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RADIO SHOW AS PBL

Berwick Lodge Student Hour – Project Based Learning

By Lois Smethurst

TIMELINEPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

A timeline that is short or long, ranging from a few days to several weeks, so students learn how to benchmark and manage projects of different sizes.

• Students perform their show over a number of weeks but most of the work is done well before the show.

• Script writing can be done as a whole class activity in the English Writing time.

• It can be completed in a compacted time period for example over a 3 week time period, one week for each section.

• Allow some time for creating play-lists and music riffs.

• Each group can polish and practice their radio show the week of their performance.

HOOKPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

An engaging launch to hook students into taking on the project.

The “Hook” for this project is that the students perform live for 1 hour on a Community Radio Station. Potentially they could have a world wide audience on 97.7FM Casey Radio.They also get to:• Create Multi-media to include in their show

(riffs)• Interview special guests who have an

interesting story to tell• Choose their favourite music to share with

the audience

ACADEMIC RIGORPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

Academic rigor and alignment with standards allowing students to master content knowledge and skills, and to demonstrate or apply that knowledge.

The Project addresses outcomes in multiple Domains of the DEECD Curriculum. The Speaking and Listening dimension of the English Domain and Working in Teams in the Interpersonal Domain are strongly represented. Other Domains that you could include are ICT, Personal Learning and the Arts.

You could also include a Domain that might be addressed in the content of the show such as History.

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VELS - Outcomes

INQUIRYPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

An inquiry into a student-friendly, provocative essential question that drives the learning. This question often drives the unit or is one of the larger questions in the discipline. For example, “Who am I?”

“What Do I Want the World to Know?”

This is your chance to tell a potentially world wide audience what you think is important. What message do you want get across?

It can be about you and your future, about your school, about your community or environment.

(Brainstorm ideas with your class and form some teams with 3 or 4 other students according to your interests)

STANDARDSPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

A demonstration of key knowledge and skills in which students show evidence through the product that they have mastered the standards outlined in the course map (state standards).

Evidence:

• The collaborative script on Google Docs demonstrating an understanding of audience and knowledge of their content area.

• Pre-recorded interviews

• A music play list of suitable songs

• Some multimedia Riffs to add interest

• The Radio Show Performance

APPLIED LEARNINGPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

Applied learning so that students think and do something new with their knowledge or skills.

AUDIENCEPBL GUIDELINE

RADIO SHOW

An authentic audience that ensures the students take the project, learning, and results seriously and present it professionally (e.g. the class, students from another class, staff, parents, or professionals).

The students have an authentic audience as their show is broadcast live each week from our in-house radio station.

• The audience of listeners of 97.7Fm Casey Radio

• The podcast audience from our blogs and digital radio station

PRODUCTPRESENTATION

PBL GUIDELINE RADIO SHOW

High-quality products or performance at the end that show the results of inquiry into a question through applied knowledge and skills (presentation, artistic representation, written and performed speeches, poster or video documentation of: simulation, Socratic, debate, defense). A non-traditional product might be an added layer to a traditional product such as an essay or test e.g., students might debate after writing a research paper.

1 hour radio show

Podcast of suitable material for internet

Student choice and creativity


Student choice and creativity that empowers and inspires the students to own their own learning and engage deeply in the project.Tackle relevant issues and importance beyond the classroom.

Get your message across• Choose topics that you

want to share with the world.

• Celebrate your “Claim to Fame”

• Help the community relate to what you are doing in School

• Explore an issue or event in the Community

Exemplary models by other students


Exemplary models by other students, teachers, or professionals, to set criteria for high-quality work and set strategies to attain them.

Past shows are available for students to listen to. Interviews and some exemplary shows are archived for future use.

Incorporates hands-on work


Incorporates hands-on work, such as: art, technology, or processes- related to the discipline.

Creating Music RiffsCreating Play-listsOperating the Panel for live radio showPre-recording interviewsCreating pod-casts with extracts from the Radio Show

Lasting learning PBL GUIDELINE RADIO SHOW

Lasting learning of a deeper learning skill, idea, or way of thinking that is relevant to students’ lives, their futures, and transforms who they are as human beings.

Mirrors real-world work of

professionals in craft, PBL GUIDELINE RADIO SHOW

Mirrors real-world work of professionals in craft, process, or skill (e.g. historians, writers, mathematicians, artists).Moves beyond classroom in purpose, audience, or contribution to community.

Students are presenting a real show as Radio presenters. They are making the choices that engages their audience.Students are supporting them with technical assistance to run the panel for the show and make the recording.

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