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Empowering Student Voice through Problem Based Learning

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 41

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Mindi Mayberry
Teacher
High Plains School K-8
@MindiMayberry
My name in Mindi Mayberry and I just completed my 21st year teaching Kindergarten. I love teaching kiddos and family how to do school and develop a strong foundation for the excitement of learning and growing. We will be presenting on how we have used technology in a Kindergarten - 8th grade school with problem-based learning (PBL) experiences.
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Reese Lewon
Teacher
High Plains School K-8
@ReeseLewon
My name is Reese Lewon. I am a currently a Middle School Math teacher. This is my eighth year of teaching. I have been a teaching in South Dakota, Iowa, and Colorado. I have taught 3rd, 4th, 6th (Math, Social Studies, Reading), 7th, and 8th Grade Math.
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Lindy Jones
STEAM Coach
High Plains School K-8
@LindyJones
Lindy Jones is the STEAM Coach at High Plains School K-8 in Loveland, CO. She has taught in Loveland for 25 years. As STEAM Coach she works with grade level teams K-8 to design and plan Problem Based Learning units (PBLs) that integrate learning standards with real world problems. Her passion in education is to empower educators and students to learn and grow. Everyone have a voice that needs to be heard!

Session description

Learn how High Plains School K-8 STEAM uses Problem Based Learning units to engage students in solving real community problems. Learn our process and how students are change makers. From Kindergarteners advocating for safer routes to school to middle schoolers urging the community to take action on water conservation.

Purpose & objective

After visiting our booth on Problem Based Learning participants will walk away with the information they need to plan, teach and implement PBL in their classrooms. We will show how we start with content standards connected to a problem in our community, how we plan instruction that brings in field experiences, guest expert speakers and data collection to define the problem, how to use cooperative learning structures to iterate solution ideas, how to set up expert panel presentations, and how to bring solution ideas to action in the community. We will highlight how our Kindergarteners were able to connect learning Social Studies standards on personal safety and civics to solve the problem of unsafe route to school in our neighborhood. Kindergartners were invited to present to our City Council advocating for safer routes to school for walkers, riders and rollers. As a result our neighborhood will be receiving more crosswalks, school zone signs and more traffic studies the school district. In addition the Kindergartners raised $500 using our school Laser Cutting machine to design, create and sell Christmas ornaments. The city will be using the money for a grant on educating safe routes to school for students! We will also show how technology was imbedded in the instructional delivery, and student product.

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Outline

We are proposing to participate in the Poster Session. We will have visual board of our planning templates, a model we follow for instruction, and visuals and models of student work. On the monitor will share a variety of student presentation slides, photos and videos archiving presentations from all grades K-8. We will also post examples of topics and problems from all other grades K-8. Lastly we will have three presenters (Kindergarten Teacher, STEAM Coach,MS Math Teacher) on site for questions and answers.

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Supporting research

Spencer, J., Juliani, A.J., (2016) Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student, Dave Burgess Consulting , Inc.

Berger, R., Rugen, L., Woodfin, L., (2014) Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment 1st Edition, Jossey-Bass

Hattie, J., (2017) Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning, 1st Edition, Routledge

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Session specifications

Topic:
Instructional design & delivery
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
Subject area:
STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.
Knowledge Constructor
  • Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

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