efl blogs as platforms for pbi, assignment 13

8/10/2019 EFL Blogs as Platforms for PBI, Assignment 13

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PRESENTER: Olga Morozan

January 17, 2015


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PBIa systematic teaching methodthat engages students in learning knowledge

and skills through an extended inquiry process,

structured around complex, authenticquestions

and

carefully designed products and tasks.

This process can last for varying time periods

and can extend over multiple content areas.


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PBIrequires complex tasks, based on challengingquestions or problems, that:

involve students in design, problem-solving,

decision making, or investigative activities;give students the opportunity to workrelatively autonomously over extendedperiods of time; and

culminate in realistic products orpresentations.


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PBIs BENEFITS

Nicoleta: Since project-based learning represents a more

flexible approach to instruction, it allows teachers to tailorassignments and projects for students with a diverse variety

of interests, career aspirations, learning styles, abilities, and

personal backgrounds.

Dumitru Grusca: !t improves critical thinking, develops the

interest on the subject, and abilities of communications of

the students.

Emma: "he core issue of #$% is the rule of three &:

critical thinking, collaboration and communication


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PBIs BENEFITS Irina Pusheney: $#% allows students getting multi-faced

formative assessment in form of small checking throughout

the whole work, hints not answers from the part of the teacherthat will help them make decisions, take responsibilities and

self manage.

Rodica Aculov: 'ive our students the possibility to tasteand to chew some issues in order to find solutions ,good or

bad but they will get by experience , their experience but not

from the book that was written many years ago.

(xana &a)acu: $eing involved in this type of learning the

students develop lifelong skills necessary for their future

growth. !t is a method that imply connection between the

learners and the real world, it is based on practicing as well.


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http://www.iearn.org/


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http://www.iearn.org/


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From 2010- $+-to-"te,10 iEARN Learning Circles;Developed and implemented 59 online

projects


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All +roects &"!e .een +$.lis& iEARN web site, iEARN Moldovaweb site

(https://iearnmoldova.wordpress.com)
http://www.iearn.org/circles/2014session1/index.htmhttp://iearnmoldova.wordpress.com/%20bloghttp://iearnmoldova.wordpress.com/2014/05/http://iearnmoldova.wordpress.com/2014/05/http://iearnmoldova.wordpress.com/%20bloghttp://www.iearn.org/circles/2014session1/index.htm


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Global Youth ervice Day! "am#ai$n

200 young and active teenagers


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/i!e o$r To " Ne3 'ife

5"m+"ign,200 Access students collected!0 to"s and donated to

orp#anages $rom 10 regions


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//M"6ing 5&"nges t&ro$g& Soci"l T&e"ter ProectM"6ing 5&"nges t&ro$g& Soci"l T&e"ter Proect%

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Bene8ci"ries,)# %ccess studentsfom * orpahanges

+rhei, traseni and aloveni(,!## kids

from other orphanages,hildren/s ocial 0ehabilitation enters

and kindergartens

%ain $oal: to enhance stuents! c"#"c res$ons"%"l"t"es an $os"t"#e att"tue to&ars

the"r challeng"ng soc"ety, %y try"ng to '"n o$t"(al solut"ons 'or the (ost actual

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1 2ant To 3o To chool Too4 campaign

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+l(ost '() children l"#"ng "n or$hanages or soc"ally #ulnera%le 'a("l"es

rece"#e collecte school su$$l"es %y (*+ Access students an alu(n"

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/Is It rite or :ig&t; S+elling 5ontestto promote education and the English literacy

among Moldovan students.

( 9 Winners received "To Build a Fire story collection,ritten !y ac# $ondon, a gi%t %rom the &.'. Em!assy toMoldova

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-5# %ccess %lumi, ) %ccess former teachers, * &67teachers from other partner educational institutions;-!"# high-school students from " regions.


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18+3T+9&04 ampaign

1.Promote Animal Protection, posting announcements with Animal

Protection messages in their schools and towns/villages,

2. Organize campaign on eeding the homeless dogs rom your community,

!. "a#e a small research in the community on the most popular $og%s name

in "oldova, and people%s literacy on raising or educating a dog, etc.


