The document discusses creating project-based learning (PBL) experiences and provides suggestions for how to structure them. It recommends starting with upfront planning, incorporating standards, using imagination, and getting feedback from others. A framework is presented that involves hooking students with a video or letter, grouping students, having them address what they know and need to learn, and monitoring their progress. Educators are advised to start simply, choose familiar topics, and wait for students to identify what they need to know. The overall message is that there is no single cookbook for PBL and educators should use their experience and creativity.
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1. Theres No Cook book
For P.B.L.
Chris Fancher (@cfanch)
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3. INGREDIENTS
Start With Up-Front Planning
Add Standards to Taste
Mix in a Pinch of Imagination
(Optional Add-in) Friends/Colleagues
Fold in Experience
You May Want to Add More Planning
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4. Start With The End In Mind
The Buck Institute For Education
Manor ISDs Think Forward Institute
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5. So, Lets Create a Project
Pick a Topic (and 3 or 4 standards)
Select a scenario (well brainstorm with
you)
Create the DRIVING QUESTION {How
does a ________ do _________ by _______
(Well make this when the time comes)}
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6. Were Still Planning
Pick a Time Frame (1?2?3?more? weeks)
Want to work with another content?
Create a Rubric(s)
Heres the Frame work ----------
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7. Framework For Success
The Hook (Video/Letter/Document/etc)
Grouping (3 or 4 per group works best)
Group Contracts
What Do they know? What must they
learn?
Monitor/Listen/Intervene/(repeat)
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8. Got It? Then Do It!
Start simple/small
Think short time period (5 to 10 days)
Choose a topic you know cold
Wait for them to ask you (We need to
know how to do _____)
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9. ANY QUESTIONS?
Into the setting sun.....
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