Project Based Learning Training

1. Project Based Learning Training Kandice Brucella Post University EDU 623 Storyboards

2. Slide # 1 PBL Training Introduction Onscreen Content Project- Based Learning TrainingKandice Brucella Detailed Script The trainer will introduce themselves and the training course. They will explain what is going to be covered in this course. This is important because it allows the participants to feel comfortable with the trainer by knowing background information about them and why they are passionate about this topic. This slide also allows the trainer to talk a little about project based learning without getting into all the fine details of the course. The slide is first because it opens the course and can be displayed on the screen while everyone is walking into the training session and getting settled without giving away any information. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

3. What are you getting out of this training? Slide # 2 Onscreen Content What Are You Going To Get Out of This Training? No media is necessary for this slide. * What is project-based learning (PBL)? * Why use PBL? * What benefits come from using project-based learning? * How do you use PBL in the classroom? Detailed Script During the presentation these basic questions are going to be answered during the presentation. The trainer will touch on these topics so that the audience has an idea on what they are going to be getting from this training session. I feel that an overview of what is to be expected allows people to feel more comfortable knowing that certain questions will be answered throughout the presentation. Logically, this slide should come right after the introduction because it provides the audience with an agenda for the topics to be covered later on in the presentation. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

4. What is PBL? Slide # 3 Onscreen Content • What is PBL? • PBL has been utilized in classroom for many years. • Teacher propose a complex question, problem or challenge that requires an extensive process of investigation? • Students ask questions, look for answers, and arrive at a conclusion. • Students learn to work with others and independently and take ownership for their choices. • Students are able to speak up and voice their opinions and ideas. • The projects are carefully planned, controlled, and evaluated. • Allows students to interact with others in real world situations. • Students are engaged and learn important content. • Students can present their work to others besides teachers and classmates. • PBL video YouTube Video of What is PBL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFySmS9_y_0 Detailed Script The audience will be provided a brief understanding of what project-based learning is. It also includes that the students who are partaking in the activity will be engaged in their learning because they are not sitting back listening to a teacher talk or taking down notes from a Smart Board. The students will be working together to answer a question or solve a problem that will allow them to learn new information. This slide is important because it is the brunt of what the whole training session is about. Without this slide, the participants would not know what project-based learning is, which is why they are attending the training session. This slide needs to be the first of the “content” slides that talk about project based learning, but needs to come after the introduction slide, so the participants know who the trainer is and what information to look for during the session. *Teacher Notes* After discussing what PBL is, play the YouTube video on the slide to provide the guests with more information of what project-based learning is. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen. By clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page (PBL video) it will bring up a YouTube video in the web browser. After video is complete, click back on the PowerPoint screen and click next.

5. Can you tell me what PBL is? Slide # 4 Can You Tell Me What PBL is? Form a group of 3 – 4 people around you. Talk with your group about what you believe project-based learning is. After 5 minutes, one person from each group will report back to the whole group on what one characteristic of PBL is. Onscreen Content . Detailed Script This activity checks the understanding of the participants. All of the trainers will be walking around and monitoring the groups as they discuss what constitutes project based learning. The trainers can also probe the groups to dig a little deeper or change the track of their thoughts if they are not completely on the right track. This activity is important because it allows people to ask questions that they may have to a small group, allowing them to feel more comfortable. It also keeps all the participants involved in the training session, as opposed to simply sitting back and making the trainer do all the work. It ensures that the trainees are getting as much from the session as possible, and not getting completely lost and overwhelmed with new information. This slide needs to come after the slide that explains what PBL is because it allows each person to reflect on what they just took in and see if they really did understand it. If anyone is confused on a part, it allows them to ask questions now instead of waiting until the end of the training session and possibly forgetting their question or being confused. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen. The timer will be all set up to go for the allotted time, simply have to hit “tea timer” to get the countdown to begin.

