Project Based Learning is a teaching method where students work for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question or problem. It has benefits like improving critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and student motivation and interest in learning. An example is a 3rd grade class that decides to build a class garden to learn about the environment, with students recording observations, taking on roles, and sharing information about the garden's progression in a class blog and personal wiki pages.

1. Project
Based
Learning
Maggie
Beckelheimer
Liz
Kish

2. Defini5on…
Project
Based
Learning
is
a
teaching
method
in
which
students
gain
knowledge
and
skills
by
working
for
an
extended
period
of
5me
to
inves5gate
and
respond
to
a
complex
ques5on,
problem,
or
challenge.

3. Importance…
• Evolves
today’s
learning
into
21st
century
learning
and
incorporates
technology
to
improve
teaching
and
educa5on.
• Mul5ple
learning
styles
(hands
on)
• Increases
Academic
Achievement

4. Benefits
• Cri5cal
Thinking
• Communica5on
• Collabora5on
• Mo5va5on
&
Interest
toward
learning

5. Applica5on
to
21st
Educa5on
• PBL
requires
the
thinking
skills
and
use
of
technology
that
must
be
present
in
today’s
classroom
as
it
is
linked
to
the
digital
advancements
of
the
technological
world.
• With
technology
only
improving
we
must
use
it
as
a
resource
and
help
it
turn
us
into
the
best
teachers
that
we
may
be.

6. Project
Based
Learning
Example
Students
in
a
3rd
grade
class
are
learning
about
the
environment
with
a
lesson
that
5es
into
Earth
Day.
Together
as
a
class
they
decide
to
build
a
class
garden.
As
the
progression
of
the
garden
con5nues,
each
student
will
record
their
own
findings
and
observa5ons
in
a
journal.
In
groups
students
will
assume
a
specific
responsibility/job
that
pertains
to
the
garden.
Once
the
gardens
progression/growth
is
clear
and
is
fully
visible
of
changes
the
teacher
will
constructed
a
blog
page
on
which
students
will
share
their
journal
posts,
pictures
that
they
have
taken,
and
other
informa5on
that
will
be
worth
sharing.
Once
everything
is
posted
there
in
the
class
blog
via
comments/personal
posts,
each
student
will
make
their
own
personal
wiki
page
sharing
and
reflec5ng
on
their
role
in
the
class
garden
and
how
they
either
would
change/make
the
experience
beXer.

7. Other
Examples…
• Presenta5ons
• Models
• Real
life
scenarios
• All
of
the
work
completed
in
this
class

8. Technology
Used
with
PBL
• Blogs
• Wikispaces
• Tumblr
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Youtube
(Video
Tutorials)
• TwiXer
• Powerpoint
• Online
Journals

9. Technology
&
Works
Cited
• hXp://www.edutopia.org/teachingmodules/
PBL/whypbl.php
• www.google.com/images
• hXp://www.theonlinefolder.com/docs/PBL
%20works.pdf