Development+Guide+Team+member+A


 * //__ Krystle Flerchinger: Team Member A __//**


 * __ Instructional materials __**


 * Describe in 250-500 words an overview description of at least two instructional materials that you are going to create or use. Include in the description a justification of why the instructional resource was chosen and if it will be used as part of a group presentation or be self-paced. **

The instructional materials chosen or created can make or break any type of instructional design. The most important aspect to remember when choosing or creating materials is “to stay focused on solving the performance problem” (Morrison, 2011). The main goal of our PBL and assessment module is to enable teachers to develop a PBL unit plan using appropriate assessment. The problem is that many teachers are hesitant in incorporating PBL assessment in their unit planning because they are so tied to fulfilling national or state standards as per state standardized tests and feel like PBL is not the most effective method to teach standards. Further, many teachers lack training in PBL to implement effective assessment.

One of the materials we have chosen in order to enable teachers to embrace PBL and assessment is a Prezi presentation (similar to a PowerPoint) created to take teachers through the process. In order for teachers to understand and appreciate the need for PBL and assessment in their classroom, they need to go through the steps. As a group, the learners will listen to the facilitator go through the Prezi presentation, to learn about the process it takes to create a useful PBL assessment. It is important for teachers to understand how PBL assessments can be beneficial and improve student learning.

Another instructional material we have chosen to create is a Think/Pair/Share chart that our learners will work through with each other following the Prezi presentation. Guiding the learners through a series of questions, they will write down their own thoughts, a partner’s thoughts, and discuss with each other what they want to share with the class. In this way, our learners can share ideas with each other about possible PBL activities and how they might relate to their content standards. Many teachers are hesitant to use PBL assessments because they are unsure how they can relate to the content standards and how to make them a good use of time. By working together and having a discussion with other teachers, working ideas off one another, they will gain confidence in how to create beneficial PBL assessments.

Our final material that we will provide our learners is a list of resources. As one of our concerns is that teachers will forget about what they learn and become hesitant to use PBL assessments later in the classroom, we want to provide them with several resources, ideas, and helpful references they can use in the future. By gathering the information that is relevant in creating PBL assessments and rubrics and putting it all in one place for our learners, they will not have to spend as much time researching, and can really work on the potentially amazing projects for their students!

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