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Tracy Watanabe

Experts & NewBIEs | Bloggers on Project Based Learning: How Does PBL Support Authentic ... - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 06 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • To incorporate authentic literacy, be sure to answer these questions when you design and implement a project:Does the project include an authentic written product that someone outside the school context would create?Does the project include a written product that meets a real need?Does the project set students up to generate their own questions to frame their investigation into the Driving Question?Does the project enable students to find answers to their questions?Does the project include critique, ideally by an expert or the product recipient?Does the project allow students to present their work to the intended recipient?If you can answer “yes” to these questions, you’ve got it: a fully authentic literary experience for your students.
  • For example, in the Small Acts of Courage project at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, students researched and wrote about local stories of the Civil Rights Movement. In response to the Driving Question, “What was Maine’s contribution the Civil Rights Movement?“, they created a book for a public audience which included people who participated locally in the struggle for civil rights.
  • Learn more about this topic in BIE’s “Webinar Wednesday” on Authentic Literacy, which may be found on BIE's YouTube Channel.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 06 Mar 12
     
    Awesome on authentic learning.
Tracy Watanabe

ePals Global Community - 2 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 10 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 10 Nov 12
     
    Love the global collaborations with learning. The authentic audience really helps with purpose for learning it, and increases the quality and intrinsic motivation of learning. There are several Common Core projects to join.
Shauna Hamman

Smore - Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly - 1 views

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PBL web2.0 ed_tech

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  • Shauna Hamman on 26 Jul 12
     
    Publish online "flyers"-easy and fun way to share work with an authentic audience.
Tracy Watanabe

Class registration | Student Blogging Challenge - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 27 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 27 Feb 14
     
    The student blogging challenge starts next week. Here's the page to register your class. Remember, you can choose which challenges to participate in. It's a great way to build an authentic audience for your students!
Shauna Hamman

Peace Corps Lesson Plans - 1 views

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shared by Shauna Hamman on 03 May 11 - Cached
  • Shauna Hamman on 03 May 11
     
    Lots of possibilities for PBL lessons. There is a place you can sign up to connect with a Peace Corps volunteer in another country so they would have an authentic audience.
Elizabeth Francois

Living the Dream - 0 views

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  • Elizabeth Francois on 03 May 11
     
    Grade/Subject: 9-12 Language Arts Description: Students will research the American Dream, what it means to different people and cultures, how it changes, and how it manifests itself in politics, religion, education or entertainment. In addition, students will define their own American Dreams and explore obstacles and adjustments they might need to make. Benefits: The student will apply pre-reading skills and comprehension strategies, while extending independent reading, and will organize and synthesize information that will be used to plan, create, organize and present an age appropriate media product. Students will also become more aware of the way culture changes across the decades. Possible Pitfalls: Finding an authentic audience could be an issue. However, some front work could solve that problem.
Tracy Watanabe

Quest2Matter - What It Is & How to Join - Choose 2 Matter - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 13 May 13 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 13 May 13
     
    "Help your kids submit their idea and work to Quest to matter. This is a great way to showcase what your students are doing. It will also open up opportunities for mentoring. If you know a kid who is doing something cool to change the world - SUBMIT IT. The end date is June 7th. Why not have your class create a quest to matter. If you haven't had a chance to do a genius project or some creative teacherpreneurship with passion projects - USE THIS opportunity. My friend Angela Maiers had this idea and many have joined in (like me) to help create a website showcasing and promoting all the great work that students are doing as social entrepreneurs to change the world. There will be a winning project that is showcased and mentored. " Vicki Davis
Tracy Watanabe

