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Making PBL Work!

Making PBL Work!. How to engage young learners. Problem Based Learning. What is PBL?. PBL is a way to have students become the directors of their own learning Teachers become a guide not a taskmaster. What is PBL?.

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Making PBL Work!

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  1. Making PBL Work! • How to engage young learners

  2. Problem Based Learning

  3. What is PBL? • PBL is a way to have students become the directors of their own learning • Teachers become a guide not a taskmaster

  4. What is PBL? • Students take on the task of solving real world problems themselves • Each student in the group must adopt a role that will support the final project

  5. What is PBL? • High expectations • Caring relationships • Meaningful participation • Flexible

  6. WHAT IS PBL TO ME? • Project Based Learning is a way for different students with varying abilities and strengths that might not otherwise be recognized in the traditional school approach to showcase their talents.

  7. WHY PBL?

  8. WHY PBL? • A crisis of disengagement • Industrial vs. Information age • Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

  9. WHY PBL? • THREE TYPES OF STUDENTS • Self Motivated • Playing School • Tuning out

  10. WHY PBL? • In 2008, 61% of NB students reported that most of their class time was used to sit and listen to the teacher speak

  11. WHY PBL? • Only 42% felt that they were inspired to learn in school • And 39% felt that it was important to do well in school

  12. Projects Vs. PBL

  13. PBL #1 • What we did

  14. GLEN FALLS

  15. The process • What about group work? • Edmodo / Virtual school • Journaling

  16. The process • Crafting the driving question • Planning… • Before & during

  17. Planning

  18. QUESTIONS?

  19. USefUl CLips • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a487rcwqsLc • http://www.youtube.com/user/BIEPBL?blend=11&ob=5#p/u/0/CB9ffc5YFXE

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