Projects lausanne

Successful PBL Projects

Kid-Tested, Teacher-Approved

Elizabeth HelfantMICDS

St Louis MO

EEhelfant/ehelfant@micds.org

Changing - Fast

Ellsworth Kelly’s “Study for Colors for a Large Wall”

Change Blindness

Change Management

Rosen and Tofler’s Wave Theory

• is organized around an open-ended Driving Question or Challenge.

• creates a need to know essential content and skills.

• requires inquiry to learn and/or create something new.

• requires critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and various forms of communication.

• allows some degree of student voice and choice• incorporates feedback and revision. • results in a publicly presented product or

performance.

Project Design

UbD “End In Mind Process”

Start with a problem

Identify essential questions and skills

Differentiate

Different Roles- Collaboration

POGIL – just a word

UbD “End In Mind” Process

Start with a problem

Identify essential questions and skills

Differentiate

Different Roles- Collaboration

Essential Learning Functions in PBL

• Ubiquity- Learning Inside and Outside Class• Deep Learning• Making Thinking Visible and Discussable• Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building

Community• Collaboration• Research• Project Management, Organization, Planning• Reflection and Iteration

ReInventing Project Based Learning- Suzie Boss, Jane Krauss

Characteristics of a Driving Question

•are provocative•are open ended•go to the heart of a discipline or topic are challenging•can arise from real world dilemmas that students find interesting•are consistent with curricular standards and frameworks

PBL Assessment

• Assess Your Project • Use clear Rubrics• Set clear expectations (let kids contribute to

this)• Provide lots of Feedback – Use Feedback

Loops (Tech is GR8 for this!)• Use Peer Review• Use Self Reflection and Assessment

The ProjectsHistory Museum with Documentaries and What-If Exhibit (US History)

Graphic Novel History Text and a Warm-Up

HealthPedia

Sharing your Passion

Frederick Douglas Speaker Series

Non-Fiction Writing/Blogging 1 2 3

Global Action Project

Author Project and LitFest

Global Issues Symposium (AP Environmental Science/Capstone 11th Grade Science)

It’s My Brain, Do I know how to care for it? (9th Grade Tablet and Portfolio Intro) A day in the Life of a Function or Describing Happiness

Integrated Units