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| Introduction to NetPBL: Collaborative Project-Based Learning |
| Project-Based Learning |
| Planning
Projects |
| Finding
Projects |
| Making
Projects |
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1. What is Project Based Learning (PBL)?
The Autodesk Foundation
recently asked a group of teachers from 17 schools to define PBL. They
agreed that PBL exhibited these characteristics:
Characteristics
of project- based learning
From "Get Real! Project-Based Learning, Practical Advice" By Elizabeth Share and Laurette Rogers, Learning Magazine, January-February 1997 Read about Laurette
Rogers’ work with her 4th grade students on The
California Freshwater Shrimp Project
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Students
make decisions, and they have a framework in which to do so.
There’s
a problem without a predetermined solution.
Students
design the process for reaching a solution.
Students
are responsible for accessing and managing the information they gather.
Evaluation
takes place continuously.
Students
regularly reflect on what they’re doing.
A
final product (not necessarily material) is produced and is evaluated for
quality.
The
classroom has an atmosphere that tolerates error and change.
Generally
speaking,
students engaged in a project...
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Why
do project- based learning?
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...choose
what they will work on.
...plan
their own project.
...participate
in defining criteria and rubrics to assess their project.
...solve
problems they encounter while working on their project.
...make
some sort of presentation of their project.
Page 1: What is PBL?
Page 2: Net PBL And Educational Reform
Page 3: Project examples
Page 4: Success Stories
Page 5: PBL Resources
