Choose technologies based on Essential Learning Functions
Get started – Differentiated experiences based on where you are
Engage – Questions now, interactions later
3
Armchair tourist Contemplating the journey, browsing travel guides
Tenderfoot Venturing forth, maybe with a partner
Explorer Used to stepping out, eager for new frontiers
Scout Seasoned, can show others the way
Learning to teach through projects is a journey. What kind of traveler are you?
While you wait, please answer this question in the survey pod.
4
Generous Teachers Share and Support
Neil Stephenson’s class, Calgary Science School See Apple Learning Exchange, Neil’s Blog Thinking in Mind
New life breathed into project-based learningWhat’s changed?
5
Research supporting PBLBuck Institute for Education
Initiatives Common Core State StandardsState curriculum, i.e. WVISTE NETSAASL Information Literacy StandardsPartnership for 21st Century SkillsInitiatives by tech foundations, including Intel
What’s changed? cont.
6
Project-Based Learning
In project-based learning, students learn important subject matter by investigating open-ended questions and “making meaning” that they transmit in purposeful ways.
7
Students learn important subject matter
by investigating open-ended questions
that they transmit in purposeful ways.
and “making meaning”
In project-based learning
Look for voice and choice.
9
Activity-Based v. Project-Based Learning
Teacher-Directed Student-Driven
Give Answers Make Meaning
Useful to Know Enduring Understanding
School-World Real-World
Curricular Enhancement Curricular Focus
Continuum of Practice
Fun Captivating
Thematic
10
Research project: Key Figures of the Renaissance
Why do we study the Renaissance?
www.flickr.com/photos/uberphot/2659481983
11
Research project: Key Figures of the Renaissance
Study a major figure of the Renaissance period.
Create a digital slideshow that informs others about this person’s most significant accomplishments.
Demonstrate clear organization and cite all sources of information and images.
12
With 1-2 partners, study several notable individuals in a shared field (art, science, medicine, architecture, philosophy, music, literature) who lived during the Renaissance period.Develop a defensible set of criteria for an award in this field, and identify the individual most deserving. Design a badge that signifies the meaning of the award and be ready to present it during a public event.
Reconsidered project: Mingling at the Renaissance Ball
Modified from Kim DiBiase - NBCT, Apple Learning Exchange
13
With 1-2 partners, study several notable individuals in a shared field (art, science, medicine, architecture, philosophy, music, literature) during the Renaissance period. Develop a defensible set of criteria for an award in this field, and identify the individual most deserving. Design a badge that signifies the meaning of the award and be ready to present it during a public event.
CollaborationInterest, Big ideas
Research, Experts
Creativity
Argument,Negotiation
Synthesis
Presentation
Judgment
Reconsidered project: Mingling at the Renaissance Ball
15
How to Teach This Way?
Support–Key conditions met, honored
Instructional design –“Backward” design
–Shaped by input
Preparation –Materials
–Expectations
Fearlessness
Fraternité
Forgiveness
Fidelity & Fortitude
Necessary tools –Social tools
–Supported use
16
How to Teach This Way?Address Key Conditions
School improvement aims
Opportunities for professional learning
Flexible structures
Shared vision
Access to appropriate technologies
Essential Learning Functions
17
Download fromhttp://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com/
18
Where to Go Next
Armchair Traveler? Keep Reading, looking
Reinventing PBL
Authors Jane Krauss, Suzie Boss
ISTE Publications, 2007
Blog:
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
Flickr:
www.flickr.com/groups/reinventingpbl
Buck Institute for Education
Edutopia
Understanding by Design
19
Where to Go Next
Tenderfoot? Join others in a project.Pennies for Peace, international service-learning project with K-12 curricula to get you started: www.penniesforpeace.orgEdutopia webinar with author Greg Mortenson to get you inspired: www.edutopia.org/greg-mortenson-webinar-archive
Other projects to join:iEARN: www.iearn.orgFlat Classroom Project: www.flatclassroomproject.org
20
Where to Go Next
Explorer? Expand beyond your classroom.
Find collaborative partners at:
Classroom 2.0: www.classroom20.org
Edutopia groups: www.edutopia.org
ePals: www.epals.org
Global Education Collaborative: http://globaleducation.ning.com/
21
Where to Go Next
Scout? Build buzz and go to scale.
Buzz-builders: Twitter, blogs, Facebook
Invite others to join you
Share your wisdom with others in PBL~Better with Practice group:
