1. PRODUCTION TASKS
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2. OUR FIVE TYPES OF TASKS…
CONTENT
EXPLORATION
PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTION
TASKS
DATA COLLECTION
COMMUNICATION
AND ANALYSIS
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3. WHAT ARE PRODUCTION TASKS?
• A task given to students to create a form of
“presentation” to showcase the knowledge
they have gained…
• Form of learning whereby students create a
product or concrete artifact that is the focus of their
learning and shows what they learned
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4. WHAT ARE PRODUCTION TASKS?
• What about teachers?
o Can teachers have production tasks?
o What do teachers produce that qualify?
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5. PRODUCTION TASKS VERSUS OTHER TASKS
• What makes production tasks different from content
exploration tasks?
• What are the students doing in production tasks that
make them unique?
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6. CHARACTERISTICS OF PRODUCTION TASKS
• Example: Digital Story
1. Deals with authentic (real-world) issues
2. Planning, critical thinking, reasoning, and
creativity  Multifaceted assessment
(i.e., rubric)
3. Developed over time; Student choices
 Focus on individual progress (i.e., portfolio)
4. Teachers facilitate rather than control.
Scaffolding/support from a variety of sources
5. Individual vs. group responsibility (comm. skills)
• Production tasks are complex, but demonstrate complex
knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes
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7. THINK BACK…
• …To when you were in elementary, middle,
or high school
• THINK-PAIR-SHARE (3 minutes)
o What “production tasks” did you do?
o What tools did you use?
o What process did you follow (group work? Individual? In-
class time? Out-of-class-time?)
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8. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER FOR
PRODUCTION TASKS?
• Who is performing the task (Student? Teacher?)
• Which type of production tasks/tools can my
students use (hint: think about their abilities)?
• How difficult is the task?
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9. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER FOR
PRODUCTION TASKS?
• How can I structure the task?
o High structure (teacher leads) vs Low structure (teacher
supports while students do)
o Individual or group tasks?
o How much time can I (or students) spend on this task?
• What resources are available in the learning
environment?
o Does this limit the choices?
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10. PRODUCTION TASKS INVOLVE
COMPLEX ACTIVITIES
• Learners are not just doing a task – they are:
o Demonstrating knowledge in action
o Learning the acceptable and best ways to do a task
o If done in groups, they are learning group and classroom
expectations for working with others
o They are learning about presentation of content, not just
the content itself
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11. PRODUCTION TASKS INVOLVE
COMPLEX ACTIVITIES
• The assessment of a production task is the
product, but is also the whole process leading up to
the product
o That’s why rubrics are often used with Production Tasks
o That’s why we will be discussing assessment of production
tasks later today!
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