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Engage Your Students with Real-World Projects
Suzie Boss@suziebossMarch 12, 2015
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What happens to engagement?
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55% students (grades 5-12) feel engaged in school
17% actively disengaged
(Gallup, 2013)
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Let’s chat…
Describe a learning experience that engaged your students. (How could you tell?)
What made it meaningful, relevant?
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The PBL Advantage
• Increases engagement • Makes concepts memorable• Prepares students for future
challenges (college, careers, life)
(BONUS! Increases teacher satisfaction)
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Today’s Agenda
1. Find project-worthy ideas 2. Increase relevance (but keep the
rigor)3. Consider the 3 A’s to guide students
toward meaningful, memorable results
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Tip #1: Headlines as Hooks
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learning.blogs.nytimes.com
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https://newsela.com/
What makes a headline
project-worthy?
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Think about…
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Is it a messy problem with no one right answer or solution?
Does it generate high interest?Does it involve an ongoing issue or
consequence?Could it connect to your standards?
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Let’s chat…
How have you connected learning activities to events that interest your students? Share an example in the chat.
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Right-sized problems are…
AccessibleActionableBig enough to matter,
small enough to tackle
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themalalaproject.wikispaces.com
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www.eastinitiative.org
From Current Events to Projects
Process: Framework for inquiry takes learning deeper
Context: Learning often extends outside the classroom
Application: Authentic products, audiences, and assessments
How can this project be the best use of my students’ time (and mine) in the coming
weeks?
Tip #2: Plan for Rigor & Relevance
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How does the topic connect to the big ideas of your content area?Why do these concepts matter in the
world outside school?Who interacts with this topic in their
work or daily life?
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Sharpen Your Focus…
What else is key in this project? (Media literacy? Digital fluency? Innovation/creativity?)
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Don’t Overlook Dispositions
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You’re not talkers—you’re doers. What can we DO about
these issues?Kelli Etheredge, St. Paul’s
Episcopal, Mobile, AL
Tip #3: Encourage Real Results
AwarenessAdvocacyAction
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“ADVOCACY allows you to give a voice to those who are voiceless.”
~New Global Citizens newglobalcitizens.org
Read more on Diana Williams’s blog: innovativelearningdesigns.ca
Put solutions into ACTION
Photo by Naima Penniman
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More Real-World Opportunities
Experts: Who knows about this?Community: Who else is working on
this? Audiences: Who needs to know what
we’ve learned or discovered?
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What do you want from audience?
Let’s chat…
How do your students respond to sharing their work publicly?
How do you help connect them with authentic audiences?
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Let’s connect…
@suzieboss
www.edutopia.org/suzie-boss
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
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