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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. **

How can we use voicethread to inspire students to write a narrative piece?
 * What is your compelling question? **

Students will pick a picture from a selection of pictures and they must create a narrative piece based on the picture they choose.
 * What initial ideas do you have for your PBI? **

Third grade
 * What is your target age group? **

We will be focusing on writing content and specifically narrative pieces that students will create. Teachers will pick the variety of pictures for students to choose from that they will then use to create their stories. We will be using voicethread for our PBI project.
 * Think about TPACK. What content will you focus on? What pedagogical approaches will you use? What technologies will you use? **

3.W.3a (3) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. (a) Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
 * What specific [|__Common Core or Essential Standards__] learning objectives will your PBI address? **

The project will be completed in November.
 * What is your timeline for implementing and completing your PBI? **

ipads, chromebooks, writing paper, google images (chosen by the teacher), and voicethread, voice to text software (ipad or google).
 * What materials and resources do you need to be successful? **

Teaching the students the process of how to use the technology tools correctly, how to speak in full and complete sentences. Describing the pictures with details and using correct sentence structure in their writing.
 * What part of the PBI do you find or anticipate will be most difficult to plan? **

Lots and lots of modeling and pre-teaching the skills of writing sentences related to specific pictures in a small group. Modeling using the voicethread technology in whole group settings.
 * How do you plan to prepare to overcome these anticipated difficulties? **

How long can we take to complete this entire process from beginning to end?
 * What other questions to you have about the PBI project? **

Hi! I like your compelling question using Voicethread and narrative writing. This an effective tool to get students involved in multimodal learning. You can make the length of the project as long or as short as you like. That is one of the powerful aspects of the PBI process--it can be applied in a variety of instructional contexts and timeframes. Think about how long you think it will take for the students to create a substantive piece of writing. Let me know if you have questions. Hiller -- Oct. 2, 2015

II. Design space for paper planning
__Paper Layout:__

Paragraph 1: Intro: compelling question > > > Paragraph 2: gathering and analyze sources (lesson rationale/ blooms/ TPACK/metacognitive theory) > > > >> >> >> > > > > > Paragraph 3: lesson implementation > > > >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> >> Paragraph: 4: Challenges & evaluate > > > > > > > Paragraph 5: successes and revisions > > Paragraph: 6: Next steps > > >> > Paragraph: 7: conclusion (reflect on outcomes of lesson for student/teacher/new findings) > > >
 * How can we use voicethread to inspire students to write a narrative piece?
 * 3.W.3a (3) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. (a) Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
 *  Why did we want to use this as our PBI
 * We will be focusing on writing content and specifically narrative pieces that students will create. Teachers will pick the variety of pictures for students to choose from that they will then use to create their stories. We will be using voicethread for our PBI project.
 * Chromebooks
 * What forms of TPACK did we use?
 * T- Voicethread
 * P- Modeling
 * CK- Narrative Writing
 * how does this connect with new literacies?
 * Why did we choose this as our lesson,
 * what levels of Bloom’s did we use?
 * new tool: voicethread
 * students learning: independently
 * why did we choose 3rd grade?
 * what was our goal for our students?
 * Steps of the lesson:
 * teacher read a book to students and modeled completing a puzzle story plan
 * students got into small groups to complete their organizers for that book
 * teacher took a picture and modeled how to create her own story using the puzzle plan
 * intro voice thread
 * teacher picked pictures for students to use to create a narrative piece
 * to inspire creativity
 * students signed up for voicethread and picked pictures according to their interest and pictures they thought were the most interesting
 * students typed their thoughts/ideas about each picture using the typing tool on voicethread
 * students created story puzzle organizer based on their picture
 * focusing on characters, character traits, setting, problem, events, solution
 * Students recording their voices over the pictures walking through the puzzle planner (character, problem, solution, etc.)
 * Students lacked creative skills to create own story
 * hard time translating their puzzle piece organizer into proper sentences for the story
 * Possibly better if we started off with a story and have students write the ending
 * This group of students are writing at a first grade/second grade level
 * Teaching the students the process of how to use the technology tools correctly, how to speak in full and complete sentences. Describing the pictures with details and using correct sentence structure in their writing.
 * Students are very slow at typing, recording stories would be easier for them. Thought about google voice typing
 * What are ways we could have started the project smaller to allow students to build their creativity?
 * Students enjoyed using Voicethread and were very engaged
 * The activity we did maybe should have been a culminating activity after smaller projects to help students build to a higher level of creativity.
 * how can we modify this project for our students to become more successful/creative?
 * Teaching students the process of a story: first, then, next, finally
 * have students create a story written or verbally about their pictures using the details from the puzzle planner and the guidelines of first, then, etc.
 * how can we modify and adapt this project for all grade levels (Kindergarten)
 * Students were able to handle the use of technology and voicethread with ease
 * students enjoyed the activity
 * this has opened our eyes to the possibilities of using voicethread, chromebooks and other forms of technology