6. Why use PBL? Slide # 5 Onscreen Content • Why use PBL in your classroom? • Students gain a deeper understanding of material. • Students are more likely to retain the information through hands on approach. • PBL provides a different teaching technique than lectures and note taking from a board. • Projects allow students to use information in real life situations. • Students will learn helpful skills for the workplace • Students will learn skills to help them continue future learning. • Projects motivate and engage students. No media for this slide. Detailed Script The audience is informed about why they should use PBL in their own classroom. In order to a teacher to utilize a new teaching method or strategy, they need to know that their students will benefit from this type of approach. If they learn early on in the training course why it should be utilized, they are more likely to actively listen and partake in the presentation. They are also more likely to gain beneficial material from the presentation that they can use in their own classroom after the training course is complete. This slide could not be any earlier, because the audience first needs to know what PBL is in order to know why they should be using it in their classroom. If the slides were in any other order, the audience would be very confused and would probably stop paying attention. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

7. What Benefits Will Students Get? Slide # 6 Onscreen Content No media provided on this slide. Students Benefit From Project-Based Learning Technology projects combine technological skills with many subject areas allowing a transfer of knowledge to different situations. Students are encourage to collaborate with a partner or small group to locate and share resources and their own creations. Requires students to search for and locate the information. Students learn to work independently to complete a task and make judgment calls. Activities target a broad range of learning styles, helping all students. PBL asses students in a way similar to that in the work world. Engages and motivates learners who are typically bored. Creates positive collaboration and communication skills. Helps students develop self confidence skills. Detailed Script The participants view a list of a few of the benefits that PBL will provide for their students. While this is not every benefit that PBL has for students, it is a decent sized list that will allow the audience to see the potential that PBL can have in their classroom. This slide is essential for this presentation because it would be the driving factor of whether teachers would utilize this teaching style in their classroom. If this slide was not present, teachers may be more hesitant to use this in their own classes due to their lack of understanding of the benefits that their students can get. This slide should go after what is PBL and before how to utilize it, because it is essential that the participants know what it is before they know why it is important. Also, they should know why it is beneficial in order to keep them motivated and engaged to learn how to use it. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

8. What Benefits Will Your Students Get? Slide # 7 Onscreen Content What Can Your Students Gain From Using PBL in Your Class? Get in the same group of 3 – 4 people from before. On the sheet provided, make a list of 3 – 4 benefits for each subject listed. Detailed Script *Teacher Note* Have one or two trainers hand out the sheet of paper with Math, Science, Social Students, English, Foreign Language and Misc. One instructor will be explaining what the class will do for this activity. For each subject listed, write 3 – 4 benefits for using PBL in that subject class. Tell them to try and make the list different, no benefit can be used more than 2 times. The Misc. category is for a teacher in the group that teaches a subject other than the 5 listed. If all participants teaching within the 5 categories, then they do not need to utilize this column. During activity, all trainers should walk around and assist participants by commenting and redirecting as needed. Each group will get 10 minutes to complete activity. In this activity, The participants will be using the information that they previously learned and coming up with benefits for 5 or 6 subject areas. This allows all teachers of various subject areas to find the benefits of using PBL in their classroom. Often times certain subject teachers do not think that a technique will work in their classroom and stop paying attention. This is a way to check that all understand the benefits, as well as, see how it would benefit different subject content areas. This slide is positioned after the content slide of what are the benefits to test out what the participants just learned. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen. The timer will be all set up to go for the allotted time, simply have to hit “tea timer” to get the countdown to begin.

