Carol: Well, what I'm really excited to see is that second grade and other primary classes — but second grade are starting to
do Project Based Learning.
-LSB-...] easy to
do project based learning, but it's hard to do it well.
I think it's part of being a remarkable teacher for the 21st Century to master how
we do Project Based Learning.
Some students
did a project based learning assignment a few weeks back to come up with ideas for the space that would enhance comfort, make the space user friendly, be more pleasing to the eye, and enhance learning.
Not exact matches
I was often too tired to take on freelance
projects, and the ones I
did take were
based on the potential pay — not because I was excited by the content or saw the potential to
learn something new.
When that doesn't happen,
project -
based learning can become the empty calories of education: a collection of engaging distractions that are unrelated to the larger goal of increasing students» knowledge.
There are plenty of deeper -
learning skeptics out there, and one of their chief concerns is that while
project -
based learning in the hands of a well - trained educator can be used in the classroom in a highly effective way, it is also a technique that is easy for an unprepared teacher to
do quite badly.
Those skeptics (and others) point out that in the 1960s and 1970s, «
project -
based learning» was used in some low - income schools as a euphemism for the practice of having poor kids build Lego models and doodle in coloring books while the rich kids across town
learned how to read and
do math.
The mindless work piled before me
did nothing in the way of strengthening my critical thinking skills, and it left me ill - prepared for the
project -
based learning I would later face in college.
Now she attends a kindergarten that we chose because testing
does not drive the curriculum, the kids get three recesses a day, and the philosophy encompasses both
project -
based learning and social - emotional awareness.
I'm drawn to educational models like Expeditionary
Learning, which emphasize long - term, project - based learning and use assessments in which students are much more involved - for example, student - led conferences where students themselves help to assess how they'
Learning, which emphasize long - term,
project -
based learning and use assessments in which students are much more involved - for example, student - led conferences where students themselves help to assess how they'
learning and use assessments in which students are much more involved - for example, student - led conferences where students themselves help to assess how they've
done.
In taking a game -
based and playful approach to
learning, we created an intervention that was not only effective, but also one in which the children were engaged and wanted continue
doing,» said Bruce Homer, associate professor of educational psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a
Project Hope investigator.
Spellman and Winterberry
project partners will work with communities and youth groups across the state in two ways, both
based on the understanding that personal connections are important for
learning,
doing and using science.
Doing project learning and other team -
based work without prior training can lead to lots of dead time.
As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended -
learning environments, for
project -
based learning, or just because it's the fad
du jour — how much time students should spend
learning on a computer is a point of contention.
Time can be even more of a concern when teachers implement
project -
based learning (PBL), as it changes the way we
do things and
does require time for students to produce and create.
If your school has a robust
project -
based program, or at least the teachers your students had last year
did a lot of PBL, starting your class with a
project sends a message to students: let's get right to it, this is how we
learn here.
He
does two kinds of schools: high schools that are tech related, where the kids are engaged in
projected based learning and discovery, and that have deeply embedded partnerships with local industry; and also schools that are K — 8 flex programs, in which students attend school two days a week, work from home two days a week, and one day is an enrichment day.
My colleagues ask me how
do I possibly find time in a curriculum for
project -
based learning when there are so many concepts to cover, so much curriculum to cover, and pressure to get students ready for high - stakes tests — these standardized state tests, for example.
The reason I started using
project -
based learning several years ago was because it became immediately apparent to me as a teacher that talking to kids didn't cause them to really deeply
learn concepts.
When you start out embedding making in the curriculum, it is essential to share with teachers the relevance of making as problem solving and the importance of process so that they don't end up with glitter catapult assignments or extra crafty English language arts assignments that turn out more like craft experiments than true
project -
based learning.
Does project -
based learning (PBL) raise student achievement?
What
does project -
based learning look like in math, science, or economics?
Third, I'm excited to see many more blended -
learning programs funded that don't only provide online experiences but also
project -
based learning experiences as a central part of what they
do.
