Project+Based+Learning

Project Based Learning
=Here is a quick review of the 8 Essentials for Project-Based Learning = =1.  Significant Content - = =What important knowledge and concept, derived from the standards, do I want my students to know? = =What is essential for my students to understand this content? = =Is this specific content going to have significance to my students in terms of their own lives and interests? = = = =2. A Need to Know...... = =What entry event do you plan that will activate the students' need to know more? It can be almost anything. = =A video = =A lively discussion = =A guest speaker = =A piece of mock correspondence that sets up a scenario = = = =3. A DRIVING QUESTION!!! = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Pro-active = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Open-ended = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Complex = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Linked to the core of what you want students to learn. = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">It could be = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Abstract (When is war justified?) = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Concrete (Is our water safe to drink?) = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Focused on solving a problem (How can we improve this website so that more people will use it?) = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.22222328186035px;"> Student Voice and Choice = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is KEY!! In terms of making a project feel meaningful to students, the more voice and choice, the better. Allow students to = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Select what topic to study within a general Driving Question = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Choose how to design, create, and present products = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How they will structure their time = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.22222328186035px;">21st Century Skills - Does this include the following? = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Collaboration = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Communication = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Critical thinking = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use of technology = = = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.22222328186035px;"> Inquiry and Innovation = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students find project work to be more meaningful if they are asked to conduct real inquiry. In PBL that means students follow a trail that begins with their own questions, leads to a search for resources and the discovery of answers, and which ultimately leads to generating new questions, testing ideas, and drawing their own conclusion. =

=<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">7. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.22222328186035px;"> Feedback and Revision = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How will you provide feedback DURING the process? This type of feedback makes the learning meaningful because it emphasized that creating high-quality products and performances is an important purpose of the endeavor. = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">You don’t have to be the only reader…. find adult mentors to provide feedback. Reach out into the community. = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22.22222328186035px;">Publicly Presented Product = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">When students present their work to a real audience, they care more about its quality! Who is the appropriate audience for the PBL project? =