My stuff on PBL. Articles from TeachThought. Classroom management in the BYOD classroom. If you’ve ever considered having students bring their own devices (BYOD) to class, you’ve probably worried…won’t the kids text all day long? How do I keep them from taking inappropriate photos or posting on Facebook while I’m teaching? Aren’t students’ phones a huge distraction? Here to help is Kristy from the 2 Peas and a Dog blog. Kristy is a Canadian middle school teacher who is in her seventh year of teaching Grades 7 and 8’s. She has allowed students to bring their own technology into the classroom for a few years now, and is excited to share how BYOD works in her classroom.
The Philosophy Behind BYOD There has been a trend in education lately for students to bring their own technological devices to school. Setting up the BYOD Classroom The BYOD classroom requires a lot of front end planning and pre-teaching before devices can be brought into the school. BYOD is best done with explicit teaching and within a gradual release model. Creating technology success criteria Q & A with Kristy. ISTE13 PBL Slides | Democratizing Knowledge.
Critical Thinking. Constructive & Project-based Learning. Online Saftey issues. Web 2.0 Tools. Excellent Poster Featuring The 7 Essentials of Project Based Learning. Hi everybody, I am sorry I am very late in posting my articles today as I have been very busy preparing my PhD research plan and a paper for a conference I participated in this morning. The paper was on the use of digital technologies to facilitate project based learning. I will share with you the slideshow together with an attached Google Doc probably tomorrow or the day after. One of the things I talked about in my presentation are the 7 essentials of project based learning as advanced by the folks in BIE.
These are things that every teacher keen on integrating PBL approach into his/her class should think about. This graphic is created by Davidleeedtech. PBL_Guide4.indd. 5 Useful Free Web Tools for Project Based Learning assignments. 21st Century Learning. Is There a Best Way to Develop the 4Cs in All Students? The Design Of Project-Based Learning - Color Theory For Web 3.0. One of the promising truths about project-based learning (PBL) is that it's coming whether schools like it or not. Even in an age of race-to-the-top testing, children are slowly but surely doing more and more work via technology.
Even as some instructors fall back on "project-oriented" learning, rather than true PBL, the gradual spread of tablets and BYOD tasks will invariably shift classroom education toward a more hands-on model. The hope, therefore, is that personalized iPads and home tech assignments will encourage creative interactions and self-directed investigations. Color Theory Infographic from Sean Ferguson on Vimeo. One of the most basic choices in producing a technology project is the selection of color. Many of the modern concepts around the use of color, particularly in technology or multimedia formats, spring not from classes in oil painting but from theories of branding. Problem-Based Learning or Just Another Project? Use This Checklist to Find Out.
A few days ago I posted Amy Mayer’s comparison between assigning projects and developing project-based learning in the classroom. Due to its immense popularity, I decided to do some more research on helpful charts for teachers trying to implement PBL in their classrooms, and was thrilled to come across this checklist from the good folks at BIE: This checklist is a fantastic way to ensure that you are on the right track with shifting away from “doing a project” and moving towards project-based learning. Even if you are still at the planning phase, this is a great graphic to get you thinking about the essential elements you should include in your next project-based learning unit!
Happy checking, y’all! Like this: Like Loading... High school stops fighting, learns to love students and tech. Many high-school-age students are hooked on their phones and computers. Instead of fighting the kids, some schools like the public New Technology High School in Napa, California, are jumping right in and embracing the technology. "We meet kids where they live," New Tech Principal Michelle Spencer said. Where they live is increasingly online, on instant messenger and Twitter.
The school encourages students to bring in their own computers and to embrace tools like Gchat and YouTube in school and as part of their lessons. New Tech High School, founded in 1997, is the oldest member of the New Tech Network, a national nonprofit organization that schools hire to implement project-based learning and embed the use of technology with teachers and students. The New Tech Network has gone on to work with 120 schools of varying grades and budgets, but the Napa high school is a unique look at how the next generation of schools might work with modern technology, not against it.
Responsibility online. The Differences Between Projects And Project-Based Learning. Play, Passion, Purpose, and Project Based Learning: Thoughts on Tony Wagner’s new book, Creating Innovators: “Increasingly in 21st c., what you know is far less important than what you can do with what you know.” “Academic content is not very useful in and of itself. It is knowing how to apply it in new situations or to new problems that matters most in the world of innovation.” “Transforming classroom experience at every level essential to develop capacities to become innovators.”
“Collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary approaches to learning have a profound effect on the development of young persons [to become innovators].” There are three essential interrelated elements: Play, Passion, and Purpose. “High Tech High and New Tech Network provide outstanding examples of educating students to develop innovation skills… Together, High Tech High and Olin College provide an outline of 8 years of educating for innovation.” This book, like Dr. The upshot for K-12 and post-secondary educators? The first and most extended profile interview is of Kirk Phelps, an inventor of the iPhone. Like this: Assessment in Project Based Learning. I have to be honest…I’ve been putting off writing a blot post about assessment.
Such a hot topic. So much controversy. So many opinions. But, as fate would have it, this morning I ran across an article about assessment that really struck a chord with me—an article on Slate.com entitled Learning by Making: American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests. Admittedly, the first thing I thought when I read the title was, “I want to build rockets and robots.”
Building Engagement When we’re learning and interested, it’s in our nature to want to dig in and get our hands dirty. We recently interviewed Stephanie Avery, a health science teacher at Father Patrick Mercredi High School in Alberta, Canada about Battling Student Boredom and Absenteeism. Assessment in Project Based Learning But how do we assess more hands-on type skills? Food for Thought: Resources to get started Need help getting the creative juices flowing? SmartBlog on Education - Dispelling some misund... SmartBlog on Education - Dispelling some misunderstandings about PBL - SmartBrief, Inc. SmartBlogs SmartBlogs.
I spend a good chunk of time on Twitter, often participating in or lurking on a Twitter chat. I have seen project based learning — PBL — a topic of discussion, but at the same time, I see a lot of claims about PBL that are just not true. What bothers me about these claims is not that they are wrong but that these misconceptions lead to further problems when implementing PBL. I’d like to take some time to dispel some of these misunderstandings in hopes that they clear up other issues teachers may have with PBL. “I do projects all the time.” “I don’t have time to do a PBL project and all the scaffolding needed and lessons.” “I have to focus on standardized test prep and don’t have time for PBL.” “Students will copy each other’s products.” Obviously, there are many more concerns and misunderstanding teachers may still have about PBL.
Andrew Miller serves on the national faculty for the Buck Institute for Education and ASCD. 10 Practical Ideas For Better Project-Based Lea... School District Uses Project Based Learning Over Testing | Watch PBS NewsHour Online.