Bringing THE Bringing THE REAL WORLD into REAL WORLD into our classrooms! our classrooms! PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS!!!! PROBLEMS!!!!
Jan 17, 2018
Bringing THE Bringing THE REAL WORLD REAL WORLD
into our into our classrooms!classrooms!
PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS!!!!PROBLEMS!!!!
What is PBL?What is PBL?
• http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction-video
• Moving from : Listen to different sounds. Make a graph. Identify features of common sounds that are disturbing to the ear.
• To: Identify five sound pollutions in the community. Form task forces to study the problems and recommend solutions.
Driving QuestionsDriving Questions
• The "Project Based Learning Handbook" has some great tips for developing driving questions with the guidelines below:
• Driving Questions are Provocative • Driving Questions are Open Ended • Driving Questions go to the heart of a discipline or topic • Driving Questions are challenging • Driving Questions can arise from real world dilemmas that
students find interesting • Driving Questions are consistent with standards
(Objectives)
• http://www.pbl-online.org/driving_question/dqexplore/dqexplore1.html
PBL’s Include the following Essential Components:PBL’s Include the following Essential Components:
• 1. A "driving question" that is anchored in a real-world problem and ideally uses multiple content areas
• 2. Opportunities for students to make active investigations that enable them to learn concepts, apply information, and represent their knowledge in a variety of ways
• 3. Collaboration among students, teachers, and others in the community so that knowledge can be shared and distributed between the members of the "learning community"
• 4. The use of cognitive tools in learning environments that support students in the representation of their ideas: cognitive tools such as computer-based laboratories, hypermedia, graphing applications, and telecommunications (Blumenfeld et al., 1991).
• http://abpc.wikispaces.com/file/view/guidelinesPBL.doc
Possible ProductsPossible Products• Write a proposal Invent a device• Develop a plan Debate an issue• Design a website Produce a play• Publish a magazine Build a model• Create art• Recommend a solution• Conduct a Campaign• Create a multimedia presentation
Entry Event – engages students and Entry Event – engages students and gives reason for inquiregives reason for inquire
• Field trip• Guest speaker• Video/Website• Lively discussion• Puzzling problem• Simulation or activity• Song, poem, art, etc….
How do I evaluate my PBL?How do I evaluate my PBL?* Assessment helps teachers develop more complex
relationships with their students...
* Assessment helps students answer the questions "Am I getting it?" and "How am I doing?"...
* Assessment can help make content connections clear...* Assessment engages students directly in the evaluation of
their own work...* Assessment helps teachers plan their next steps...* Assessment helps students plan their projects...
RubricsThe most common assessment and evaluation tools used for collaborative learning are web-based rubrics.
• Generic Rubrics can be found at the following site:
http://www.bie.org/files/BIE_PBLrubrics.pdf
PBL ExamplesPBL Exampleshttp://www.bie.org/index.php/site/PBL/resources/Project_Examples
http://college.cengage.com/education/pbl/project/project.html
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pbl.html
http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/pbl.html
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index_sci.html
http://www.wested.org/pblnet/other_gp.html
http://www.envisionprojects.org/cs/envision/print/docs/743http://www.techlearning.com/article/1640
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/projects/projects.html#other-currentWant more info? See power point: http://www.slideshare.net/internationaled/p-b-l-for-the21st-century
AlternativesAlternatives• RAFT-ROLE, FORMAT AUDIENCE
TOPIC• http://www.readingquest.org/strat/raf
t.html• Easy
RAFTS-http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/Writing_Across_Curriculum_RAFTS_Math.htm