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What is project-based learning?

Overview PBL = =



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=**What are the components of a well-planned project?**=
 * is intended to teach significant content


 * requires critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and various forms of communication


 * requires inquiry as part of the process of learning and creating something new


 * is organized around an open-ended Driving Question


 * creates a need to know essential content and skills


 * allows some degree of student voice and choice


 * includes processes for revision and reflection


 * involves a public audience

=How might you go about planning and implementing a good project?= = = =planning a good project=

=**What is the role of assessment in project-based learning?**=


 * Assessment helps teachers develop more complex relationships with their students...


 * Assessment helps students answer the questions "Am I getting it?" and "How am I doing?"...


 * Assessment can help make content connections clear...


 * Assessment engages students directly in the evaluation of their own work...


 * Assessment helps teachers plan their next steps...


 * Assessment helps students plan their projects.

=**How should we assess student understanding in project-based learning?**=


 * Edutopia Blog with Great Assessment Ideas**

**Rubrics**

The most common assessment and evaluation tools used for collaborative learning are web-based rubrics. Most generate printable versions of the rubric. Some have a rubric calculator, allowing the teacher to select appropriate performance indicators and have a grade generated. Developing meaningful rubrics can be a challenge. Involving students in the development of rubrics helps them with their thinking, creates buy-in on their part, and clarifies expectations all around. A rubric simply lists a set of criteria which define and describe the important components of the work being planned or evaluated. A given criterion is then stated in several different levels of completion or competence, with a weighted score assigned to each level (0 being the lowest level) (see the list below for examples of rubrics).

How can PBL support NCLB? Does it have to be one or the other? Why should teachers use PBL as an approach to learning?

**PBL related to standards** = = =How can you use multimedia and social networks to strengthen a PBL project?=


 * One of the best ways to document collaboration and engage students with technology is use social media platforms like Edmodo . Students can use it to share ideas, you as the teacher can use it to formatively assess where students are in terms of products and content knowledge, and it is a great way to have real evidence of collaboration.

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=__Challenge Based Learning__=



**What is challenge-based learning? Video What is Challenge Based Learning**

====Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a [|pedagogic approach] for [|K12 education] pioneered by education staff at [|Apple, Inc.] that has its roots in [|problem-based learning] and the work of [|John Dewey]. The approach focuses on increasing student engagement, especially for students most at risk of dropping out. Unlike problem-based learning, CBL is a collaborative learning experience in which teachers and students work together to learn about compelling issues, propose solutions to real problems, and take action. The approach asks students to reflect on their learning and the impact of their actions, and publish their solutions to a worldwide audience.====

**What are the components of a well-planned challenge-based learning project? Slide Show Jen Dorman**



=How might you go about planning and implementing a good challenge-based project?=


 * Setting up a Collaborative Environment
 * Introduction
 * Team Formation
 * Assessment
 * Guided Questions
 * Guiding Activities and Guiding Resources
 * Prototype/ Testing
 * Implement
 * Assess
 * Reflection/ Documentation
 * Publish
 * Ongoing Informative Assessment

=What is the role of assessment in project-based learning?= = How should we assess student understanding in challenge-based learning? = assessment using checklists and rubrics. = =
 * Rubrics for products and process
 * Learning logs, journals, and blog
 * Project prospectus/business plan
 * Peer presentation
 * Stakeholder presentation
 * Evaluations. Creating job descriptions and assigning the roles to team members results in the opportunity to conduct job evaluation similar to a real-world setting. Based on their roles and responsibilities, the students can set goals and be evaluated on whether they met them.
 * Conference Products. During the CBL experience, students will have the chance to develop many concrete products from plans to videos. Each product provides a rich opportunity for
 * Self-evaluations. Throughout the CBL process, students can be provided with opportunities for self-assessment. These can take place in many formats including private blogs, wikis, audio, and video. The self-evaluation process can run parallel to peer and job evaluations.

**How can CBL support NCLB? Does it have to be one or the other?**
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**Why should teachers consider using CBL as an approach to learning?**

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The CBL process provides students the freedom to think freely, learn, plan, fail, succeed,evaluate, and try again as they move toward the implementation of a solution. A large part of the teacher’s responsibility is creating organizational scaffolding for the learning experience. The materials in this section are examples of resources that can be used to support the process and move it to a successful conclusion.=====

//**“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein**//

**Technology is obviously a huge component of CBL. In what ways can you incorporate technology, multimedia and social networks in a CBL project?** Technology

**Compare/Contrast PBL/CBL - On your wiki page, create some sort of visual that represents the similarities and differences between CBL and PBL.**


 * 1) ** __ Problem based learning: __ ** is a learner-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject in the context of complex, multifaceted, and realistic problems. Working in groups, or individually, students identify what they already know, what they need to know, and how and where to access new information that may lead to resolution of the problem. The role of the educator is to ask probing questions, provide appropriate resources, and lead class discussions, as well as designing student assessments.
 * 2) ** __ Challenged based learning: __ ** is an engaging multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning that encourages students to leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve real-world problems. Challenge Based Learning is collaborative and hands-on, asking students to work with other students, their teachers, and experts in their communities and around the world to develop deeper knowledge of the subjects students are studying, accept and solve challenges, take action, share their experience, and enter into a global discussion about important issues. Here is a link to an excellent __ document __ produced by Apple to assist educators with Challenged Based Learning. Challenged based learning is based on the following framework: