Exploring Careers with Project Based Learning

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“A teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic,

engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.”• Retrieved from: http://www.bie.org/about/what_pbl

• Video: http://www.edutopia.org/video/5-keys-rigorous-project-based-learning

Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements

Adapted from Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning: A Proven Approach to Rigorous Classroom Instruction, by John

Larmer, John Mergendoller, Suzie Boss (ASCD 2015). This post is also available as a downloadable

article.

Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning:

• Larmer, J. & Mergendoller, J. (2010). Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning. Giving Students meaningful Work, 68, 1: 34-37.

Is it Problem Based or Project Based?

Google Tools Teachers Should Try

and How to Use Them in Classrooms

Using Google Tools with Project Based Learning