I know that, in my
project -
based learning classroom, students
did presentations all the time for a variety of purposes.
Project slices — condensed project - based learning for teachers — give educators a student's perspective on what it's like to do a p
Project slices — condensed
project - based learning for teachers — give educators a student's perspective on what it's like to do a p
project -
based learning for teachers — give educators a student's perspective on what it's like to
do a
projectproject.
VIDEO: Building Rigorous
Projects That Are Core to
Learning (Keys to PBL Series Part 2) Project - based learning doesn't mean leaving standards
Learning (Keys to PBL Series Part 2)
Project -
based learning doesn't mean leaving standards
learning doesn't mean leaving standards behind.
Project -
based learning doesn't mean leaving standards behind.
At this point, new
learning methodologies get involved: Flipped classroom,
learning by
doing,
project -
based learning, problem -
based learning, gamification, design thinking, visual thinking, personalized
learning, etc..
Learning opportunities do not always involve technology; however, when it makes sense for learning, students can connect with experts, develop products, approach project based learning, and publish for a broader a
Learning opportunities
do not always involve technology; however, when it makes sense for
learning, students can connect with experts, develop products, approach project based learning, and publish for a broader a
learning, students can connect with experts, develop products, approach
project based learning, and publish for a broader a
learning, and publish for a broader audience.
When you design a powerful
project -
based learning (PBL) experience for your students, you should consider
doing it yourself — there are many benefits.
I don't believe that we have yet tapped the true power of
project based learning.
Project -
based learning (PBL) has the potential to ignite students» passion in civic purpose and social responsibility, but how
do we ensure that
projects also demonstrate rigorous
learning?
We believe that online
learning goes hand in hand with hands - on,
project -
based learning — and that's why we decided to run a summer camp, the Discovery Lab, to try out the deeper explorations that can be
done in a physical space.
Students taking a
project -
based learning (PBL) course
do as well or better on the AP test, and in some cases significantly better, when compared to control classes.
Maybe you're
doing a
project -
based learning (PBL)
project where you want to provide voice and choice for the student assessment.
Another possibility is that even those who believe in it
do precious little
project -
based learning because it's nearly impossible to
do well.
In fact, designing and developing a
project -
based learning outcome is its own process, and while I don't tend to invite the standards to the party first off, they
do end up being the guest of honor.
The most important element of super coaching is to follow up: «How
did your
project -
based learning experiment go?
As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended -
learning environments, for
project -
based learning, or just because it's the fad
du jour — the amount of time students should spend
learning on computers is a point of contention.
«We had been experimenting with breaking up the school into
learning communities, we called them «academies,» and we were
doing a lot of
project -
based, interdisciplinary
learning,» Lenz explains.
For example, one specific thing we're
doing is bringing together problem -
based learning and
project -
based learning.
The problem, Lenz says, was that he «kept hearing how
project -
based learning was nice for wealthy, suburban kids, but, «kids in urban settings aren't going to be able to
do this kind of work.
In today's world of standards, testing, scripted literacy models, and the use of strictly - followed commercial programs for teaching math, many teachers and principals in elementary schools
do not think
project -
based learning is possible.
«This is the biggest and most holistic chance we have to
do project -
based learning,» she says.
-- Phyllis P. Blumenfeld and others, «Motivating
Project -
Based Learning: Sustaining the
Doing, Supporting the
Learning,» Educational Psychologist magazine
You don't have to reinvent the wheel to bring
project -
based learning to your school.
In some ways, what we
do in music classes is cutting edge: Differentiation, interactive
learning, student - generated content, and performance -
based and
project -
based learning were all standard parts of the music experience for students long before they were identified by researchers as best practices.
«Inquiry - driven and
project -
based learning makes sense for today's learners because it gives them the opportunity to connect the work they
do in school with the larger world around them.
For more about designing
projects, visit the How
Does Project -
Based Learning Work?