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1 Project-Based Learning Staff Development Day Sara Armstrong Jane Krauss & a phalanx of facilitators San Francisco Archdiocese Friday, February 4, 2011
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A starter presentation on PBL
Transcript of PBL SFO
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Project-Based Learning Staff Development Day
Sara ArmstrongJane Krauss
& a phalanx of facilitators
San Francisco ArchdioceseFriday, February 4, 2011
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Jane Krauss
About Your Guides
Sara Armstrong
Colleagues, PBL Advocates
Where We’re Going Today
MORNING
Orient ourselves to work ahead
Ask and answer: Why projects?
Qualities of good projects
Elements of project design
---Break
Breakouts, project planning
AFTERNOON
---Lunch
Breakouts, project planning
---Break
Share work
Resources Round Up
Closing
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A Story
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Who’s Your PLN?
Life Is a Project
Capabilities of Project-Doing
When It Comes to PBL…
Armchair traveler: curious from afar?
Tenderfoot: setting out on first journey?
Explorer: finding your way?
Scout: can guide and teach others?
Are you an…
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Let’s Define PBL…
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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Let’s Define PBL…
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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Let’s Define PBL…
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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Let’s Define PBL…
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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Let’s Define PBL…
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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Let’s Define PBL…
In project-based learning,
students learn important subject matter
by investigating open-ended questions
and “making meaning”
that they transmit in purposeful ways.
Projects allow students a degree of choice,
setting the stage for active engagement and teamwork.
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What Might This Look Like?
Newsome Park ElementaryNewport News VA
• Read, write, do math with apples
• Visit an orchard• Make apple sauce• Conduct a taste test• Paint and draw apples• Put on a Johnny
Appleseed play
PBLWhy these apples?
Activity based v. PBL
“Why are these the apples sold in our store?”
Consumer preference, geography, agriculture, economics
“How did they get from the tree to here?”
labor, distribution systems, home gardens
“Did grandma eat these apples at my age?”
change over time, narratives
Thematic Unit
Activity-Based Learning Project-Based Learning
Teacher-Directed Student-Driven
Give Answers Make Meaning
Useful to Know Enduring Understanding
School-World Real-World
Curricular Enhancement
Activity-Based v. Project-Based Learning
Continuum of Practice
Fun Captivating
(or not)
Thematic
Curricular Focus
How to Teach This Way?
Key Components
Support–Important conditions met, honored
Instructional design –“Backward” design
–Mapped to objectives
–Shaped by input
Preparation –Materials
–Expectations
How to Teach This Way?
Several Important Conditions
School improvement aims
Opportunities for professional learning
Flexible structures
Shared vision
Access to appropriate technologies
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How to Teach This Way?
Key Components
Fearlessness
Fraternité
Forgiveness
Fidelity
Fortitude
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What do you think, wonder?
The Package
Entry event
Project sketch
Driving question
+ Great project title
Fabulousness
Why Have a Driving Question?
FOR STUDENTS FOR TEACHERS
Guides project work
Creates interest and/or the feeling of challenge
Reminds them “Why we’re doing this today”
Aids discussion of the project
Guides planning
Reframes content standards or big ideas
Captures & communicates the
purpose of the project
Initiates and focuses inquiry
Questions as Catalyst
Qualities of good driving questions
Something you want to know, and keeps you interestedNo simple “yes” or “no” answerGoogle-proof, causes you to construct new meaningRequires investigation to answerLeads to more questions
From Good Qs to Better Ones
Can you discriminate?
1. Where do earthquakes happen?2. Are we at risk from earthquakes here?
1. Can every citizen get where they need to go?2. What transit services serve our community?
1. Why do we need others?2. What do community helpers do?
Content KnowledgeFormative
Summative
Self & Peer Evaluation:Reflection and discussion
Skills
Assessment ~ What & How?
What?
Dispositions, 21st c. Skills
How?
Assessment Timeline
What’s Next?
BREAK! 10:35 – 11:00
BREAKOUTS! 11:00 – 12:00
Sara (510) 326-8324Jane (541) 221-3219
About You
When it comes to PBL, you are:
Armchair traveler: curious from afar
Tenderfoot: setting out on first journey
Explorer: finding your way
Scout: can guide and teach others
Armchair Traveler? Keep reading, looking
Reinventing PBL
Authors Jane Krauss, Suzie Boss
Blog:
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
Flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/reinventingpbl
Buck Institute for Education
Edutopia
Understanding by Design
Where to go next
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Tenderfoot? Join others in a project.
Pennies for Peace, international service-learning project with curriculaWebinar @ Edutopia
Other projects to join:iEARN
Where to go next
Cornell Labs Citizen Science (Birds)
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Tenderfoot? Join others in a project.
Where to go next
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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/ Global SchoolNet [web address]
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Scout? Build buzz and go to scale.
• Buzz-builders: Twitter, blogs, Facebook
• Invite others to join: Edutopia groups
• Share your wisdom with others in PBL~Better with Practice group:
www.classroom20.com/group/pblbetterwithpractice
Where to go next
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How Did It Go?
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Thank You
Jane Krauss
Skype: jkrauss1989
Twitter: @jkrauss
Blog:http://
reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
Sara Armstrong Ph.D
Skype: mizbear
Web: sgaconsulting.org