9. How to create PBL? Slide # 8 Onscreen Content No media needed. • How to create PBL? • Project may vary in length • Think of a project topic (students can create, design, or build). • Describe what students will be doing and how. • Create project objectives that integrate multiple academic skills. • Locate helpful websites for student utilization • Determine pre-requisite skills for project • Locate or create handouts to refer to throughout lesson/project. • Determine necessary equipment/technology • Create a rubric for project • Create lesson plan of project • Perform any activity included in presentation Detailed Script * Teacher Notes * Provide all members with a handout template of how to develop a project based learning activity and lesson plan. Participants should look over that as going through this slide, as it is where most of the information came from. The audience is provided a brief overview of how to create a project based lesson. It provides them with items that they should complete in the order listed. While this is not every piece of information that a teacher should be thinking about when create a project based lesson, however, it is a great basic outline of what should be done. This slide is important because without this information, the participants would not know how to specifically create a project based lesson. This allows them to gain a better understanding of what information should be thought of and done when coming up with a project based lesson. This slide comes after the benefits because once they know the value behind using the strategy, they can then learn how to create and implement the strategy in their own classroom. *Handout is found from http://www.coloradoadulted.org/SS%20Lessons%20for%20Adult%20Learners/Curriculum%20Topics/lessontemplate.pdf . This handout provides an incredible layout of what questions the creator should be asking themselves as well as the students when creating this lesson. It also provides helpful website to use and a rubric template to fill in. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

10. Creating a Project Slide # 9 Onscreen Content Pictures are displayed on the “Onscreen Content” part. Designing Website Detailed Script Screen captures are provided from a website that explains what the 5 basic principles of designing a project are. Each section provides a small explanation of what should be done at each section. ** After going through the information on the slide, the instructor should open the link at the bottom center of the page, which brings up the website the information came from. It will be a great resource for all the participants in the room. Instructor should have the participants take down the web address, or provide everyone with a small sheet of paper with the address on it. ** This is important because it helps the audience further understand the steps needed to create a project based lesson. This provides the audience with similar information as the previous slide but in a different manner. Sometimes different approaches to the same topic allows for more of the learners to gain a firm grasp on the material. This slide goes after the previous slide because it further informs the participants of ways to create a project based lesson for their own classroom. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen. By clicking on “designing website” will bring instructor to website, that allows participants to take a deeper look into each section.

11. Teacher vs. Student Slide # 10 Onscreen Content Different roles of PBL No media needed on this slide Student’s Role • Students can generate the questions and activities • Students locate their own sources and research. • Students create their own artifacts and share them. • Students collaborate with others and work individually. Teacher’s Role • Monitor process of project • Teach students how to collaborate • Create groups for students projects • Provide reassurance and guidance • Create rubrics • Have students choose roles Detailed Script The audience looks at the description of what the students and teachers should be doing during a project based lesson. It allows the participants to see what exactly a teacher should be doing and then think about how it differs from what they are currently doing in their classroom. It also allows them to do this same thing for the students. This slide is necessary because most of the questions that teachers would have about using this type of teaching strategy would be what exactly are the teachers and students doing. This slide helps answer that question. This slide goes after the “how to create PBL” because once the participant knows what PBL is, why it is important, and how to utilize it, they can then begin to think about the different roles of the teacher and student. This is something that can be told at the end of the presentation without loosing anyone due to confusion. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

12. Example Video Slide # 11 Onscreen Content Here is a video about using Project Based Learning in Math Class PBL Example Detailed Script A video of an example of project based learning being utilized in a math classroom is shown to the students. I chose this video because math teachers are often the one subject area that do not believe that new techniques such as these are applicable to their content. While sometimes they may be correct, project based learning is not one of those techniques that cannot be utilized in a math classroom. PBL may actually increase students interest in mathematics because it goes from memorizing formulas and answering numerical problems to trying to use mathematical concepts to answer real life questions. It is applying the knowledge to situations that they may have to answer later on in life. This slide goes after the content but before the mini quiz because it is showing an example of how to use PBL in the classroom. With the content already covered, it allows this video to come together to put all the pieces in order. It provides an actual example for teachers to see before they go and create their own project based lesson two slides from now. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode” or click anywhere on the screen. By clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page (PBL example) it will bring up a YouTube video in the web browser. After video is complete, click back on the PowerPoint screen and click next.

