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Explorers in a New World: Using Technology and Problem-Based Learning to prepare students to navigate the future
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Core Principals and Examples Curriculum Design Tools Pedagogical Foundations Applied Learning:
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What might learning be like? Imagine a powerful classroom in the future:Imagine a powerful classroom in the future: What tasks are students doing?What tasks are students doing? What tools are they using?What tools are they using? What interactions are they having:What interactions are they having: With each other?With each other? With the tools?With the tools? With the world beyond school?With the world beyond school?
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Applied Learning: Asks students to learn curriculum content and to use what they learn in solving a problem or fulfilling a genuine need.
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Core characteristics: Engaging learning environments “School-to-life” preparation Transferable skill development
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Core characteristics: Engaging learning environments –Connections to world beyond school
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Core characteristics: Engaging learning environments –Connections to world beyond school –Multiple approaches and solutions
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Core characteristics: Engaging learning environments –Connections to world beyond school –Multiple approaches and solutions –High stakes tasks and audiences
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Core characteristics: Engaging learning environments –Connections to world beyond school –Multiple approaches and solutions –High stakes tasks and audiences –Democratic decision making
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Core characteristics: Authentic Instruction “School-to-life” preparation Transferable skill development
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Core characteristics: Authentic Instruction “School-to-life” preparation Transferable skill development
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Essential Elements of Applied Learning Projects CommunityConnections Clearly Named Standards ComprehensiveAssessment CompellingPurpose ValuedProduct
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Combining rigor and relevance: High rigor, low relevance High rigor, high relevance Low rigor, low relevanceLow rigor, high relevance
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Learning could be…
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What evidence did you see in the “Museum” video of the five essential elements of Applied Learning?
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Learning could be… 21 st Century Skills21 st Century Skills Communicating Problem-Solving Collaborating ManagingResources UsingInformation Lifelong Learning
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Learning could be… 21 st Century Skills21 st Century Skills Connections to the worldConnections to the world Powerful student projectsPowerful student projects Teaching with new toolsTeaching with new tools
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Summary points: Applied Learning empowers essential learning Applied Learning integrates with core content 5 core skills, 5 essential elements Expect, model, practice and reflect
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Applied Learning tools Curriculum Development Curriculum Development Learning Environment Learning Environment Project Assessment Project Assessment
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Applied Learning tools Curriculum Development Curriculum Development Define the Purpose, Product, Audience, and Objectives
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Applied Learning Curriculum Development: Use pp. 15 – 17 of your workshop handout to brainstorm ideas for a potential Applied Learning project: PURPOSEPURPOSE PRODUCTPRODUCT AUDIENCEAUDIENCE OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
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Applied Learning tools Curriculum Development Curriculum Development Learning Environment Learning Environment Incorporate characteristics of engaging learning environments Define the Purpose, Product, Audience, and Objectives
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Applied Learning Learning Environment: Use pp. 19 – 20 of your workshop handout to brainstorm ideas for creating an engaging learning environment: CONNECTIONS TO THE WORLDCONNECTIONS TO THE WORLD MULTIPLE APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONSMULTIPLE APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS HIGH STAKES TASKS AND AUDIENCESHIGH STAKES TASKS AND AUDIENCES DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKINGDEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING
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Applied Learning tools Curriculum Development Curriculum Development Learning Environment Learning Environment Project Assessment Project Assessment “Map backwards” from the purpose to the standards Define the Purpose, Product, Audience, and Objectives Incorporate characteristics of engaging learning environments
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Applied Learning Foundations Contextual Teaching and Learning Authentic Pedagogy 21 st 21 st Century Skills Real-World Projects
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Applied Learning Research: Read one of the “Research Updates” found on pp. 36 – 43 of your workshop handout. Then explain to a colleague what you read, and discuss the implications for your own school.
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Applied Learning: New student tasks, tools, and interactionsNew student tasks, tools, and interactions Changing roles and resourcesChanging roles and resources Preparation for the demands of the futurePreparation for the demands of the future
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Applied Learning: “…a person, young or old, gets out of his present experience all that there is in it for him at the time he has it…only by extracting at each present time the full meaning of each present experience are we prepared for doing the same thing in the future.” JOHN DEWEY
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