Fall+2015+Team+9

You will use the PBI process to develop your project.
====Be sure to design toward your rubrics for your 5 minute video and 8-10 page paper.====

**I. PBI Planning Draft of your INITIAL PBI plans. Collaboratively with your partner, complete the following questions by September 29. Write your answers here on the wikispace under each question below. If you don't some of the answers yet, share what you can at this point. **

> How can technology support our students with research skills necessary to write, publish, and present informational text, and what tech tools will be most effective for our students? > > Students will complete a research project following the PBI process. We will introduce several tech tools throughout the research process and assess their effectiveness in helping our students succeed with the project. We would like students to present their research through technology in the form of a newscast or screencast, but we would like more time to plan and organize this part of the project. > > upper elementary and middle school students > > CONTENT: The project for the 8th grade students will be related to the unit theme, Coming of Age. For the 5th grade students involved, our informational writing is meant to be focused on events leading up to the American Revolution. > PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES: student choice of topic within theme/unit; mini-lessons based on student need, collaboration with media specialists > TECHNOLOGY: GoogleDocs, ActivelyLearn, SpicyNodes, PowToon/Animoto, Screencast-o-matic, video recording technology > > FIFTH GRADE:RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.8, W.5.8 > EIGHTH GRADE: RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.8, W.8.8 > > two- to three-week project for students > > We would like more information on best practices for introducing PBI for the first time. We would also like to know best practices for grading PBI. > > how strict/rigid the rubric or requirements should be for student work > > discussion with others who have completed PBI projects, research into PBI resources > > Do we need to incorporate technology in every aspect of the project for students?
 * ** What is your compelling question? **
 * ** What initial ideas do you have for your PBI? **
 * ** What is your target age group? **
 * ** Think about TPACK. What content will you focus on? What pedagogical approaches will you use? What technologies will you use? **
 * ** What specific Common Core or Essential Standards learning objectives will your PBI address? **
 * ** What is your timeline for implementing and completing your PBI? **
 * ** What materials and resources do you need to be successful? **
 * ** What part of the PBI do you find or anticipate will be most difficult to plan? **
 * ** How do you plan to prepare to overcome these anticipated difficulties? **
 * ** What other questions to you have about the PBI project? **

Hi, I am going to conduct a Google Hangout on October 14 from 4:00-5:00pm. (See Week 9, look for the Google Hangout URL). I will answer specific questions about the PBI project. I hope you can join me for that. If not I am happy to meet with you in person. Best practices include: Having a clear compelling question and then taking the students through the phases of the PBI process so you can answer the question in a specific way. I like how you are going to assess which tools are most effective in your project. For assessment of PBI, I use a rubric which is found in your syllabus. You can design a rubric for student learning that is specific to your PBI project--this would be how you would grade your student's work. You do NOT need to use technology in every aspect of your project for the students. But you should use some. Think about your TPACK. I will try to get a previous student to make a video talking about how she/he did the project an share it with the class.

Hope this helps. Hiller October 2, 2015

===II. Design space for paper planning===

===III. Design space for video documentary development===