How are the Implementation Projects Assessed?

Your implementation project might not look like a traditional paper. Just like this blog, you may decide to publish your rationale, explanation of your project (along with a lesson plan which includes your objectives, standards, resources, and assessment techniques), and reflection on how you will know whether or not your project is successful in different sections. However, all the elements of the traditional PAWLP Implementation Project will be represented in your final project. Whether you decide to present your project in a more traditional paper format or showcase your research in the online space that you create is up to you. Whatever you decide, this is the rubric that will be used to give you feedback on your final project:

Lesson Plan

Include a lesson plan (not a full blown unit!) for one way that you plan to use this space. Include your lesson objectives, standards addressed, links to resources, and assessment techniques for this lesson.

Your Implementation Project

Create an online space of your choice (blog, wiki, Ning, VoiceThread, etc.) where students can authentically engage with the class content. This could take a variety of forms, but as part of this project, you will need to demonstrate reflection on your current student population and how online tools can be used to engage your students in authentic learning. Additionally, course participants will outline a sample lesson in which this online space will be utilized. The lesson outline should include objectives, standards, resources, and assessment techniques to be used. These online spaces will be shared as part of our final class on Friday, though they may not yet be fully completed. The final implementation project, due one week following the last day of the course (August 9), will be a combination of curriculum planning and writing and reflective writing on pedagogical connections to our course study.