Focus on Audience for Better PBL Results | Edutopia - 0 views
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The Innovations class is deliberately open-ended, which means students have to propose their own project ideas and the standards they plan to meet.
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"The mentor can't be their dad or their dad's buddy," Wettrick says. "It has to be an expert in an arena, and it has to be somebody who makes a commitment to help them."
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Students benefit from honest critique along with positive attention for their projects, Wettrick says. "They don't need to hear, 'Good job!' They're better off when an expert tells them, 'That's not bad, but have you considered this, or you might want to look at that.'
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Wettrick encourages teachers to make their good ideas public so that others in education can learn from their examples. "It's not bragging," he says. "It's sharing best practices."
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The Buck Institute for Education has produced a feedback form (6) to help audience members think through their role.
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What do you want students to gain from the audience interaction?
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Who's the audience for the "real-world" version?
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How can technology connect students with larger audiences?