Assignments

1. Participants are expected to arrive at the Institute with a **one page description** of their individual or team project. It is also expected that they will have read __Middle School is Not A Building__, __Bluefish__ and the James Beane article, "A Common Core of a Different Sort". The location is found on the Home page of this wiki. 2. Participants will periodically give **verbal status reports** of their projects to the strand throughout the week. 3. Participants will use technology (blog, google docs, e-mail, wiki, etc.) to **journal** their progress, challenges, "ah ha" moments and provide a feedback loop with the instructors and/or the strand while at the Institute. 4. An **Action Plan** describing the steps for implementation of a project is the desired outcome of the week's work. 5. **Active participation** and sharing of experience and expertise will benefit everyone in the MSINAB strand. 6. Participants will be asked to present the results of their work at a **conference** to be held in January, 2014. This may done in either a poster session or presentation format.