Project+Based+Learning

. The Role of PBL in Making the Shift to Common Core [] http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/26/can-project-based-learning-close-gaps-in-science-education/ http://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/publications/pbis-efficacy-study-y1-outcomes-report-2014_0.pdf

Common Core pushes a shift to cross-curricular activities, cross-curricular themes, and project based learning. http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/teaching_learning/5_things_you_should_know_about_common_core_standards

http://bie.org/about/why_pbl

Video of examples of PBL in action: Scigirls1 .... Scigirls2 ....(PBS kids has used PBL as the format of these Scigirls episodes.) Scigirls7

Four Questions to Answer at the Beginning of Project Work . High Quality PBL

8 Essential Elements of Project Based Learning When teachers move toward personalized PBL, their role continues to shift, just as it does when teachers move traditional instruction to "course-based" PBL. While still involved in the design process, they also serve as advisors. Teachers frequently use question techniques to help students focus and crystalize their projects and project plans. They coach students in creating effective driving questions and student products. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/personalized-pbl-student-designed-learning-andrew-miller?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-personalized-pbl-student-designed-learning-link

[] http://bie.org/object/document/driving_question_tubric

Especially when it's infused with technology, project-based learning may look and feel like a 21st-century idea, but it's built on a venerable foundation. Confucius and Aristotle were early proponents of learning by doing. Socrates modeled how to learn through questioning, inquiry, and critical thinking -- all strategies that remain very relevant in today's PBL classrooms. Fast-forward to John Dewey, 20th-century American educational theorist and philosopher, and we hear a ringing endorsement for learning that's grounded in experience and driven by student interest. Dewey challenged the traditional view of the student as a passive recipient of knowledge (and the teacher as the transmitter of a static body of facts). He argued instead for active experiences that prepare students for ongoing learning about a dynamic world. As Dewey pointed out, "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." Maria Montessori launched an international movement during the 20th century with her approach to early-childhood learning. She showed through example that education happens "not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment." The Italian physician and child-development expert pioneered learning environments that foster capable, adaptive citizens and problem solvers. Jean Piaget, the Swiss developmental psychologist, helped us understand how we make meaning from our experiences at different ages. His insights laid the foundation for the constructivist approach to education in which students build on what they know by asking questions, investigating, interacting with others, and reflecting on these experiences. http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-history

The Design Process

[|PBL Inquiry Process]

[|Grit Happens in PBL]

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/moving-towards-inquiry-how-to-reinvent-project-based-learning/

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/rethinking-grading-in-a-21st-century-project-based-learning-environment/

http://biepbl.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-work-is-story-telling-story-behind.html

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-guide

http://pblcamp.pbworks.com/w/page/27854503/Driving%20Questions

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=STW-guide-pbl-planning-repost

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/science/materials/index.php

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/apr93/vol50/num07/Problem-Based_Learning@_As_Authentic_As_It_Gets.aspx

Join a group talking about PBL. http://www.edutopia.org/groups/project-learning/9390

Rubrics

Simple example format for a PBL lesson to get started with and successively modify to something like a format from BIE.org. (If a rubric is too specific, students will turn a project into a worksheet.) https://mrsknighthis.wikispaces.com/file/view/STEMScopes.Density+PBL.pdf Other formats and supports for PBL http://www.bie.org/tools/freebies/cat/planning_forms

Global Sun Project

Seems this could be a three year plan to become a school supporting the CCSS with PBL. http://images.bie.org/uploads/useful_stuff/BIE_PBL_School_Rubric_FINAL.pdf

Problem Based Learning

Learning is a messy process -- and authentic, project-based learning immerses us in unique parts of this mess. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/embracing-messy-learning-joshua-block?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-embrace-messy-learning-block-image-repost

PBL Books: http://www.bie.org/store/item/pbl_elementary http://www.prufrock.com/Project-Based-Learning-for-Gifted-Students-A-Handbook-for-the-21st-Century-Classroom-P1245.aspx

Open in IE to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzATztkauGM&list=TLoM6TUQi34OF6IsU5pdvj3O8UmcLfMQ75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaY

Problem Based Learning

PBL Essential Elements ChecklistWhatever form a project takes, it must have these Essential Elements to meet BIE’s deﬁnition of PBL.

Does the Project. . .?

FOCUS ON SIGNIFICANT CONTENT At its core, the project is focused on teaching students important knowledge and skills, derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic subjects.

DEVELOP 21st CENTURY COMPETENCIES Students build competencies valuable for today’s world, such as critical thinking/problem solving, collaboration, and communication, and creativity/innovation, which are taught and assessed.

ENGAGE STUDENTS IN IN-DEPTH INQUIRY Students are engaged in a rigorous, extended process of asking questions, using resources, and developing answers.

ORGANIZE TASKS AROUND A DRIVING QUESTION Project work is focused by an open-ended question that students understand and ﬁnd intriguing, which captures their task or frames their exploration.

ESTABLISH A NEED TO KNOW Students see the need to gain knowledge, understand concepts, and apply skills in order to answer the Driving Question and create project products, beginning with an Entry Event that generates interest and curiosity.

ENCOURAGE VOICE AND CHOICE Students are allowed to make some choices about the products to be created, how they work, and how they use their time, guided by the teacher and depending on age level and PBL experience.

INCORPORATE CRITIQUE AND REVISION e project includes processes for students to give and receive feedback on the quality of their work, leading them to make revisions or conduct further inquiry.

INCLUDE A PUBLIC AUDIENCE Students present their work to other people, beyond their classmates and teacher.

Tinkering Based Learning

PBL World - get projects from others. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115792565000952577876 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/a-world-of-project-ideas-to-steal-suzie-boss?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-a-world-of-project-ideas-to-steal-link

http://www.edutopia.org/video/five-keys-rigorous-project-based-learning

Gold Standard PBL http://bie.org/object/google_hangouts_archived/pbl_world_gold_standard_project_based_learning

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/technology-pbl-driven-integrated-study-aaron-kaio?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-tech-pbl-driven-integrated-study-link

What is STEM? http://www.currtechintegrations.com/pdf/STEMEducationArticle.pdf