AGES Academy is a career academy that was developed after a personal challenge to the staff by the principal. The challenge: give me something exciting that students will want to do when they grow up.
I developed the instructional plan for AGES Academy after completing some research of the local technical schools, universities, and colleges, with some academic reading and conference attendance.
The Background
PCSB has embraced the concept of workforce education by implementing career academies. Career academies are small learning communities within a school. Students enter the academy through a voluntary process. A career academy involves teachers from different subjects working together to implement the key features of the academy and provide students with career training. Students may be grouped together for several periods every day with a core group of teachers. This promotes a family-like atmosphere and results in close student-teacher ties.
New AGES Academy offers four tracks of hands on experience with technology.
Track One
App Development: Project-based learning to develop smart phone apps.
Project Management, Information architecture, Graphic Interface Creation, Systems Integration
Track Two
Game Developer: Project-based learning where students assume roles and create video games.
Assembly language programming, Graphics Creation, Sound Engineering, Production, Content Writing, Play Testing
Track Three
E-Book Publishing: Project based learning where students develop educational e-publications.
Creative Writing, Content Design, E-Manuscript Formatting, E-Marketing
Track Four
Social Media Management
Basics—concepts, terminology, tools, and platforms.
Reputation Management, Strategic Planning, Metrics and Measurement, Marketing and Engagement
The program was piloted with a class of 15 students to test the idea with an introductory course in
e-Publishing. Below is the first lesson of the course, with presentation, student assignment, and student product.
The last item is a student project using the Chrome App, WeVideo.
I developed the instructional plan for AGES Academy after completing some research of the local technical schools, universities, and colleges, with some academic reading and conference attendance.
The Background
PCSB has embraced the concept of workforce education by implementing career academies. Career academies are small learning communities within a school. Students enter the academy through a voluntary process. A career academy involves teachers from different subjects working together to implement the key features of the academy and provide students with career training. Students may be grouped together for several periods every day with a core group of teachers. This promotes a family-like atmosphere and results in close student-teacher ties.
New AGES Academy offers four tracks of hands on experience with technology.
Track One
App Development: Project-based learning to develop smart phone apps.
Project Management, Information architecture, Graphic Interface Creation, Systems Integration
Track Two
Game Developer: Project-based learning where students assume roles and create video games.
Assembly language programming, Graphics Creation, Sound Engineering, Production, Content Writing, Play Testing
Track Three
E-Book Publishing: Project based learning where students develop educational e-publications.
Creative Writing, Content Design, E-Manuscript Formatting, E-Marketing
Track Four
Social Media Management
Basics—concepts, terminology, tools, and platforms.
Reputation Management, Strategic Planning, Metrics and Measurement, Marketing and Engagement
The program was piloted with a class of 15 students to test the idea with an introductory course in
e-Publishing. Below is the first lesson of the course, with presentation, student assignment, and student product.
The last item is a student project using the Chrome App, WeVideo.
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