5. Definition of PBL a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.
6. Five Criteria to be PBL PBL projects are central, not peripheral to the curriculum.
7. PBL projects are focused on questions or problems that "drive" students to encounter (and struggle with) the central concepts and principles of a discipline. .
10. Sense vs Meaning “Whenever the learner’s working memory decides that an item does not make sense or have meaning. the probability of it being stored is extremely low…. Of the two criteria, meaning has the greater impact ….” Sousa
43. The Projects History Museum with Documentaries and What-If Exhibit (US History) Graphic Novel History Text and a Warm-Up Sharing your Passion Frederick Douglas Speaker Series Non-Fiction Writing/Blogging 123 Global Action Project Author Project and LitFest Global Issues Symposium (AP Environmental Science/Capstone 11th Grade Science) It’s My Brain, Do I know how to care for it? (9th Grade Tablet and Portfolio Intro) PBL or Project?
44. PBL Assessment Assess Your Project Use clear Rubrics Set clear expectations (let kids contribute to this) Provide lots of Feedback – Use Feedback Loops (Tech is GR8 for this!) Use Peer Review Use Self Reflection and Assessment
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49. A Quote: Our job as educators is to make explicit that which we had hoped would be implicit.
51. What are the essential questions? How is what we’re teaching relevant to the student’s life? How do they extend the learning to demonstrate true understanding? When do they have the opportunity to explain, interpret, apply, show perspective, display empathy, and self-knowledge of what they have learned? When do they get to self-reflect? Do they have a metacognitive vocabulary?
57. Key Processes and Questions for 21st Century Learning Purpose–Is the task “Just in Time” or “Just in Case” learning? Outcomes and/or solutions–As a result of this investigation, will the students be lead to a solution? Time Frame–What is the time frame? Can students come to a conclusion in the time allotted? Collaborative–Will students have the opportunity and the need to work together to solve the problem? Real World Context–Is the task relevant to the learner? Audience–Who will be the intended audience of this investigation? How will the results be reported? Reflection–How will the students engage in self-critique and reflect/utilize feedback from others?
Justification for pblnad inquiry- along with skills
A day in the Life of a Function –Choose a day and describe it in terms of Math – Select 5 events during that day and using largely numbers, graphs, and images- describe your day- How How much money did it cost you to live for the day?How did your existence affect the planet’s health?What was the net calorie count in your day? How happy is your country?Define a function that provides a happy index for countries or cities?What values equate to happiness?What things are detrimental to happiness?What things are constant but what things are constantly changing? How does this impact Happiness?Anything else I need to describe it-STELLA-
