The core of a successful flipped-learning program is customized, watchable, functional video. Here are four tips for creating and integrating high-quality video content.
Project-Based Learning: Explained. (03:50)
First, let's get the basics out of the way. This video is a great tool for when you just need to describe PBL in four minutes. Created by the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) -- a one-stop resource for PBL tools.
ating Essential Questions (07:01)
Coming up with an essential question (also called a guiding or driving question) is one of the first key steps in designing a project. For a fun tool to help craft effective driving questions, check out BIE's "tubric."
BIE's Project Planner Tutorial (02:02)
BIE offers a powerul and simple online tool, the Project Planner, for organizing your ideas while putting together a project. You must sign up for a free account, but you can save and print your work to your profile.
Tips For Building Projects (06:17)
The audio is a little low on this teacher-produced screen-capture video, but it does a great job outlining the basics things you should be thinking about in your initial project planning stages.
Think Forward: Assessment (07:26)
Assessment for project-based learning requires a more comprehensive approach. The poor audio quality is worth it, to hear real teachers describe exactly how they assess for learning throughout a project. From Manor New Tech High School's Think Forward PBL Institute.
roblem-Based Learning for the 21st Century Classroom (05:22)
This nice overview from ASCD goes into some of the obstacles to project-based learning, and then shows teachers sharing strategies for addressing those challenges.
cheduling for Project-Based Learning (05:35)
Three high school teachers talk about how they re-structured their day to accommodate integrated PBL. Not everyone has the flexibility shown here, but it's fascinating to see how these teachers broke it down.
How PBLU Works (01:15)
Hungry for more lessons on PBL? PBLU is an incredible resource offered by BIE. See how you can access two-week training courses and Common-Core-aligned projects that you can modify and customize.
This will give you all the resources needed to get you started in PBL... If you're interested read the links at the bottom to further your understanding...
Blended learning uses both in-person and online methods to teach students, and there are several different models for implementing it in the classroom.
Flipped learning is one of the blended learning models. This article from Edutopia gives tips for flipping a project-based learning classroom. The tips include things like using short videos, encouraging collaborative virtual work, and considering the scope of technology that is available to students.
Adjusting to blended learning may mean adjusting how you motivate your students. Dellicker Strategies provides a brief overview of how to encourage students to thrive in a blended learning environment. The article goes over three things that teachers should try to cultivate in students, namely autonomy, priority, and visibility.
Hi, thanks for the information and resources. I have not completely read everything, but this resource supplies lots of variety and interesting articles on blended learning. I will try to adopt a few techniques.
Some useful tips for how to share iPad images/ videos - useful for those of us who want to share the students' work with colleagues/ parents/ other students.
"Learn how to leverage Twitter's 140-character microblogging platform into your global Personal Learning Network (PLN)" This article (and its links) is a reminder of PLN benefits and a good place to start...
On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that the adoption of the iPad by educational institutions was “unlike anything I’ve seen in technology.” It’s not just a cheaper iPad 2 that’s driving record K-12 iPad sales, but Apple’s total education apps package.
Thanks for sharing Justin, a great blog to really understand what is a PLN, and some great tips on how to start building. If only I could find 20 minutes a day to do it!
Looking for the right mix of face-to-face instruction with technology-mediated activities? Find tips and resources for structuring learning across a range of blended-learning models.
This section looks at the various aspects and principles relating to digital literacy and the many skills and competencies that fall under the digital literacy umbrella. The relationship between digital literacy and digital citizenship is also explored and tips are provided for teaching these skills in the classroom
A clear explanation of digital literacy that separates it out from the others - media literacy, information literacy etc.
Key definitions to build from - especially in the context of developing a course related to digital or media literacy