CARLA X037 - c7.29: Getting Started With Project-Based Language Learning (1-week in-person institute)
Description
- Institute Type: 1-week in-person
- Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus
- Target Audience: Teachers of all languages at all levels who are interested in project-based language learning.
Project-based language learning (PBLL) connects the language classroom to the world beyond through learners’ focus on challenging problems or questions as an organizing principle for learning. In the first part of this institute, participants will examine established principles and standards for high-quality project-based learning (HQPBL) as well as issues and concerns specific to PBLL, such as how to apply the concept of “sustained inquiry” at the Novice level. Participants will engage in guided project idea generation and peer critique, exploring how better to connect with community partners and a public audience.
In the second part of the institute, the participants will choose one of their favorite project ideas and flesh it out by aligning to standards, establishing learning outcomes and corresponding assessments, developing one or more assessment rubrics, and designing scaffolding for language, content, interactions, process, product, and use of technology.
Instructors
Rachel Mamiya Hernandez serves as specialist faculty at the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. She holds an MA in Second Language Studies with a concentration in Language Teaching, and a PhD in Learning Design and Technology both from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Her work has focused on language acquisition and teaching, project-based language learning, online intercultural exchanges, social justice, and instructional design.
Lauren Scheller is the Dean of Instruction at Brooklyn Ascend Charter School in New York where she develops and coaches teachers to further their capacity to engage learners and increase achievement. Lauren holds an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College at Columbia University. She has experience implementing performance based assessments and student portfolios as a middle and high school language educator, and has presented nationally on high quality project-based learning (PBL) and World Language instruction.
Sponsorship Statement: This summer institute is generously co-sponsored and co-staffed by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at? Manoa.
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