

• I like how we were able to gather and evaluate our own information. Other students input was very helpful as well.

• [I liked] The freedom of finding sources. It encourages students to be self reliant when conducting research. I also cements a proper protocol.

• The best thing about this course is not just cramming the textbooks.

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Step 1: Outlining

In groups:Outline chapterJustificationTerms & definitionsHook & ConclusionQuiz Questions

Step 1: Graphic Organizers

https://www.text2mindmap.com/

Group the following• Peptide Bond• Lactose• Cholesterol• Wax• Polysaccharide• Nucleotide• Cellulose• Nitrogenous base• Enzyme• Triglyceride• Glycogen• starch

• Glucose• Amino acid• Dissacharide• Fatty Acid• Deoxyribose• Chitin• Phospholipid• Ribose• DNA• protein• Glycerol• RNA

Step 2: Samples & SourcesStudents:• Review the textbook• Review 5 online sources• Instructions for writers• Find 3 good images• Add to the quiz bank

Sharing & Rating Links

Step 3: Writing

• Provide students with outline & samples

• Students select task from list

• Task list1. Write a section2. Find images 3. Create a diagram or

infographic4. Build a summary table5. Draw comics or smaller

diagrams

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Step 3a: Community Service

Step 3b: Images& Community Collaboration

http://piktochart.com/

Students don’t have to be artists

Steps 4 & 5

• Step 3 takes multiple semesters

• Step 4: Editing– Students review larger

sections of content. – Clarity & organization– Fact checking– Also options for filling in

gaps

• Step 5: Study tools– Flashcards– Games– Audio book– Other ideas as suggested

by students

Step 5: Study Tools

http://www.purposegames.com/

Steps 6 & 7

• Step 7: Multimedia– Videos– Animations– Slides– Etc.– Find good multimedia &

interactive sources online

• Step 6: Assessments– Students build tests with

feedback– Tests include a variety of

question types and sample answers

– Rubrics for essay answer

Step 6: Videos & Multimedia

https://www.tes.com/lessons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Author: Samantha Penney, samantha.penney@gmail.com http://faculty.indstate.edu/spenney/bdt.htm

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