1. Project Based Learning
PBL
Project Based Learning

2. The Lego Challenge
Build the highest tower that can withstand a paper wind storm.

3. PBL Explained

4. WHAT IS PBL? Wagner recognizes 7 Survival Skills for the 21st Century
1. Critical thinking and problem solving
2. Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
3. Agility and adaptability
4. Initiative and entrepreneurship
5. Effective oral and written communication
6. Assessing and analyzing information
7. Curiosity and imagination

6. What are the Roles? THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER constructivist philosophy
create positive learning culture
incorporate standards
develop, model, and nurture curiosity (manager of the inquiry process)
to be flexible
model the willingness to be a learner
assessor of learning
THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT
collaborators
self-managers
conductors of research
decision-makers
problem-solvers
peer/self evaluators
innovators

7. Activities Session