Creating and Creating and Incorporating Project Incorporating Project

Based Learning into Your Based Learning into Your TeachingTeaching

Learning Targets for TODAYLearning Targets for TODAY

Participants will Participants will – understand the definition of understand the definition of

and rational behind Project and rational behind Project Based Learning.Based Learning.

– be able to craft effective be able to craft effective performance tasks that performance tasks that promote 21st century skills.promote 21st century skills.

Why PBL?Why PBL?

Our Students are Changing!Our Students are Changing!– Engage Me videoEngage Me video

How do we motivate 21How do we motivate 21stst Century Century Learners?Learners?

DriveDrive by Daniel Pink by Daniel Pink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y&feature=relatedv=rrkrvAUbU9Y&feature=related

What is PBL? What is PBL?

Project Based Learning is an instructional Project Based Learning is an instructional approach built upon approach built upon authentic learning authentic learning activitiesactivities that engage student interest that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are and motivation. These activities are designed to designed to answer a question or answer a question or solve a problemsolve a problem and generally reflect and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the in the everyday world outside the classroom classroom

PBL OverviewPBL Overview

Secondary Example: Secondary Example: http://www.edutopia.org/project-learhttp://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-overview-videoning-overview-video

Elementary Example: Elementary Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjPoHJQjtcY v=vjPoHJQjtcY

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What about PBL appeals to you?What about PBL appeals to you? What are your concerns?What are your concerns?

Attributes of Effective PBLAttributes of Effective PBL Standards basedStandards based

– Demands that students delve deeply into Demands that students delve deeply into central knowledge and concepts of the central knowledge and concepts of the discipline discipline

Students apply new knowledge to a Students apply new knowledge to a realistic and complex problem realistic and complex problem (Authentic tasks)(Authentic tasks)

Requires collaborationRequires collaboration

Attributes of Effective PBLAttributes of Effective PBL Focuses on higher-level thinking and Focuses on higher-level thinking and

creative problem solving.creative problem solving. Tasks are open-ended and often Tasks are open-ended and often

generate multiple solutions or productsgenerate multiple solutions or products Allows students to gain knowledge Allows students to gain knowledge

from multiple sourcesfrom multiple sources Asks students to use self-management Asks students to use self-management

skills skills When possible, students present final When possible, students present final

projects to an authentic audienceprojects to an authentic audience

Benefits of PBLBenefits of PBL

Teaches students to apply their knowledgeTeaches students to apply their knowledge Integrates Curriculum areasIntegrates Curriculum areas Meets the needs of students with varying Meets the needs of students with varying

skill levels and learning stylesskill levels and learning styles Promotes a positive and collaborative Promotes a positive and collaborative

classroom environmentclassroom environment Motivates bored or indifferent studentsMotivates bored or indifferent students Helps students understand how what they Helps students understand how what they

are learning applies to life outside of are learning applies to life outside of schoolschool

Benefits of PBLBenefits of PBL

Students learnStudents learn– Course contentCourse content– Problem solving skillsProblem solving skills– Effective communicationEffective communication– Self-management skillsSelf-management skills– Collaboration skillsCollaboration skills– Technology skillsTechnology skills– Higher-level thinkingHigher-level thinking

What do students say about What do students say about PBL?PBL?

Buck Institute for Education VideoBuck Institute for Education Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZxYSe26O9I&feature=player_emv=uZxYSe26O9I&feature=player_embedded bedded

When do you use PBL?When do you use PBL?

Not appropriate for teaching certain Not appropriate for teaching certain basic skills such are reading or basic skills such are reading or computationcomputation– Provides environment to apply those Provides environment to apply those

basic skillsbasic skills ““Coverage” vs. “Uncoverage” Coverage” vs. “Uncoverage”

– What do you want to teach in depth?What do you want to teach in depth?

Crafting the ProblemCrafting the Problem1.1. Decide which standards you want to Decide which standards you want to

“uncover”“uncover”

2.2. Ask yourself how this content is used Ask yourself how this content is used by people in the real world or who by people in the real world or who would be interested in the information would be interested in the information being learnedbeing learned

3.3. Determine the scope of your projectDetermine the scope of your project

4.4. Create a task that incorporates these Create a task that incorporates these decisions decisions

5.5. Frame that task as a real-life scenario Frame that task as a real-life scenario or problemor problem

Project ScopeProject ScopeSmall ProjectSmall Project Ambitious ProjectAmbitious Project

DurationDuration 5-10 days5-10 days Most of the Most of the semestersemester

BreadthBreadth 1 topic1 topic

1 standard1 standardMultiple Multiple disciplinesdisciplines

Multiple Multiple standardsstandards

TechnologTechnologyy

LimitedLimited ExtensiveExtensive

PartnershiPartnershipp

1 teacher1 teacher Multiple teachers Multiple teachers and community and community membersmembers

AudienceAudience Classroom or Classroom or schoolschool

Expert PanalExpert Panal

Start SmallStart Small

Attributes of a Well-Crafted Attributes of a Well-Crafted TaskTask

Clearly connects to the standardsClearly connects to the standards Has a real-world applicationHas a real-world application Includes an authentic audience for Includes an authentic audience for

their worktheir work Requires higher-order thinking Requires higher-order thinking

(Bloom’s)(Bloom’s) Is multi-disciplinaryIs multi-disciplinary Is open-ended, allowing for multiple Is open-ended, allowing for multiple

outcomesoutcomes

Rigor and Relevance Framework

Application Model Decision Application Model Decision Tree Tree

ExamplesExamples

The Hydrology Project videoThe Hydrology Project video Examples in packetExamples in packet

– Kansai region of Japan Kansai region of Japan – Chemical Lab Technicians Chemical Lab Technicians – US ImmigrationUS Immigration– South America South America – UN ProposalUN Proposal

Other Examples Other Examples

http://wecanchange.com/communityhttp://wecanchange.com/community

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsndoors/gsndoors/

http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/

www.thinkfinity.orgwww.thinkfinity.org

Elementary ExamplesElementary Examples

Kindergarten Garden Project: Kindergarten Garden Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KMfwoL1mPY&feature=relatedKMfwoL1mPY&feature=related

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Where do you see PBL fitting in to Where do you see PBL fitting in to your curriculum?your curriculum?

The 4 D’s Problem Solving The 4 D’s Problem Solving MethodMethod

DefineDefine DesignDesign DoDo DebriefDebrief

See your packets for more See your packets for more information about the 4 Dsinformation about the 4 Ds

Other Things to ConsiderOther Things to Consider

Classroom ManagementClassroom Management– TimeTime– BehaviorBehavior– AccountabilityAccountability

AssessmentAssessment Accommodations/Modifications for Accommodations/Modifications for

struggling studentsstruggling students