Module Summary
This module is based around the
idea of Project Based Learning. Project-based learning is based on the
idea that students learn best by tackling and solving real world problems.
Students are much more engaged with the subject matter and look to the teacher
as more of a coach who guides them through their own reflections and ideas
(Dauphin, 2013). Students usually work
in groups to go in depth on a topic and present their findings and outcomes to
the class.
Summarize the substance of
the online resources
The
first online resource through teachthough.com provides a quick summary of project-based
learning, thirteen links to reliable resources focused on project based
learning. Each link provides a short
comment on how project based learning can be beneficial and then a suggestion
on how the website could help. For
instance a link on project based checklists mentions a way to keep track of
student progress throughout the project. These checklists are designed to help
you guide students through projects that teach them everything from the
kindergarten basics of writing to senior multi-media challenges (Dauphin,
2013). Each link provides a purpose for
its use and how it can help benefit your project based learning classroom.
The second online resource through edutopia.org is
focused around the connection between project based learning and common core
standards. Many schools are
transitioning to these new standards and looking to find where project based
learning and CCSS unite. The website
breaks down the two topics into three categories; Alignment
of PBL and the Common Core, PBL and the Common Core in the Classroom and ELA-
and MATH- Specific Guidance. Each section has links to support the topic of the
section along with videos, webinars, blogs from experts in the field. Each link is described for the full
understanding it is providing. In the
link titled, Creating Schoolwide PBL Aligned to the Common Core, Andrew Miller
describes the link as “In this Edutopia blog, Dr. Eric Isselhardt tells the
story of how Green Street Academy took the journey of creating CCSS-aligned PBL
Projects” (Miller, 2014)
The third online resource is the
edutopia.org PBL page on Pinterest. This
is an area where any one new or experienced with PBL can come to find support
from other resources around the web. We've gathered some of the best
resources to get started. For you PBL veterans out there, we've got tips and
tricks to keep your lessons challenging and fun (pinterest/edutopia, 2015)! Many of the pins, are links to motivational
posters and ideas. Some pins are links
to articles and ideas from other website which can benefit anyone trying PBL
for the first time. You can also find
links to other boards on Pinterest on the same topic of PBL. You do need a Pinterest account to access the
information.
The fourth topic is a project search page from the
Buck Institute of Education website or bie.org.
On this resource page you can search for projects based on a variety of
factors including grade level, course and source. The projects you will find here have been curated by BIE and were
gathered from online project libraries. These projects are meant to inspire
your own ideas or may be adapted to fit the needs of your classroom (bie.org,
2015). This is a very easy source to use to find ideas of projects done in the
past and adapt or use in your classroom as you see fit. They meet the requirements of project based
learning for the classroom.
What is the relationship from the ideas from the additional readings? Compare
and contrast the ideas to those in an assigned reading. (Do they support
each other or do they contradict each other? How?)
The relationship between the edutopia.org Pinterest page
and the bie.org/project search page is that they both provide suggestions and
ways to use project-based learning in the classroom. The bie.org website provides more actual
activities while the edutopia Pinterest page has more suggestions as to how to
improve your PBL classroom. You can use
a PBL lesson from bie.org and find ways to make it adjust to your classroom
using suggestions from the edutopia page.
All four of these resources support each other. Two of the websites
listed in the teachthought.com link are to edutopa.org and bie.org. Using those two websites as suggestions to
find PBL resources confirm the support they have for each other. The link on using PBL with common core
standards comes from edutopia and on bie.org you can search for projects using
common core standards, which are met and included in the project. All of these links can be navigated to from
one another, which shows how they support the topic of PBL.
Apply the concepts of the
reading into an educational setting?
All of these readings, links, videos, blogs and webinars
about PBL are all focused around the educational setting. Any video watched from one of these links has
classroom evidence of the practice being used and the effects it provides. The first three links listed above all
provide ways to get started using PBL in the classroom and have comments, tips,
questions/answers to any problem or thought you may come across. The support is significant in terms of
uncertainties, questions and improvements you can make. I wouldn’t feel left on my own to try and
figure ways to make a PBL type lesson work in my class with these
websites. The final link has suggestive
projects, per topic, that can be used in the classroom so the educator can see
how a PBL lesson/classroom should be conducted. After experience with PBL they
can transition into creating PBL lessons of their own.
Dauphin, S. (2013, July 6). 12
Timeless Project-Based Learning Resources. From http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/13-timeless-project-based-learning-resources/
Miller, A. (2014, March 10).
Project-Based Learning and the Common Core: Resource Roundup. From http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-common-core-resources
Project Search. (n.d.). From http://bie.org/project_search
We. (n.d.). From https://www.pinterest.com/edutopia/we-3-pbl/
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