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Transforming the Classroom with Project-based Learning (all)
This course is designed to familiarize participants with the principles of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and strategies for implementing PBL projects in their classrooms.
Overview
This course is designed to familiarize participants with the principles of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and strategies for implementing PBL projects in their classrooms. Throughout this six-week course, exemplary projects will be analyzed, critiqued, and evaluated for applicability to participants’ classroom needs. Participants will gain hands-on experience developing collaborative, inquiry-based projects that support their curricular goals. Participants will learn to blend PBL and standards-based design strategies to create curriculum units that enhance student learning. Each participant will leave the online course with a detailed plan for a PBL project.
Goals and Products
This course will enable participants to:
- Develop a collection of web-based PBL resources to support curricular planning
- Learn how to develop PBL activities to support curricular goals
- Learn to use technology in the planning, implementation, and assessment of Project-Based Learning
- Develop techniques to help students effectively participate in Project-Based Learning
- Plan a standards-based, technology-enhanced PBL project for classroom use
- Participate in an online collegial network
Format and Requirements
| Session 1 | What is Project-based Learning |
| Session 2 | Planning a Project-Based Unit |
| Session 3 | Framing Inquiry - The Project-Based Learning Process |
| Session 4 | Technology in the Design, Structure and Presentation of Project-Based Learning |
| Session 5 | Assessing Project-Based Learning |
| Session 6 | Implementing Your Own Project-Based Learning Unit |
Prerequisites
Participants are expected to have regular access to computers. In addition, participants should be proficient with using email, browsing the Internet, and navigating to computer files.
Content and Technology Standards
This workshop, Transforming the Classroom with Project-Based Learning, will help participants meet the ISTE Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for All Teachers (http://edtechleaders.org/documents/NETSAdminTeachers.pdf), especially Standards II, III and V. For more information about Technology Integration visit: http://www.iste.org.
