Project Based Learning in the Elementary Years Facilitator: Steve Chase Presentation Online at: http://bit.ly/pblele
Project based learning in the elementary years
Nov 07, 2014
This is a presentation I shared with a group of Elementary Teachers to introduce them to Project Based Learning. We looked at their questions in light of some sample projects shown here and shared possible strategies to implement PBL into some school projects, and combine with some school initiatives.
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Project Based Learning
in the Elementary Years
Facilitator: Steve Chase
Presentation Online at: http://bit.ly/pblele
To learn something to enrich our practice,
and to find a way to make room for it.
Our Definition of 21st Century
Learning
We want our
learners to be...
We want our
learners to be able
to...
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BC’s Definition of 21st Century
Learning:
• Assessment
for Learning
• Social
Emotional
Learning
• 21st
Century
Learning
• Curiousity
• Connection
• Creation
Know Want to Know Learned
PBL Inquiry
Know Want to Know How Learned Action Questions
● I first saw this on the Langwitches blog here:
http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/07/21/upgrade-your-kwl-chart-to-the-21st-century/
● The original source is John Barell’s book “Why are School Busses Yellow”
http://www.morecuriousminds.com/bus.htm
PBL Inquiry+
What do we know about Project
Based Learning (PBL)?
What do we want to know about
PBL?
Question Formulating
Technique:
1. Prompt:
a. PBL has the potential to
enrich student learning
2. Rules:
a. Ask as many question as you
can
b. do not stop to discuss,
judge, or answer the
questions
c. write down every question
as it was stated
d. change statements into
questions
What do we want to know about
PBL?
Question Formulating
Technique:
3. Improve Questions:
a. Open vs Closed Q’s
4. Prioritize
a. Choose 4 Q’s you want to
explore
5. Next Steps
6. Reflect
Here’s another “Asking Questions Activity”
How: BIE Definition of PBL
http://pbl-
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How: Options for Project Exploration
1. Series of Short Summaries of
Projects and Authentic Roles
(book)
2. Detailed Summaries of Projects
(book)
3. From Worms to Wall Street -
Students and Teachers of various
Grades describe projects
4. Anatomy of a Project: Soil
Superheros Video -an
interdisciplinary 7th grade project
5. Kindergarten Project Presentation
6. Elementary Project: Courtyard
Redesign
7. Caine’s Arcade Style Project
Based Learning
8. Genius Hour: Student Directed
Passion Projects
Learned
? ?
? ?
Caine’s Arcade Style: Project Based
Learning
Original Caine’s Arcade Video
How: Planning Resources
Handout - BIE Project Overview
1. Backward Planning Resource by Angela Wilkins (TL at Van Bien)
2. Project Planning Document
3. Project Based Planning Sheets
To learn something to enrich our practice,
and to find a way to make room for it.
Know Want to Know How Learned Action Questions
Please feel free to connect:
@Chase_Steve
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