LITERACY FOR THE 21TH CENTURY

PBL/TIE

The Zoning Board

• Decisions

• Speaking/Listening

• Reading and Writing

• Gathering

• Evaluating

Preparation

• Directed Reading-Thinking Activity

• Reciprocal Teaching

• Literature Circles

TOPIC SELECTION

• Curriculum

• Standards

• Teacher Preference

• Student Preference

GETTING STARTED

• K (What do you know?)

• When students know something about the topic

• What you think is true

• Immersion

• When students know little about the topic• Sources:• Text• Internet• People• Video

QUESTIONING

• W (What do I want to know?)

• Modeling thick questions as in Reciprocal Teaching

• Lots of questions

• One “Essential” Question

• E.g. – Can the planet survive?

• Begin with a set of questions

• Gather information, facts. • Morph into an “Essential” question

• E.g. – Class studies Lewis and Clark, gathering facts and information

• Switch to a related “Essential” question: What is courage in the city today? How can we be courageous?

A Hybrid Questioning Approach

ORGANIZATION

• Groups of Four

• Heterogeneous groups

• Positive Interdependence

• Individual and Group Accountability

SOURCES OF INFORMATION• Text of all kinds

• Internet

• People – Interviews

• Data Collection • (Surveys, Experimentation)

EXTRACTING AND RECORDING

• Extracting: How do you pull out information from your source?

• Recording: How do you record what you have extracted?

VALUES

• Pizza: Compassion, Political Activism

• Lewis and Clark: Conservation, Courage

• Brick Oven: Community

ACTION

• Presentation (e.g. Powerpoint, Photostory 3)

• Product (Pamphlet, Film)

• Project (Undertaking a task)

EVALUATION OF STUDENTS

• Use of Common Core

• Standards relating to content, reading/language arts, technology

• Traditional assessment

• Alternative assessment

21ST CENTURY SKILLS

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Creativity and Problem Solving

• Critical Thinking

• Curiousity*

EVALUATION OF TIE/PBL

• Teacher Reflection

• Student Reflection

• Audience Reflection