PBL
PBLL Web-shops
Aside from the in-home convenience and the plethora of topics we got to explore in our 10 hours together, here are a few other things I LOVED about finally setting up a PBLL workshop webinar…
inquiry
Google Slides Listening Captions
At first, I figured I should pick out some screencaps and have the young ones match captions I translated from the audio to them. Then I got to thinking, “Well, heck, they’ll just read ’em and match ’em.” So THEN I took ANOTHER video and made Spanish captions to go with those screencaps. I was still undecided, so I experimented on my patient and enthusiastic first period guinea pigs with both and ended up with this
authentic texts
Low-Prep PBL Inquiry with Infographs
Fortunately, I had done some resource gathering for the inquiry phase of the project to equip a local business with children’s menu placemats back in Hawaii. UNfortunately, I hadn’t really fleshed out what I was going to do WITH those resources as of about 5AM Wednesday morning. So here’s the plan I threw together
PBL
Why I Quit PBL Projects
I have had to redefine how I see myself on SO many levels: as a blogger, a teacher, a professional, and a person. A lot–a LOT–of things that I thought were fundamental to my teaching and my identity simply had to be abandoned.
community
Community Partners in PBL Projects
Community Partners are pretty much the whole point of PBL in language classes: you WANT students interacting and using the language outside of your classroom! What makes a project authentic is actually engaging with people who use the language in Real Life, right? So I have always advocated enlisting at least one Public Audience of native Read more…
guest post
What PBL Is and Is NOT in Language Classes [SECONDARY SPANISH SPACE]
Projects are not Project-Based Learning. My amigas at Secondary Spanish Space invited me to contribute a post about what PBL is–and is not–in language classes. Here’s a sample: Posters and videos and in-class presentations make learning tangible. They can become treasured artifacts of growth. On display, they Read more…
novice
#ACTFL17 Self-Centered PBL for Novices
There are very few PBL units that I could package and recommend to pretty much anyone. So many, like the product pitch and visitor videos, are heavily dependent on my colleagues and context. But there is one topic that is perfect for both teenagers and novices: Themselves. What luck Read more…