Project Based Learning

1. Project Based Learning Linda Ullah, M.A., M.Ed. Support Coach--Friday Institute Online Instructor--Foothill College linda_ullah@yahoo.com L. Ullah

2. Life Is Project Based Learning

3. But where is the disconnect between life and school?

4. Learning: an active process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based on their current knowledge.

5. PBL • engages students • provides an environment for the acquisition of skills needed in higher education & workplace. • teaches curricular content • builds 21st Century Skills • creates habits of mind • promotes critical thinking -Drake High School, San Francisco, CA http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/academics/pbl/pblfs.htm

6. Authenticity Academic Rigor Applied Learning Academic Exploration Adult Connection Assessment Practices Six As of Project Based Learning From Buck Institute Web site http://www.bie.org

7. Content Conditions Activities Results Another Way to Look at What is PBL Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

8. Compelling Complex problems Interdisciplinary connections Ambiguity and unpredictability Real-world questions that students care about Content: Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

9. Conditions: Support student autonomy • Community of inquiry • Coursework in a social context • Task- and time-management • Self-directed students • Simulates the professional work Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

10. Activities: Investigative and engaging • Multi-faceted investigations over time • Encounter obstacles, seek resources, and solving problems • Making connections among ideas and acquiring new skills • Authentic tools • Feedback from expert sources and realistic assessment Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

11. Results Real-world outcomes • Complex intellectual products to demonstrate learning • Students participate in assessment • Students held accountable for competence • Students exhibit growth in real-world competence Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

12. How Do I Begin? • Planning • Begin with an “Essential Question” • Important to your students • Deep learning--the enduring understanding • What are the necessary skills? • Standards (NCSOS) • Prerequisite knowledge and skills • Skills and knowledge to to be embedded into the project

13. Engage Students in problem solving in higher order thinking skills in critical thinking in habits of mind in 21st Century skills to solve real problems for a real audience

14. The Backwards Planning Process McTighe J, Wiggins G (op cit)

15. Assessment McTighe J, Wiggins G (op cit)

16. 3 Stages of a Project • Beginning (pre-production) • Middle (production) • End (post-production)

17. Pre-Production • Project launch (Entry Document) • Understanding the problem • KWL • Terminology • Organizing groups • Direct instruction • Discussions • Research/outlines • Drafts, storyboards • Guest speakers • Videos

18. Production • Completing research • Formative assessments • Direct Instruction • Tests/quizzes • Final drafts • Creating product • Workshops • Field trips • Guest speakers

19. Post-production • Editing • Completing projects • Presentations • Displays • Productions/Debates • Final Tests/Assessments • Reflection

20. PBL Process • http://prezi.com/d0v1sg1qlq0-/pbl-process/