Weaving

I'm having a hard time distinguishing between the stages. They seem to overlap. For my inquiry, I guess this is where I would decide 1)how to organize my information, 2)what I will use and what will be discarded, and 3)whether or not I am missing anything.

I am not a very organized note taker. I use a notebook and scribble down facts as I go through each resource when I really should have pages for each subtopic and record the information systematically. However, I do teach my students how to use index cards for their notes and to use topic headings. :-) They often rubberband cards of the same topic together or use topic envelopes. I should do that myself!

The How Can We Improve Crawfordsville PBL is a persuasive piece so students are shown an example. We break down the piece and discuss how the most powerful arguments should be made first, supporting details, and how to anticipate objections to the proposal and address them in the presentation. We also discuss the aspects of an effective PowerPoint.