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Project-Based Learning & Identity Texts: Uniting Communities through Stories - E123 The EduGals Podcast
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This week, we are getting an update on Katie's project with Living Hyphen. She will be sharing updates on her dual language book project-based learning. The book has printed and officially launched!
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**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/123**
Identity Texts & Project-Based Learning - E119Living Hyphen websiteESL classes with a project-based learning lens (creating a book about immigration and settlement challenges)Dual language writing piecesTeams: events, graphic design, publicity, presentation, podcasting, sales, production managersOakville News ArticleLots of due dates, quick turnaround time (less than 1 month!)Book launch - reached out to classes, board members, local mediaPresentation - process of creating the book, sharing some entriesTools used - Canva (needs auto-generating page numbers!), used anonymized accounts to protect student privacyBig wins: courage to share their journey (some were not happy)Roadblocks: low proficiency ELLs and/or new arrivals (how to get them involved to help build language)Going Forward: Give yourself more time, let the students take ownership (give up control), make the role expectations explicit, connect with feeder schoolsFind those opportunities for elementary and secondary schools to overlap to build relationshipsIf you are in the Oakville, ON area and are interested in getting a copy of the book, reach out to us!Support the show
Connect with EduGals:
Twitter @EduGals Rachel @dr_r_johnson Katie @KatieAttwell EduGals Website Support the show
This week, we are getting an update on Katie's project with Living Hyphen. She will be sharing updates on her dual language book project-based learning. The book has printed and officially launched!
If you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share this episode with a colleague or friend. And make sure you subscribe so that you don’t miss out on any new content! And consider supporting the show by buying us a coffee or two!
We would love to hear from you – leave a comment on our website OR check out our FLIPGRID!
Featured Content
**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/123**
Identity Texts & Project-Based Learning - E119Living Hyphen websiteESL classes with a project-based learning lens (creating a book about immigration and settlement challenges)Dual language writing piecesTeams: events, graphic design, publicity, presentation, podcasting, sales, production managersOakville News ArticleLots of due dates, quick turnaround time (less than 1 month!)Book launch - reached out to classes, board members, local mediaPresentation - process of creating the book, sharing some entriesTools used - Canva (needs auto-generating page numbers!), used anonymized accounts to protect student privacyBig wins: courage to share their journey (some were not happy)Roadblocks: low proficiency ELLs and/or new arrivals (how to get them involved to help build language)Going Forward: Give yourself more time, let the students take ownership (give up control), make the role expectations explicit, connect with feeder schoolsFind those opportunities for elementary and secondary schools to overlap to build relationshipsIf you are in the Oakville, ON area and are interested in getting a copy of the book, reach out to us!Support the show
Connect with EduGals:
Twitter @EduGals Rachel @dr_r_johnson Katie @KatieAttwell EduGals Website Support the show
23 min