Bringing THE REAL WORLD into our classrooms! PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS!!!!

What is PBL? Moving from : Listen to different sounds. Make a graph. Identify features of common sounds that are disturbing to the ear. To: Identify five sound pollutions in the community. Form task forces to study the problems and recommend solutions.

Driving Questions The "Project Based Learning Handbook" has some great tips for developing driving questions with the guidelines below: Driving Questions are Provocative Driving Questions are Open Ended Driving Questions go to the heart of a discipline or topic Driving Questions are challenging Driving Questions can arise from real world dilemmas that students find interesting Driving Questions are consistent with standards (Objectives ) online.org/driving_question/dqexplore/dqexplore1.htmlhttp:// online.org/driving_question/dqexplore/dqexplore1.html

PBL’s Include the following Essential Components: 1. A "driving question" that is anchored in a real-world problem and ideally uses multiple content areas 2. Opportunities for students to make active investigations that enable them to learn concepts, apply information, and represent their knowledge in a variety of ways 3. Collaboration among students, teachers, and others in the community so that knowledge can be shared and distributed between the members of the "learning community" 4. The use of cognitive tools in learning environments that support students in the representation of their ideas: cognitive tools such as computer-based laboratories, hypermedia, graphing applications, and telecommunications (Blumenfeld et al., 1991).

Possible Products Write a proposal Invent a device Develop a plan Debate an issue Design a website Produce a play Publish a magazine Build a model Create art Recommend a solution Conduct a Campaign Create a multimedia presentation

Entry Event – engages students and gives reason for inquire Field trip Guest speaker Video/Website Lively discussion Puzzling problem Simulation or activity Song, poem, art, etc….

How do I evaluate my PBL? * Assessment helps teachers develop more complex relationships with their students... * Assessment helps students answer the questions "Am I getting it?" and "How am I doing?"... * Assessment can help make content connections clear... * Assessment engages students directly in the evaluation of their own work... * Assessment helps teachers plan their next steps... * Assessment helps students plan their projects... Rubrics The most common assessment and evaluation tools used for collaborative learning are web-based rubrics. Generic Rubrics can be found at the following site:

PBL Examples html tml#other-current Want more info? See power point: the21st-century

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