13. Mini Quiz Slide # 12 Onscreen Content Lets See How Much You Learned? Mini Quiz Answer these questions in your own words. What is one characteristic of PBL? Why is it beneficial for your content area? What are some challenges that you foresee? What is one similarity between your teaching style now and PBL? Name one topic in your content area that you can implement PBL into and describe how you would implement it. Detailed Script This activity allows the instructor to see what the participants have learned through a mini quiz. The mini quiz is shown in the media section of the storyboard. The main instructor will inform the audience that they are going to individually take a mini quiz in order to see how much they learned and to be able to clarify any confusion at this point in the presentation. After they turn in the mini quiz to one of the trainers, they will begin to work on creating their project. Trainers should be handing out the mini at the same time that the main instructor is speaking. This slide is important because it allows the trainers to see how much the participants gained from the training session and if anything needs to be re-explained. This slide goes at the end because it is a summative assessment of what they gained from the presentation. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

14. Let’s Create a Project Slide # 13 Onscreen Content • Creating a Project Based Lesson • Create a project based lesson that you can utilize in your content area. • Pick any topic that you teach in your course • Utilize the internet, people around you, and the instructors • Project can last a few days, a few weeks, or a quarter. • Good Luck  This picture will be on the slide. Detailed Script The audience sees an overview of what they need to do for their last activity. They are required to use all the knowledge that they gained during the presentation/training session and create a project based lesson that they can utilize in their own classroom. The trainers will be walking around and providing assistance and guidance when necessary during this activity. This is a very important activity because it requires to participants to utilize everything that they have learned and create an authentic assessment that they can use one day. This slide is second to last because it brings together all that has been learned in the training session. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

15. Conclusion Slide # 14 Onscreen Content Thank you for joining us today. Please fill out the survey card and let us know what you liked and didn’t like about this training session. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. This pictures goes on the bottom of the slide to end the session. Detailed Script After the participants have been working on their project for about 30 – 45 minutes, they will see this slide. When the training session is almost out of time, the trainers will inform everyone that they should start saving their work if they have not finished yet and e-mail it to themselves if they do not have a jump-drive. This will allow them to finish working on their lesson plan and be able to utilize it in their future classes. The trainers will also have the survey sheets that have the course name on the top, a rating scale from 0 -10 on how much they enjoyed the course, and then a couple of blank lines for the participants to write their thoughts about the course. The idea is the more feedback and information gained from those that have taken the course, the changes can be made to better the course for future participants. This slide closes the training session so it makes sense for it to go last. This is a good slide to close up all the loose ends and ensure that everyone is aware that the session has come to an end. Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen

16. References Slide # 15 Onscreen Content No media needed for this slide CENSW. (Producer) (2006). Picturing the possibilities - project-based learning [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFt6qW0Pb4c Coffey, H. (n.d.). Project-based learning. Retrieved from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/ 4753 Designing your project. (2005). Unpublished manuscript, Department of Educational Technology, Buck Institute for Education, Retrieved from http://pbl-online.org/pathway2.html Edutopia. (Producer) (2010). An introduction to project-based learning [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFySmS9_y_0 Edutopiastaff. (2012). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/project- based-learning-guide-implementation Edwards, G. US Department of Education, (2002). Make your own project-based lesson plan. Retrieved from website: http://www.coloradoadulted.org/SS Lessons for Adult Learners/Curriculum Topics/lessontemplate.pdf TechnoChrista. (August , 22 2011). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http:// www.technokids.com/blog/technology-integration/benefits-project-based- learning/ What is pbl?. (2012). Unpublished manuscript, Buck Institute for Education, Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/about/what_is_pbl The references for all the information obtained throughout this presentation are provided. It is important for the participants to know where the information came from. It also allows the trainees to copy down some citations if they want to look up beneficial information on this topic. This slide is important because it gives credit to all the authors that provided information that was used in the presentation. This slide is last because it informs the audience of where the information comes from. It does not need to come any earlier because they would not have seen the content yet. Detailed Script Interactivity / Navigation To move to another slide, click the right arrow button on the left hand corner of the screen, when in “view slideshow mode”or click anywhere on the screen