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(surrounded by our friend White Space) can accomplish that task well. Therefore I hope I can find/create graphics that will quickly communicate: adolescent, reading/writing, PBL.
My most central audience is middle-grade humanities teachers who are implementing PBL and Common Core in their classroom. However, it helps me to think of the audience like a literal target: there is a specific, central focus in the center… but also wider circles surrounding the bullseye. Close outliers to my very specific target include administrators and coaches at PBL schools, high school teachers, and teachers who teach PBL outside of a humanities context. My most central focus remains, however, remains teachers like me, with conundrums similar to mine: What is the role of close reading in PBL? How should technology be used in writing? How can reading and writing be collaborative and rigorous?
My lesson examples and reflections will be most relevant to teachers who, like me, are struggling to find the best way to teach reading and writing to middle schoolers, through the lens of PBL, in the era of Common Core. Whew!
I see, after reviewing other websites, how personalized each “Learn More” section should be. This is really where the meat of our capstone lies. A few things I already know I’d like to include in this section are listed below:
- A side-by-side comparison of “Gold Standard PBL” and “Rigorous PBL”
- A side-by-side comparison of my project rubric from last year (wordy and confusing), and my project rubric from this year (simple and effective)
- Maybe a do’s and don’ts list, or a concept page inspired by Clark or Baggio showing what I’ve learned about PBL and CCSS
- My research paper screencast
- My video I made to sum up last semester’s work
- Something- a written anecdote? Correspondence? About the outside-the-classroom involvement I used in a recent project, inspired by my research
- Example of forms/autocrat used to promote specific, standards-based student feedback
- A link to my blogs
It looks like I’ve got work to do!