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PBL TLT

started by Michele Mathieson on 10 Feb 12
  • Michele Mathieson
    #1 Michele Mathieson on 10 Feb 12
     
    How will you apply the PBL fundamental skills within a unit or project?
  • Andrea Corbin
    #2 Andrea Corbin on 12 Feb 12
     
    I have tried PBL with two history assignments so far. It is important to try and get content at the student's reading level, help them manage the small group dynamics, and help each person with writing organization. I plan to do more assignments with PBL where each student has a choice of final product, in hopes that the choice will motivate the student.
  • dollyjohnson
    #3 dollyjohnson on 14 Feb 12
     
    As Pre-school teachers, we feel we best utilize PBL through hands on learning and exploration through our learning centers. Our learning centers change monthly and materials vary across content areas. Children use and manipulate these centers and gain different experiences based on developmental age.
  • Sallie Reeves
    #4 Sallie Reeves on 14 Feb 12
     
    Kindergarden Thoughts

    We already use PBL in our moon/solar system unit but we want to enhance what we already do. Students help guide our instruction from the beginning of the unit by sharing what they already know and what they are curious about learning. A new idea is to have the children work in collaborative groups to create a space center in the classroom. In previous years we (the teachers) have created a space center/rocket ship for the students to enjoy during the day. This year we envision the children investigating space centers and working in cooperative groups to create the space center in the classroom. We imagine them coming up with all the important parts such as a control panal, outside walls, astonaut gear, etc. and designing in small groups.
  • kathleen dubovsky
    #5 kathleen dubovsky on 14 Feb 12
     
    While we had an interesting discussion, we ended up with more questions than answers. We have agreed to continue this discussion and try to define how pbl can fit into rla.... And Kathleen is determined to be more disciplined and create guiding questions for the tree house project.
  • Christina Storslee
    #6 Christina Storslee on 14 Feb 12
     
    I know this is something new, but first grade was talking about designing a driving question around each of our Everyday Math units. The units already include lessons on a variety of topics, and if we could design a question that would require knowledge of each of those topics, the students could then figure out what they would need to learn to answer the question or solve the problem, and that could then guide us through each unit.
  • Leo Connally
    #7 Leo Connally on 14 Feb 12
     
    During our Civil War Hero unit, we can apply PBL by having the students define the characteristics of a hero. The students adjust their definitions according to new information.
  • Heidi Bennett
    #8 Heidi Bennett on 14 Feb 12
     
    One way first grade could easily implement PBL into our Ancient Pueblo Unit would be to switch our culminating archeological dig to the beginning of the unit. This would hopefully drive their inquiry and push them to formulate a question about the items found. Their driving questions would then guide the teachers' instsruction.
  • Pamela Grosch
    #9 Pamela Grosch on 15 Feb 12
     
    In lower school science, many current activities could be viewed as "projects"; but, do they use the attributes of PBL? Must they? I think that it is valid to adjust some projects so that they become more in line with the concept of project-based learning, but it is still reasonable to want to avoid sacrificing lessons that give students foundational skills and information they will need when they work through science at higher grade levels.

    For example, a project about solar energy could turn into "do research about and design the most effective solar cooker possible". By letting students find their own information about different solar cooker designs, decide how they will use those designs to develop their own model, and then assess their models themselves, they would not only learn about solar energy but also about researching, assessing different ideas, and analyzing how well their end product met their goals. This would produce a longer, but more engaging and valuable, experience for the students.

    While this type of project is probably not valid for every science lesson, I think that looking at how what I do now could be enhanced by using some of the goals of PBL could definitely improve some of my science activities.
  • Lisa Keeler
    #10 Lisa Keeler on 15 Feb 12
     
    I would like to begin my Who AM I project with my third grade RLA with a "driving question." I'm not quite sure how to form it though. I'd like to see it lead the kids towards defining the characteristics of a person who has made an impact or a difference (postive) on the world. I'm wondeirng about using the words "admirable" and "famous" in the question. Maybe this would help them to establish criteria by which they could make good choices for their WAI person. Thoughts? Ideas?
  • Lisa Keeler
    #11 Lisa Keeler on 15 Feb 12
     
    I was also thinking about how we teach students to analyze and assess the quality of information. I'm wondering abut 4th grade current events. Wondering if they could consider why Fox New and CNN (for example) tell such different versions of news events- or even cover completely different stories. Or why The Wall Street Jornal and The Washington Post have different readers....What is bias? Why does it exist in the telling of factual events?
  • john russell
    #12 john russell on 19 Feb 12
     
    In art, I have been using the DQ,driving questions, recently with my unit on the self portrait, and in the Red Grooms project. In the self portrait unit, students are creating 3D images about who the are. They asked the question about who they were first, and they investigated how they would interpret this info...as a mask showing hobbies, interests, as an ice rink for hockey players, etc. But the crucial part is that the artist is deciding and initiating the process. I offer support with technique, materials, and guidance.

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