Is PBL Total Inquiry Without Structure?
Why PBL?• https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=LMCZvGesRz8
Sources of Inspiration for Projects
• Your community• Current events• Real-world Problems• Your content standards• Your file cabinet• Your colleagues• Your students• Online project libraries• Project search @bie.org• PBLU.org
A Driving Question…For students:
• Guides Project work
• Creates Interest and/or the feeling of challenge
• Reminds them “why we’re doing this today”
For teachers:•Guides planning and reframes content standards or big ideas•Captures and communicates the purpose of the project•Initiates and focuses inquiry
Use Planning Tools to Help (all available on the bie.org site…)
• PBL Essential Elements Checklist
• Project Design: Overview
• Project Design: Student Learning Guide
• Project Calendar
• Project Assessment Map
How do I get Started?Focus on Significant Content…
• DEC http://curriculum.dearbornschools.org/
• http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753_38684_28761---,00.html
• http://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Browse/View/Default
One more…http://www.edutopia.org/practice/creating-travel-journals-assess-learning
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