?'s and Problems

Essential ?'s

1. If you attempt to fail, and succeed, what have you done?

SEL 1C.3b. Analyze why one achieved or did not achieve a goal

2. What separates humans from animals?

3. What is the truth and how will we know it?

4. Where does the wind come from and why cant we see it?

5. Are humans evolving or devolving?
6. How do we determine what is good and what is evil?
7. Does everything happen for a reason?
8. Is experience really a teacher?
9. Are computers in a state of consciousness?
10. Is there life after death?

Problem Scenario's

1. You are a BP oil leak specialist, how will you stop the oil leak and clean up the mess in the Gulf of Mexico?

ISTE 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity B. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

2. You work for the UN as a food specialist, you assignment is to solve world hunger how can you feed everyone in the world?

3. Your son was murdered by a neighborhood gang. What can you do to eliminate gangs from your neighborhood?

4. As the principal of a school on probation, how would you go about getting the test scores at or above the national average?
5. Your mother is $300,000 in debt but has a career and makes decent money.  How can she better manage her money in order to free herself from the chains of debt?
6. The price of gas has reached $9.00 per gallon.  How can you ween off gasoline/oil and utilize alternative energy sources in your home and car while saving considerable money?
7. The school you work at has the lowest test score in the district, but receives the least amount of funding.  Your principal wants you to develop and way raise the test scores of the school, what methods will you use to do so?
8. You are obese and want to change your state of health.  You don't have access to healthy foods in your neighborhood.  How can you lose weight with the type of foods you have access to?
9. Islamic extremist's are waging a Jihad against your country, claiming your cultural group are infidels.  How can you eliminate the extremist's from your country in a non-violent way?
10. Jerry Reinsdorf just hired you are the General Manager of the Chicago Bulls.  He told you upon hiring you that you have bring LeBron James to the Bulls or else you will lose your job and have to pay back any portion of your salary and you agreed. How will you get LeBron to sign with the Chicago Bulls?

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ISTE:

1.c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

4. a. Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.

http://www.isbe.net/ils/default.htm

http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

vid on essintial ?'s  http://youtube.com/watch?v=_p1xImA_wHk&feature=related

Essential ?'s resources   http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/strategies/essential-questions

Considering essential questions is very hard to do since many of the questions that I've pondered often have easy upfront answers.  Reading, studying, and considering various essential questions and problem based scenarios made me dig deeper.  The questions that can't be answered are the one's that need the most attention.  I had to consider the content and how I would assess these questions of how they relate to technology in education, education, and life in general.  Admitting that I don't know much is assisting me in stepping outside of the box when considering these ?'s and problem's.   I need to concentrate on the CONTENT, CONTEXT, and PARTICIPANTS of my ?'s and problem's in order to have the align with the standards.