Project-based Learning Primer 12-06-10

Welcome!

Project-Based Learning

in the Digital Age

with Jane Krauss

Project-based learning and the right tools can fundamentally change the teaching and learning enterprise

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an Intel® Education Teachers Engage Webinar

Webinar Agenda

Get acquainted

Think about 21st century learning and PBL

Learn why PBL is grabbing hold

Recognize what projects are and aren’t

Choose technologies based on Essential Learning Functions

Get started – Differentiated experiences based on where you are

Engage – Questions now, interactions later

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Research project: Key Figures of the Renaissance

Why do we study the Renaissance?

www.flickr.com/photos/uberphot/2659481983

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Download fromhttp://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com/

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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

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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

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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/

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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:

www.classroom20.com/group/pblbetterwithpractice

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What do you think, wonder?

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Thank You

Jane Krauss

jkrauss@mahonia.us

http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com

Skype: jkrauss1989

Twitter: jkrauss