Project Based Learning

1. Project Based Learning Kerri Snell Hansford Title Math Teacher/Crestview Elementary cvhansfo@smsd.org

2. Common Core Math Standards • What does mathematical understanding look like?

3. Look at the Standards • As you read through the standards reflect on how this is going to change the way you teach….. • Be prepared to share your thoughts on what you will need to do differently, what you think will stay the same, and what support or tools will be helpful.

4. What is project based learning? • http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-overview-video

5. What are the essentials for PBL? • Read the article: 7 Essentials for Project Based Learning by John Larmer and John R. Mergendoller from ASCD Sept. 2010.

6. Essentials for Project Based Learning • A Need to Know • A Driving Question • Student Voice and Choice • 21st Century Skills • Inquiry and Innovation • Feedback and Revision • A Publicly Presented Product

7. Fantasy or Reality? What will work in a real classroom? • Jigsaw Activity • Read the article and be prepared to share ideas that you agree or disagree with. • Advantages for you and for students. • After you have read reflect on how this can work in the real world.

8. Example of Project Based Learning • http://www.edutopia.org/ferryway-ironworks-integrated-studies-video

9. Your Project! http://www.bie.org/tools/freebies http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning http://pbl-online.org/ http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml http://www.gsn.org/web/pbl/index.htm http://www.ksde.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=-1Oh3zkCOmo%3d&tabid=4792&mid=12162

10. Review the Essentials for Project Based Learning • A Need to Know • A Driving Question • Student Voice and Choice • 21st Century Skills • Inquiry and Innovation • Feedback and Revision • A Publicly Presented Product

11. How do we do this? • http://wveis.k12.wv.us/teach21/public/project/MainMenu.cfm?tsele1=2&tsele2=104

12. Planning Ideas • http://www.edutopia.org/stw-maine-project-based-learning-six-steps-planning • Step 1: Develop a compelling topic that covers state standards, has an authentic connection to the local community, and provides opportunities for every student to do meaningful, independent research. • Step 2: Develop or design a comprehensive final product that each student will have a role in creating, and could be used by local residents or professionals in the field

13. Step 3: Involve professional organizations and professionals from the community to connect the academic study with the real world, and have students assume these professional roles during the expedition so they get a sense of what it would mean to be professionally engaged in meaningful work. • Step 4: Identify and organize the major learning resources for the expedition, and make sure they're available. (This one is critical and is often left out by schools). • Step 5: Coordinate calendars. (This may be the hardest piece of all.) Expeditions are interdisciplinary and require a lot of planning to ensure that each piece flows smoothly from one to the next. They require enough time for each component to be done well, for students to get time in the field, for experts to come in at the appropriate place, and for the final product to be high quality. • Step 6: Plan a final experience or culminating event. Showcase student work to the public or outside of school.

14. Helpful Ideas • http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/elementary_project.htm • http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-online-resources • http://www.edutopia.org/stw-maine-project-based-learning-resources-downloads#frEdutopia

15. Can a Kindergarten class do this? • http://www.edutopia.org/kindergarten-project-based-learning-video

16. Driving Question and Planning Sheets • http://www.pbl-online.org/ProjectPlanning/PlanningForm.htm • http://www.bie.org/images/uploads/useful_stuff/Project_Overview.pdf

17. Work Time • Revisit the Common Core Standards. • Start with your Driving Question. • Don’t start BIG, start little. • Work in Grade Level Groups if you want. • At 6:00 each individual or group will share out what they have so far. Be prepared to give feedback to them.