There’s No Cook book For P.B.L.

Chris Fancher (@cfanch)

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What Would It Look Like ?

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INGREDIENTS• Start With Up-Front Planning

• Add Standards to Taste

• Mix in a Pinch of Imagination

• (Optional Add-in) Friends/Colleagues

• Fold in Experience

• You May Want to Add More Planning

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“Start With The End In Mind”

The Buck Institute For Education

Manor ISD’s Think Forward Institute

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So, Let’s Create a ProjectPick a Topic (and 3 or 4 standards)

Select a scenario (we’ll brainstorm with you)

Create the DRIVING QUESTION {How does a ________ do _________ by _______ (We’ll make this when the time comes)}

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We’re Still Planning

Pick a Time Frame (1?2?3?more? weeks)

Want to work with another content?

Create a Rubric(s)

Here’s the Frame work ----------

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Framework For SuccessThe Hook (Video/Letter/Document/etc)

Grouping (3 or 4 per group works best)

Group Contracts

What Do they know? What must they learn?

Monitor/Listen/Intervene/(repeat)

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Got It? Then Do It!

Start simple/small

Think short time period (5 to 10 days)

Choose a topic you know cold

Wait for them to ask you (“We need to know how to do _____”)

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Into the setting sun.....

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