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. = = = =3. A DRIVING QUESTION!!! = =It could be = =4.  Student Voice and Choice = =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;">5. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">21st Century Skills - Does this include the following? = = = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> 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;">A video =
 * =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A lively discussion =
 * =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A guest speaker =
 * =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A piece of mock correspondence that sets up a scenario =
 * =<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;">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;">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;">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;">7. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Feedback and Revision = =<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">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? =
 * =<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. =

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