Session Title ­ PERSONALIZING PBL USING IPADS AND GREEN SCREENS (Proposal 108) Presenters­ Jessica Esposito (Catawba County Schools) & Monica L. Campbell, Ph.D. (Lenoir­Rhyne University) Session Agenda A. Introductions B. Session Objectives a. Recognize effective practices for implementing Project­Based Learning in the ELA classroom. b. Design Project­Based Learning ELA unit plans to meet learners’ needs. c. Explain how Project­Based Learning is beneficial in motivating students to read outside of the classroom. C. Effective Practices a. PBL instruction was effective when it came to long­term retention and performance improvement b. Preference should be given to instructional strategies that focus on students’ performance in authentic situations and their long­term knowledge retention c. Student Choice, Student Choice and Student Choice d. The 7 Phase Model ­ Introduction of the Driving Question, Intro of the Culminating Challenge, Develop Subject Matter Expertise, Doing the Culminating Challenge, Debriefing Subject Expert, Responding to Driving Question, and Summative Assessment e. The 7 Essentials ­ A Need to Know, Driving Question, Student Voice and Choice, 21st Century Skills, Inquiry and Innovation, Feedback and Revision, and Present Product Publicly f. 5 R’s of Deeper Teaching and Learning ­ Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, Results, and Reflection g. Project­Based Learning: Demonstrating higher order thinking and communicating depth of knowledge using oral, written, creative, or technical expression. D. Design PBL ELA Unit Plans E. PBL is Beneficial in Motivating Students to Read F. Contact Information Jessica_Esposito@catawbaschools.net Monica.Campbell@lr.edu G. References Clariana, R. (2009). Ubiquitous Wireless Laptops In Upper Elementary Mathematics. ​
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