June+15


 * Sharing**
 * InfoWhelm and Information Literacy (Randy)
 * A little funny for everyone (Adam)
 * Shorten URL's for your Twitter feed (Jen)
 * Technology Helps Work/Life Balance (Randy)
 * Twitter's Surprising Impact on South Korean Election (Randy)
 * The Emerging Networked School Environment (Randy)
 * What will you learn this summer? (Randy)
 * Project Based Learning(Cindy)
 * Focus on what you love... (Randy)
 * Social Networking Goes to School (Randy)
 * Obama's thoughts on Technology (Jen)


 * Commenting on/critiquing of final blog posts for __Understanding the Digital Generation__

Project Review**
 * **Portfolio representing your PLN - 30%** - I think the best wait to approach this is through individual consultations on Jun 24 and 29. //Questions to consider:// Did I devote concentrated time to each of the tools presented in class? What evidence can I show? What would a diagram of my PLN look like at this point in time? How does it compare to the one I created earlier in the semester? What stories can I share that most powerfully represent how my PLN has expanded and how I have learned to harness its power for learning?
 * **Regular reflective blog posts - 20%** - //Questions to consider:// Did I complete the required number of blog post entries and comments? Do my posts and comments reflect critical reading, critical thinking, creative thinking, quality of writing and participation in a community through commenting as outlined in the rubric.
 * **Paper slide digital story - 20%** - //Questions to consider:// Does my paper slide digital story capture the essence of my personal growth through the development of my PLN? What is the specific story? Does my digital story follow the format of the paper slide video? Does my digital story last between two and three minutes? Do the images in the story support the story? How will I share my work with the class?
 * **Final project - CBL or PBL project - 30%** - Consider using the Kist book (//The Socially Networked Classroom//) as a resource. //Questions to consider:// Does my project present my teaching/learning ideas in the format of PBL or CBL? Is it clear how my teaching/learning ideas allow students to learn through the use of social networking tools? How unique is my teaching/learning idea? How easily will I be able to implement my idea in the fall? What barriers will I need to overcome for my students to experience a new way of learning? What do I already have in place? What will I need to do between now and the fall to make my ideas stronger? Does the presentation of my final project include media or hyperlinked text? How will I share my work with my PLN?


 * Plan for the next three weeks:**
 * June 15 - PBL
 * June 17 - CBL
 * June 22 - Project idea sharing/critique/questioning
 * June 24 - Project work/consultations
 * June 29 - Project work/consultations
 * July 1 - Project sharing/dinner at the Brew Works


 * Project-based Learning**
 * Modified PBL Webquest
 * Groups: Jen and Doug, Cindy and Nick, Adam and Felecia and Diane
 * What is project-based learning? What are the components of a well-planned project? How might you go about planning and implementing a good project?
 * What is the role of assessment in project-based learning? How should we assess student understanding in project-based learning?
 * How can PBL support NCLB? Does it have to be one or the other? Why should teachers use PBL as an approach to learning?
 * How can you use multimedia and social networks to strengthen a PBL project?
 * Resources
 * Diigo PBL bookmark
 * Delicious PBL bookmarks
 * Reinventing PBL - resource for the multimedia/social networking dimension
 * Using the wiki pages linked above, provide information that you learn to help answer the guiding questions. Your page should contain multimedia and links to clarify your learning and share with others.
 * We will discuss your work at the beginning of the next class and contrast PBL with CBL (Challenge-based learning).

** Next Meeting: Thursday, June 17 - 4:00-7:00 PM New Topic: Sharing, PBL/CBL compare contrast****, review assignments/answer questions/provide support.**
 * Assignments for Thursday, June 17**
 * Finish investigating PBL resources and adding text, links and multimedia to your groups wiki page.
 * Visit the Challenge-based Learning web site. Explore the site and read the three papers linked on the right side of the site: Challenge-based Learning White Paper, the CBL Research Report from the New Media Consortium, and the ACOT2 Report. Apply the PBL questions to CBL. We will discuss the similarities and differences of PBL and CBL, focusing particularly on affordances and constraints for particular content areas, grade levels and this whole notion of networked learning. This online presentation - Challenge-based Learning presentation - may be helpful.
 * Continue to grow your PLN through RSS, blogs, Diigo, Twitter, YouTube, iTunes/iTunesU, and other resources shared during the course.
 * Continue to expand your PLN by commenting on other blog posts (outside of our classroom network).
 * Consider organizing your ideas for the Paper Slide Video Assignment and organizing your PLN portfolio.