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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. **

__PBI Outline __ How can teachers use Storybird to help young learners meet Common Core State Standards? Our initial thought for our PBI Project was to continue to use and more deeply explore the different uses for Storybird in our classrooms. Using Storybird we would like to see how we can better help our students learn, and master CCSS in a more hands on way. We would like to focus on the standards that work on introducing characters, setting and retelling, as well as writing narratives to recount or sequence events. The age group that we will be focusing on is 4-5 ( Pre-K) and 7-8 ( 2nd grade) The content we will focus on is reading comprehension and writing. Some pedagogical strategies that will be used are the five finger retell, teacher modeling on retelling stories and how to write a complete sentence when writing a retell. There will also be classroom anchor charts and plenty of modeling and practice working with Storybird so that students will understand how to use it. Also, students may work in small groups when working on this project. Some of the technology that will be used are iPads, computers, Bright Links projector, and the internet.
 * ** 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? **

__Kindergarten__ __CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2__ With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Second Grade__ __CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3__ Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

__CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.6__ With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">** What is your timeline for implementing and completing your PBI? **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Week of ... ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sept. 28 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Begin to introduce what an author and illustrator does ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oct. 5 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce character and setting of a story ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oct 12 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce Storybird. Work on first whole group class book on Storybird ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oct. 19 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce the problem and solution of a story ( 2nd grade)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue to work on character and setting ( pre-k) || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Modified 5 finger retell ( pre-k ) ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oct. 26 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue to practice the 5 finger retell ( 2nd)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nov. 2 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Start on a new Storybird book project in small groups ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nov. 9 || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete Storybook project ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some materials and resources that will be needed to be successful include the use of iPads and computers, internet access, read aloud materials, anchor charts with the five finger retell, paper and pencils for planning the retell on paper.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">** What materials and resources do you need to be successful? **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The part of PBI that we anticipate will be most difficult to plan is having enough time to work on the project and having access to the technology needed for the students to work on their projects.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">** What part of the PBI do you find or anticipate will be most difficult to plan? **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">One way to plan on overcoming these anticipated challenges is by scheduling to have one of the school’s iPad carts twice a week for two hours. That way the students will have scheduled time to work with Storybird and have plenty of practice with it before the final project is due. Also, I plan on teaching and practicing the five finger retell with the students weekly with their guided reading and read aloud stories. We are also working on how to write complete sentences throughout our language arts instruction.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">** How do you plan to prepare to overcome these anticipated difficulties? **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since we are working with two different classrooms, what is the best way to combine the video footage? Would focusing on student work samples be better than trying to video two separate classrooms? Hi! I like your compelling question! If you want to try to collaborate with a teacher in China (I noticed you mentioned that it would be cool to develop a friendship with a teacher from another country) you can reach out to Sandy (chenghong@bjroyalkids.cn) who teaches 1st grade at Beijing Royal School. She took this class last Fall and graduated from this program in August. I think you can video both classrooms if you like or just one and try to get work sample from both classes. I am flexible on this as long as you answer your question through your video. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks, Hiller 9/30/2015
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">** What other questions to you have about the PBI project? **

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

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