About GLIDES

GLIDES is a district initiative that supports teachers and students through a project-based learning process. The purpose is to provide support to the teachers and students from the planning of the project to gathering the information needed to the building of a final project. Teachers are provided in-class coaching throughout the implementtion of the project in the use of of 21st century tools and stratgies in learning.

The three episodes showcase each phase of the GLIDES process: planning, gathering, and building. The teacher, Elyse Brunt, will explain the process in the three podcasts.

About the Episode (Planning):

In this episode, Elyse will describe the purpose of the research phase. During this phase the students will gather information about their content. This is the phase where the students learn about their curriculum standards and use digital literacy skills. The teacher’s role is to ensure that the learning expectations are being accomplished. Also, the teacher has to have a management process in place as the students are gathering content and media from many different resources.