Project+Based+Learning



[|PBL Intro.ppt] [|Project Based Learning.pptx] presentation from the April 2011 Microsoft Innovative Educator Training Real World, San Diego: [|Hands-On Learning at High Tech High] Video: A Teacher's Life at High Tech High Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Replicating Project Based Learning A look a the architecture of: [|New Tech High] Comparision chart - [|Traditional Instruction vs PBL.doc]
 * Context:**

[|"It really, actually changed my life"] [|Common Craft explanation of PBL] [|Edutopia Intro to PBL] [|Another Edutopia Intro to PBL] [|PBL explained by students] [|Project based Learning at High Tech High] [|Race to Nowhere trailer] [|Gender Project - Video links to the Project Steps.doc] [|7_Essentials_PBL_EdLeaderSept10.pdf] BIE has created free materials - "FreeBIEs" - such as planning forms, student handouts, rubrics, and articles for educators to download and use to design, assess, and manage projects.
 * Videos:**
 * Buck Institute:**

Website: PBL - Online [|ProjectPlanningForms.doc] [|The Essential Elements of PBL]
 * PBL Online:**

[|WVDE Template for Project Based Learning Design] [|Project Design Rubric] Other [|PBL Tools]including rubrics, learning logs and journals, presentation tools, self and peer assessments, task management and student contracts
 * West Virginia Department of Education:**

[|PBL Plans by Subject / Grade]from West Virginia DOE --- these examples follow their template (linked above) The Buck Institute website has a [|"project search"] drop down menu on the right hand side of the homepage. Additional [|PBL examples]can be found here (High School examples are on pages 2 & 3) [|World Language Project: Creative Masters] [|G4MathFarmerFred.pdf]
 * Examples:**


 * //__Goal / Assignment: __//** Use the [|Buck Institute template]or [|West Virginia DOE template]to design a project where students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. The project should help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication, critical thinking, & creativity), and create high-quality, authentic products & presentations. Be sure to include the [|5 design principles]and use the [|Resources] located on the PBL Website along with the article you read ([|7_Essentials_PBL_EdLeaderSept10.pdf]).

**Interim Assignment: ** //**read:**// [|Project_Design_Rubric1.pdf] and [|Traditional Instruction vs PBL.doc] //**turn in:**// [|Project_Overview.doc]

Final Project:
 * 1) [|Buck Institute template]
 * 2) Grading rubric: [|PBLGradingRubric.doc]