Group items tagged

There are several types of project management and evaluation that is considered throughout the world. Every project is unique in its way, and thus the success criteria depend on the methods that are used for the evaluation and assessment method of a particular project.

Newest classroom guide from Edutopia focuses on assessment strategies and tools for PBL. "Tips" are organized to follow the arc of a project.

This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning.  The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage. Download this today and get started! 

Nice "T-table" contrasting "doing a project" with "PBL." HT @ChipHouston1976

This project-based learning resource, created as part of a partnership between the Pearson Foundation and the National Academy Foundation, focuses on digital storytelling as a tool and instructional best practice for Academies. The information included in this primer is designed to supplement thr ee exciting, project-based digital arts opportunities available to schools in the NAF network.

This project-based learning resource, created as part of a partnership between the Pearson Foundation and the National Academy Foundation, focuses on digital storytelling as a tool and instructional best practice for Academies. The information included in this primer is designed to supplement thr ee exciting, project-based digital arts opportunities available to schools in the NAF network.

Project management free online software: team collaboration, effective communication. Online tools for project management, collaboration and knowledge sharing. Like basecamp + MS Project + wiki. Member & team project blogs, tickets, data visualization, rs

Does anyone know if there is a free option for educators? Anyone using this with students yet?

web-based project management software for planning, tracking, collaborating and managing. Commercial but you can sign up for 1 project free. Looks promising. Not sure if there is a deal/free option for educational users or not.

Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live.

In my Learning Through Projects series, I wrote about crafting questions that drive projects. Developing interesting, relevant, and meaningful driving questions is challenging. To help teachers with project based learning, Global Digital Citizenship Foundation has free publications with ideas and resource links. The publications are PDFs and are licensed under Creative Commons, so you may distribute or print them as long as you do not modify them in any way.

When a teacher, school, or district tells parents and community members, "We're going to do Project Based Learning!" the response may vary. You're lucky if some say, "Great news! Students need to be taught differently these days!" but a more typical response might be: What's Project Based Learning?  That's not how I was taught. Why do we need PBL, if (a) our school is already doing well, or (b) what we really need is a better literacy/math program to raise test scores?  Isn't that just a trendy new thing that doesn't really work?  How is this going to affect my child (and me)?  Basically, they're asking for the what, why, and how. Here are some successful strategies we've seen to answer these questions.

"If a question can be plagiarized is it worth asking?" Explore the differences between project based, problem based, and inquiry based learning, learn what makes a good question, and discover what will work best in your technology-rich classroom.

STEM project models for HS and MS

"John Mergendoller is Executive Director of the Buck Institute for Education, where he leads a talented team focused on building the capacity of districts, schools and teachers to do high quality Project Based learning. He has taught in both elementary and high schools, and received his Ph.D. in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan."

John Mergendoller is Executive Director of the Buck Institute for Education, where he leads a talented team focused on building the capacity of districts, schools and teachers to do high quality Project Based learning. He has taught in both elementary and high schools, and received his Ph.D. in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan.

""A driving question or problem that serves to organize and drive activities, which taken as a whole amount to a meaningful project.""

"A driving question or problem that serves to organize and drive activities, which taken as a whole amount to a meaningful project."

It's a practical guide to building 21st century-student competency in the "4 C's" - critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity/innovation. The book is designed for middle school and high school teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders. It also shows how the 4 C's in a PBL context align with the Common Core State Standards. Sample projects, CCSS-aligned 4 C's rubrics, tips for technology in projects, notes for school leaders on building support for 21st century learning with PBL. Authors: Suzie Boss, author and BIE National Faculty, and John Larmer, Editor-in-Chief, BIE

The Project-Based Learning designs on this website were created by West Virginia teachers who worked with the WVDE Office of Instruction through participation in the Teacher Leadership Institute, the Secondary PBL project, content-specific professional development in mathematics, and the Model Schools and Classrooms project

Jennifer Wagner, creator of ProjectsByJen, has been succesfully encouraging teachers since 1999 to use online projects in their PreK-6 classrooms. Using various ideas, Jennifer will help you understand how online projects will help you make the most of your time in a variety of ways. Winning numerous awards for her creative ways in encouraging teachers to collaborate, her teaching style is very user friendly, creative, and personable.

CUP makes educational projects about places and how they change. Our projects bring together art and design professionals - artists, graphic designers, architects, urban planners - with community-based advocates and researchers - organizers, government officials, academics, service-providers and policymakers. These partners work with CUP staff to create projects ranging from high school curricula to educational exhibitions.

reference to a longer essay by Mark Lilly & Tim Rahshulte. Good rules re planning, communicating, learning, in project management

reference to a longer essay by Mark Lilly & Tim Rahshulte. Good rules re planning, communicating, learning, in project management. "Projects require cooperation, collaboration, and coordination."