How I have used PBL and 1:1 devices to engage my students.

1. Incorporating Technology to Effectively
Engage Students
PROJECT BASED LEARNING

2. Me!
• Teacher of English, music and media studies
• Specialist Classroom Teacher
• TIC of Senior Alternative English Programme
• Seashell Radio covers band
• Mum

3. Why PBL?

4. What is Project Based Learning?

5. Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-introduction-video

6. The 3 Cs
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Creativity

7. Projects so far
• Edward Scissorhand’s Film Guide
• Public Service Advertisement
• Surviving Prejudice Teen Survival Guide
• The Tempest Slavery Campaign

8. The Driving Question
• Creates a need to know
• A challenge
• The answer can not be easily googled
Examples:
• What can we learn about human behaviour
through film?
• What values and attitudes are needed to survive
prejudice?
• How can we prevent slavery in the world today?

9. Discover, Create, Share
• Bianca Hewes @BiancaH80
Discover: reading, research, learning about and
engaging with aspects of the text.
Create: producing work that demonstrates
understanding of key aspects and concepts.
Share: sharing the work produced, discussing
ideas and reflecting.

10. Discover
• Surviving Prejudice iBook
• Blooms/Gardner’s activity Matrix
• Online texts – The Cay, The Tempest
• Shmoop – text notes
• Google Docs – class collaborative essay writing
• Educreations – flipped learning essay writing
• YouTube – flipped learning “How to write an
essay” and “Looking good in your speech”
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing

11. Blooms/Gardner’s Activity Matrix

12. Create
• Pic Collage
• Keynote
• iMovie
• Pages
• Garageband
• Blogger/Wordpress/Ed
ublogs/Google+/Twitte
r
• Educreations
• Simpleminds+
• Mematic
• Wordcollage
• Quickvoice
• MyJournal
• Poetry Magnets
• Paper (app)
• Fakebook
• iTunes/YouTube
• Old fashioned pen and
paper!
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing

13. Share
• Blogs and blogging with other classes
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Class Presentation
• Skype
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language text
and symbols
Managing self
Participating and
contributing

14. Examples
• Riley’s Keynote Surviving Prejudice Teen Guide
• YouTube PSA advertisements
• Year 10 Character fakebook pages
• Eva’s Edward Scissorhands Film Guide

15. Engagement
Yes!
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16. References
• Bianca Hewes
• Edutopia
Connect with me:
@wellschristine
christine.wells@oc.school.nz
http://www.christinekw.wordpress.com
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