Getting Started with Project-Based Learning (Hint: Don't Go Crazy) | Edutopia - 1 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 08 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Here are a few tips to consider.
  • Start Small
  • Instead of targeting a million standards, focus on a few power standards.
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  • Ensure authenticity and public audience, but keep it focused.
  • As you get begin to master PBL as a teacher, you can then use technology to manage the process. But as a PBL beginner, focus on the PBL process itself.
  • Plan Now One of the challenges of PBL, but also one of the joys, is the planning process.
  • Limited Technology
  • Once you plan it, you're free to differentiate instruction and meet the immediate needs of your students
  • Know the Difference Between PBL and Projects
  • With PBL, the project itself is the learning (1), not the "dessert" at the end. If you are doing projects in the classroom, you may or may not be doing PBL. In fact, many teachers think they are doing PBL, but are actually doing projects. Again, in PBL you are teaching through the project, not teaching and then doing the project.
Tracy Watanabe

Exploration Design Challenge | NASA - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 09 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 09 Sep 13
     
    "All students and educators participating in the challenge will have their name flown on the Exploration Flight Test-I mission as a member of the virtual crew. This mission will be unmanned and will launch in late 2014. So, kids can be a "virtual explorer." There are 4 challenges, age appropriate, to help design protective radiation protection for astronauts. We need to get students interest in space travel for a variety of reasons. This is a lovely real world project for students to join. "The goal of the Exploration Design Challenge is for students to research and design ways to protect astronauts from space radiation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and on to an asteroid or Mars. Protecting astronauts from radiation on these distant travels is an important -- and very real -- problem that needs solving. NASA would like your help!"
Tracy Watanabe

Twenty Ideas for Engaging Projects | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Tracy Watanabe on 15 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • 1. Flat Stanley Refresh
  • 2. PBL is No Accident:
  • this CNN story
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  • Teach21 project library.
  • 3. Defy Gravity
  • Separate NASA programs
  • 6. Rethink Lunch:
  • 4. Connect Across Disciplines:
  • Kinetic Conundrum.
  • 5. Honor Home Languages:
  • , "English Language Learners, Digital Tools, and Authentic Audiences."
  • , NASA aircraft that produces periods of micro and hyper gravity
  • Get connected at ePals, a global learning community for educators from more than 200 countries.
  • 7. Take a Learning Expedition
  • . Check out the gallery for project ideas about everything from the tools people use in their work to memories of the Civil Rights Movement.
  • 8. Find a Pal: If PBL is new to you, consider joining an existing project.
  • 17. Angry Bird Physics:
  • including informative essays and downloadable planning guides. Get more ideas from this video about a middle-school nutrition project, "A Healthy School Lunch."
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  • . Companion videos show how scientists use the same methods t
  • 10. Learn through Service:
  • Their project demonstrates what can happen when service-learning principles are built into PBL. Find more ideas for service-learning projects from the National Youth Leadership Council.
  • 11. Locate Experts:
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  • STEM projects th
  • 12. Build Empathy: P
  • 13. Investigate Climate Science
  • 14. Problem-Solvers Unite:
  • Math fairs
  • 15. Harvest Pennies :
  • 16. Gather Stories:
  • 9. Get Minds Inquiring:
  • 18. Place-Based Projects:
  • 19. News They Can Use: S
  • 20. The Heroes They Know:
  • Tracy Watanabe on 15 Sep 11
     
    20 Ideas for Engaging Projects via @edutopia http://t.co/YXTP9kdk
Shauna Hamman

Globe at Night-Light Pollution Project - 2 views

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shared by Shauna Hamman on 03 May 11 - Cached
  • Shauna Hamman on 03 May 11
     
    Students observe night sky and compare their observations with others from around the world to investigate the problem of light pollution. There are lots of ideas for extension activities on this site, each of which could be the basis of a PBL experience. Teachers would have to do some work to plan activities and create rubrics, but there is an authentic purpose and audience already built in.
shana myers

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Investigation - 2 views

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shared by shana myers on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 28 Oct 11
     
    I love the real world connections your students will be making and the authentic audience. They are going to love it and learn so much about Thanksgiving! I am wondering how you plan to have the kindergarteners reflect on their learning? I'd love to know so I have a better understanding for how to help Kinder with this.
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