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Successful PBL Projects
Kid-Tested, Teacher-Approved
Changing - Fast
Ellsworth Kelly’s “Study for Colors for a Large Wall”
Change Blindness
Change Management
Rosen and Tofler’s Wave Theory
• is organized around an open-ended Driving Question or Challenge.
• creates a need to know essential content and skills.
• requires inquiry to learn and/or create something new.
• requires critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and various forms of communication.
• allows some degree of student voice and choice• incorporates feedback and revision. • results in a publicly presented product or
performance.
Project Design
UbD “End In Mind Process”
Start with a problem
Identify essential questions and skills
Differentiate
Different Roles- Collaboration
POGIL – just a word
UbD “End In Mind” Process
Start with a problem
Identify essential questions and skills
Differentiate
Different Roles- Collaboration
Essential Learning Functions in PBL
• Ubiquity- Learning Inside and Outside Class• Deep Learning• Making Thinking Visible and Discussable• Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building
Community• Collaboration• Research• Project Management, Organization, Planning• Reflection and Iteration
ReInventing Project Based Learning- Suzie Boss, Jane Krauss
Characteristics of a Driving Question
•are provocative•are open ended•go to the heart of a discipline or topic are challenging•can arise from real world dilemmas that students find interesting•are consistent with curricular standards and frameworks
PBL Assessment
• Assess Your Project • Use clear Rubrics• Set clear expectations (let kids contribute to
this)• Provide lots of Feedback – Use Feedback
Loops (Tech is GR8 for this!)• Use Peer Review• Use Self Reflection and Assessment
The ProjectsHistory Museum with Documentaries and What-If Exhibit (US History)
Graphic Novel History Text and a Warm-Up
HealthPedia
Sharing your Passion
Frederick Douglas Speaker Series
Non-Fiction Writing/Blogging 1 2 3
Global Action Project
Author Project and LitFest
Global Issues Symposium (AP Environmental Science/Capstone 11th Grade Science)
It’s My Brain, Do I know how to care for it? (9th Grade Tablet and Portfolio Intro) A day in the Life of a Function or Describing Happiness
Integrated Units