Digital Age PBL

This is a specific Google Voyage that does a nice job of giving the details of most of the components of the Essential Project Design Elements Checklist.

This site connects math to social issues. You can browse by the math topic or the social justice issue. For many projects this can be really valuable!

Austin Kleon is a favorite of mine. I love his blog and weekly digest. We use his book Steal Like an Artist in our Design Thinking classes. Thank you for adding him to these bookmarks!

A great project idea to help students see themselves and their community in a different way.

This article from the Journal of STEM Education presents teachers (who don't normally experience what is like to work in fields outside of education) who took part in externships in STEM jobs so they could learn for themselves exactly the types of scenarios their students might encounter. The results drove authenticity in their PBL teaching. I think it's important for teachers to truly understand these demands, and not just read about them. If we provide these contextualized environments for our students because we believe it's best for their learning, why don't we work toward providing those same experiences for ourselves? Bowen, B., & Shume, T. (2018). Educators in Industry: An Exploratory Study to Determine how Teacher Externships Influence K-12 Classroom Practices. Journal of STEM Education, 19(1), 5-10.

I am loving this project and may take a spin from it for my own pbl project

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In exploring Edutopia, I found an older youtube video of theirs about how tech alongside pbl is transforming tech and I couldn't help but think, if this felt so transformative 12 years ago, think about just how much more incredible we can make education with all the new technology we have now.

Great article about the importance of implementing PBL projects.

Really interesting diagram using a bike analogy of what PBL is.

That's a great graphic image!!

Social Studies PBL in 5 Steps: 1. Create a question for students to answer. 2. Give students time to research. 3. Have students organize and visualize their research. 4. Have students create their stories. 5. Students share their projects.

Social Studies PBL in 5 Steps: 1. Create a question for students to answer. 2. Give students time to research. 3. Have students organize and visualize their research. 4. Have students create their stories. 5. Students share their projects.