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http://youdochangetheworld.wordpress.com/other-civic-engagement-projects/


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TAS< 2,

dentify comprising elements of ' selectedproects presented below:

) Target pro!lems the pro+ect addresses) -ro+ect goals %rom civic and EF$ teaching

perspectives) -ro+ect !eneciaries

) -ro+ect partners) -ro+ect nalities %rom civic and EF$

teaching perspectives) 'tudents/ English level

(!eginner, elementary, pre0intermediate,

intermediate, upper0intermediate, advanced.


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ro ec re$ara on

Drivin$ ,uestion "hec-list:

!s the *uestion open-ended and

has more than one answer+

!s the *uestion simple enough

for students to understand but

has complex answers+

o the students need to learn

the content and skills from set

education standards in order to

answer the *uestion+re the other classes answering

the same or a similar *uestion for

joint project work+

.inal Product Ideas:

/esign, market, and sell products to fundraise for

a cause or contribute to a community effort

/ #roduce a joint student newsletter, maga)ine, or

literary anthology

/ #roduce video documentaries to show in a global

film festival

/ &reate histories of local communities worldwide

and publish in a book

&reate a photo essay to share on a website,

calendar, etc./ #lan and conduct workshops 0conflict resolution,

recycling1 for younger students in the community

/ &reate a global art gallery

/ &onduct joint fundraising efforts or public

awareness campaigns to address a common issue

0pollution, hunger1.


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2014-201* iEA:N Proect Boo6


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lo."l Iss$es "s So$rces forProect To+ics

Cultural diversit"; Disasters;Education; Environment; %ood securit";

&lo'ali(ation;&overnance; )ealt#; )uman rig#ts; *eace 'uilding;

*overt" reduction; Re$ugees;

+ater and sanitation,


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What project topic(s) and finalities /outcomes would be more

appropriate to your students level and your teaching style?

!rina #ushney:

"he project topics suitable to my students2 age, level should deal with teaching,

university, educational technology.

! 3d like to work with projects like 4y 5niversity, 6our 5niversity, 7lectronic

5niversity 4aga)ine, or the ones that will suit my course curriculum 7ducational "echnology 8orkshops -

projects based on surveys as they are meant to make students and teachers in the

world aware of schools and education worldwide increasing mutual

understanding, cross-cultural awareness, to share school events, to develop

creative writing, communicative skills.


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Nicolet",

APro)ect to$"cs (ore a$$ro$r"ate to (y stuents:1* "lass %a$a0ine on one o' the 'ollo&"ng to$"cs: 'ash"on, technology, 'oo

an r"ns, etc*

1utcomes: they can &r"te a%out a to$"c rele#ant to the"r "nterests or careers*

Th"s act"#"ty, although #ery 'un an rela-e, "s #ery %ene'"c"al as "t re.u"resstuents to "scuss &"th the"r $artners "n Engl"sh an &r"te art"cles*

urvey #ro2ects are al&ays 'a#our"te, %ecause "t (eans the stuents can

lea#e the class to go out an '"n the"r ata* There are "n'"n"te to$"cs 'or sur#eys

an .uest"onna"res*

1utcomes: to $resent the"r "n'or(at"on, as gra$hs, $aragra$hs, $a($hlet or$oster us"ng /e% 2*0 tools

oth are a great &ay to $ut "nto $ract"ce s"lls that ha#e %een learnt ur"ng an

Engl"sh course*

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What challenge(s might come along indeveloping and implementing -ro+ectBased 1nstruction ith your students2

Nicolet",

Students who might be unwilling or unable to work

cooperatively with others to accomplish a goal !t takes

time" effort" and guidance to develop a system in whichall students can work together in mutually beneficial

ways#

$eachers content knowledge" students lack of

e%perience in &' and their preferences for

traditionalstructured approach that emphasi*e passive

learning" in addition the organi*ation and

administration of &' can be very timeconsuming


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