CI 350 Project Based Learning
- 1. PROJECT BASED LEARNING Kateland Smith Savanah Starcher Brandee Malcomb
- 2. DEFINITION • Teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge • 21st Century competencies • Students acquire critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, communication skills, and induces creativity • Students have a “voice and a choice”
- 3. CONTINUED • They understand the need to gain knowledge and understand concepts • Ask questions • Public audience • Students present work further than the classroom
- 4. IMPORTANCE • Allows a wider perspective when using different types of learning methods and materials • Students will have developed work habits, collaboration in a group, responsibility, communication skills, and be creative innovators - this builds confidence • They will be better prepared for the workplace • Those skills can be applied to all subjects in school throughout a student’s entire life in school and civic settings
- 6. 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION • “Those who can think critically and communicate effectively must build on a base of core academic subject knowledge” (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2011) • Requires the development of core academic subject knowledge and understanding amongst all students • Inspires students to want to learn more
- 7. EXAMPLE • Students can: • Compare information before completing an assignment • Draw inferences • Solve complex problems • Provide feedback to other classmates • Produce own ideas on the process of solving problems • Prove hypotheses • Use other multimedia aspects in the classroom (Voki’s, blogs, WebQuests, etc.)
- 8. CONTINUED • Students can be put into groups of four and will be asked to come up with their own ideas for different topics such as: how to recycle, how can they be re-used, why it would be useful, and what can people in your community do to help; use a survey • Clear example of cause and effect • Use of critical thinking skills to generate a notion • Apply that concept learned in the classroom to everyday life
- 9. ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY • Effective way to integrate technology into curriculum • Engages students to be active in learning because its not dull • Use of internet such as blogs, videos, etc. to research ideas or present them online • Use of Smart Boards to present ideas to classroom • Video cameras to show proof of true hypothesis • Can post videos or blogs online for more feedback around the world
- 10. WORK CITED BIE. (2014). What is PBL? Retrieved from BIE (Buck Institute of Education): http://bie.org/about/what_pbl George Lucas Educational Foundation. (2014). Why Teach with Project Based Learning? Retrieved from Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction Great Schools Partnership. (2014). 21st Century Skills. Retrieved from The Glossary of Education Reform: http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/ Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2011). Framework for 21st Century Learning. Retrieved from Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/1.__p21_framework_2- pager.pdf