Project Based Learning

1. ERIC SHIPMAN
CLEARWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL

2. ABOUT ME• 8th Grade Social Studies: Clearwater, KS
• 10th year teaching
• 4 at CMS and previous
• 6 at Junction City Middle School
• K-State/Emporia State
• MS Curriculum and Instruction
• MS Educational Administration
• MS AD/Coach/Sponsor
• Football, Track, Student Council
• Contact Information
• Cell-785-341-1585
• Email: eshipman@usd264.org
• Twitter: @ericshipman
Wife: Shelbi Daughter: Sydney

3. PHILOSOPHY IN 1 WORD: DOING
•Learning occurs when students are doing
•Project Based Learning: an approach in which students actively
explore problems and challenges and acquire deeper knowledge.
--Edutopia.org

4. PBL VIDEO FROM EDUTOPIA

5. FIVE KEYS TO PBL
1. REAL-WORLD CONNECTION
2. CORE TO LEARNING
3. STRUCTURED COLLABORATION
4. STUDENT DRIVEN
5. MULTIFACETED ASSESSMENT

6. CREATING A PBL PROJECT
As a group……..
•Using the internet, other people in the room, or your own noggin find
a new PBL idea.
•You have 5 minutes

7. TECHNOLOGY AND PBL
•Most teachers can’t take their students into the real-world regularly
but technology can help bring the real world into the classroom.
•Technology also can compliment the ideas of project based learning.
•There are a variety of “tools” but teachers need time to discover, play,
and plan.

8. QR CODE
What is it?
A quick response code or QR code is a two-dimensional barcode which
contains information
How to use it?
•Often used to link information to students i.e. websites, video etc.
•Students can use them to create displays about their learning

9. CREATING A QR CODE
Step 1: Write a sentence on a piece of paper about your parents.
Step 2: Go to the website qrstuff.com
Step 3: on the left panel select plain text
Step 4: type your text into the white box
Step 5: click on the QR code on the right side
Step 6: save your qr code to the camera roll by holding your finger
down on the screen and then select save image.

10. KAHOOTFrom there website:
A classroom response system that creates an engaging learning space through a game-
based digital pedagogy
What it is:
An easy way to create Buffalo Wild Wings trivia game for your class.
How to use it:
• Have students create their own Kahoot.
• Have students complete a set of math problems during class and then have a kahoot with
a random selection of questions.

11. BLUBBR
What is it?
• Similar to Kahoot blubbr allows people to make trivia games from videos
How to use it?
•Students can create their own video and then load it online. Finally they can
create a trivia game for others.
•Teachers can use it instead of a lecture format:
• Example: https://www.blubbr.tv/game/index.php?game_id=5141&org=0

12. CREATING VIDEOS
What?
• Have students create videos that explain their learning. Instead of students showing their
work in math on paper, have them explain how they completed the work.
• Have students create a video about a topic.
Free Apps:
--Videolicious (iPad)
--AndroVid (android)

13. CREATING WEBSITES
What?
•Have students create websites to display their learning.
How?
Students can create easy websites that include pictures, text, and videos
using the app/website wordpress

14. AUGMENTED REALITYWhat is it?
Augmented Reality is a technology that superimposes a computer generated image on a
user’s view of the real world. In other words, it creates a video or display when you scan a
trigger.
How to use it?
• Have students create a display (poster, artifact, etc.) and then explain their learning of the
concept using a video they create
• Highlight features of the textbook with explanations
App/website I use:
Aurasma can be used on android, ipad, or internet