Welcome to the ISI

Icebreaker game event

PBLL principles

9:00

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10:15

Review reading assignment

Mini-project work: Examine preliminary reader-response results

Cultura as a resource for your project

Exploring tech for online collaboration

Aspects of online communication

Scaffolding interpersonal communication: group work, interviews

(note with direct links to some mentioned resources)

Implement Critical Friends Protocol for project designs

Assess work so far, identify remaining tasks, get/give feedback

Mini-PBLL project experience: entry event and contract; language input phase I

10:30

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11:30

Mini-project: language input -- tabulating and reporting statistics

Mini-project: create 2nd version of slideshow (Public Product)

Assessing student learning in interculturally-focused projects (plus worksheet handout)

Scaffolding presentational communication: task instructions, products

Project development: implement changes

Mini-project: Language input phase II; break early for lunch

Prepare to MEET AT THE TREE at 1pm

11:45

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12:30

Mini-project: Finalize Public Product

Prepare questions for Chinese recipient of Public Product

Identify the benchmarks in your project

Project development time

Project development time

Project development: Finalize project

Back to Moore Hall 155 for native speaker consultation

2:00

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3:00

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

The Product Square: a sharpening tool for your project

Work your own Product Square; discuss, revise

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

Scaffolding PBLL: Project Planning

Scaffolding interpretive communication: using authentic texts

Project development time

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

Project development time

Presentation time

Mini-project: Work on first product ("Good places to...")

3:15

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4:15

Mini-project: Skype call with product recipient in China, pose questions from group

The Critical Friends Protocol

Issues in peer mentoring

Critique of an existing project

Placing your project in the Project Repository

Presentation time (30 mins)

Mapping out the coming year: Earning your badge (30 mins)

The Project Design Assessment Rubric

Your reflective log (survey here)

Reading assignment: Setting the Standard for PBL pp 102-131

Complete Day 1 Survey

WELCOME RECEPTION (on the NFLRC Lanai)

4:15

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5:15

Group reflection on mini-project experience, process, use of tech, language, interculturality

Individual work on reflective log

Homework: one authentic text that will be used in your project (worksheet as PDF or MSWord)

The Project Repository

Individual work on reflective log

Your reflective log: What do I want feedback on? What questions are troubling me the most? What about my project am I the most happy about?

Institute evaluation