Digital Citizenship PBL: Learning Safely and Responsibly.

Last week brought a close to our first project based learning experience of the year.  I have recently shared information about launching our PBL, updates on our PBL, and how we collaborated with experts virtually.  After lots of learning and fun, we were ready to share what we had created.  I completely forgot about taking pictures during the presentation, so I am grateful to Su Brusco for sharing this picture with me. 

Click on the image below to see each group's presentation.

The kids did an amazing job during their presentations.  They did the everything from the introduction to facilitating the question and answer session.  I was so proud of them, but more importantly, they were proud of themselves.  

Our class wants to thank the following people who helped and supported us during this learning experience:

Mrs. Brusco and Mrs. Nickols for helping us launch our learning.
Mr. Froese, Mrs. Windham, and Ms Lamb for answering our questions
Ms. Brant for helping us with technology
Mrs. Gwyn and Mrs. Roberts for meeting with us and providing feedback
Ms. Fry, Ms. Casida, Ms. Garrett, and our parents who attended our presentation

While this was a wonderful learning experience, it was also a great deal of fun!

Brining Experts into the Classroom Virtually

As we were working on our Digital Citizenship PBL, the Smart Hawks team realized that they needed more information about using Smartboards safely and responsibly than they were able to find online.  We decided to invite Ms. Heather Lamb with Smart Technologies to Skype with the team so they could learn more.  Mrs. Lamb was so incredibly accommodating and sent the team several documents in advance. The team crafted some questions and were excited to collaborate with Mrs. Lamb.  

When it was time to make the phone call, all I did was was get Skype set up and the team took over from there.  We are so grateful to be learning in this time where technology helps us break down the walls of our classroom.  We also realize how lucky we are to be learning in a district that embraces 21st century skills.  If you would like to learn more about how our district is transforming so "All students enjoy thriving productive lives in a future they create," please visit the Lewisville ISD Strategic Design website.  

Project Based Learning

We are getting ready to launch our first Project Based Learning (PBL) experience in two weeks.  I am not going to share exactly what our PBL will be about until we launch it as a class, but in the meantime, below is some information about Project Based Learning if you would like to learn more.

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8 Essential Elements  for Project-Based Learning