Module+7

=Module 7: Facilitating with Technology=


 * What we will do:**
 * Discuss how to facilitate a classroom in a project-based learning environment
 * Discuss how to use technology to increase your own productivity or support your instructional practice
 * Create a document, presentation, or web-based facilitation resource
 * Plan how to implement your unit in your classroom
 * Create management resources to support students while they work with technology on their projects


 * Pedagogical Practices: Using Questioning to Promote Higher-Order Thinking and Engage Students**
 * Break into 3 groups
 * Each group will be assigned one of the following discussion questions
 * What are some ways that you can integrate the use of Curriculum-Framing Questions into your classroom and student projects?
 * What are some ways that you can integrate the use of questioning into your classroom and student projects?
 * How can you teach students the skills they need to perform higher-order when they create projects? What types of questions, prompts, and scaffolds can you use to encourage students to think deeply?
 * A reporter in each group will record the results of their group discussion as a reply to the discussion thread corresponding to their assigned question.


 * Designing Facilitation Resources**
 * Review pp. 7.04 and 7.05
 * Planning My Facilitation Resource (p. 7.06)**
 * Browse some sample presentations, publications, spreadsheets and Web resources located in the CD/Facilitation folder
 * Access teacher-created blogs and wikis on the Web from links available in the CD/Facilitation Examples folder
 * Make notes on ideas you think you could use in your Unit Plan
 * Creating Facilitation Materials**
 * Create a new document, presentation, or web-based resource to support the facilitation of your unit.
 * Save your facilitation resource in the unit_support folder in your Portfolio folder
 * Complete My Instructional Procedures**
 * Follow the steps on p. 7.07.
 * Planning for a Successful Project**
 * Small Group Discussion
 * Discuss how you could address the following topics to ensure a successful project in your classroom (pp. 7.08-7.09)
 * Communications about the project
 * Timing and transitions
 * Collaboration
 * Materials/Equipment/Technology/Outside Resources/Facilities
 * Grading
 * Creating a Management Resource**
 * View sample management resources located in the CD/Facilitation folder
 * Create a management document for your portfolio
 * Save the document in the unit_support folder in your Portfolio folder
 * Reflecting on My Unit as a Whole**
 * Review the Unit Plan Checklist to identify any missing or incomplete elements of your Unit Plan
 * Review the Unit Portfolio Checklist to ensure you have completed all pieces for your Unit Portfolio
 * Review the Portfolio Rubric and highlight the descriptors that describe your portfolio
 * Based on your self-assessment, note any changes you would like to make to your Unit Portfolio in the Unit Plan Checklist