High Tech High CEO Larry Rosenstock describes a vision for education that embraces learning that flows from personal interests, passion for discovery, and a celebration of art, technology, and craftsmanship.
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The Buck Institute for Education commissioned the cutting-edge advertising agency, Common Craft, to create a short animated video that explains in clear language the essential elements of Project Based Learning (PBL). This simple video makes the essential elements of PBL come alive and brings to light the 21st Century skills and competencies (collaboration, communication, critical thinking) that will enable K-12 students to be college and work-ready as well as effective members of their communities.
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BIE presents a free webinar to introduce you to highlights from our new book, PBL in the Elementary Grades. Author John Larmer will show how you can design effective, engaging projects for students from kindergarten through 5th grade.
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Students of various grades from Explorer Elementary share their work.
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Learn about one team's process for developing an integrated forensic project that meets state standards of various subject areas' curriculum units.
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High school students reflect on their experience of project based learning and describe how they not only learned a great deal of content, but also practiced the 21st century skills needed for personal and workplace success.
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5th graders from Madison Wisconsin public school present their finished designs to a group of school architects, planners, & designers. The video also demonstrates teacher planning.
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Teacher-training coordinator David Grant describes how King Middle School in Portland, Maine combines project learning and technology to build effective, authentic learning experiences.
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Students at High Tech High use creative thinking and collaborative work to connect the classroom with the real world while developing 21st Century skills in mixed ability teams.
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Middle school students at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Jersey complete an interdisciplinary project about gender roles combining Language Arts, History, Biology, and Media Literacy.
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Edmodo is a social learning platform that allows teachers to post messages, discuss classroom topics, assign and grade classwork, and share content and materials with their students. Dayna Laur, BIE National Faculty, will show you how to use Edmodo to manage projects in your classroom and how to network and exchange ideas with the Project Based Learning Community.
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During this webinar, John Larmer, Director of Product Development at BIE, explains the key elements of effective, rigorous Project Based Learning, using an example from a video by Common Craft.
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Headed by group of researchers from Singapore National Institute of Education, 8 Secondary schools in Singapore conducted inter-school project works using student-centered approach with a web-based platform for communication.
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Mathematics is a rich and complex subject filled with real life application. However, due to the pressure of the "test" and the mass amount of material, teachers find themselves getting through the content by lecture and drill. As Dan Meyer says, "The mathematics classroom needs a make over." Telannia Norfar, BIE National Faculty, will take you through Project Based Learning process which combines mastery of mathematics content and communication/collaboration/critical thinking skills. Experience a "made over" mathematics classroom and then understand how to create a classroom make-over.
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Instructors at Napa New Technology High School in Napa, CA discuss the different 21st Century skills required to complete the Monkey Trial project where students work in groups to prepare their cases for or against teaching intelligent design in classrooms
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Choosing the appropriate Web 2.0 tools to support project based learning can be a daunting task. However, integrating the use of these tools into a project can help teachers to effectively facilitate the design, assessment, and management of projects. Join BIE National Faculty member and PA Classrooms for the Future teacher, Dayna Laur, in a free webinar on February 22 to explore a variety of these tools. Hear about several projects that have successfully integrated Web 2.0 tools and start thinking about your own plans to introduce new and effective tools into your next project.
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Two Kindergarten classes from Explorer Elementary learn how to grow and harvest vegetables with the help a garden coordinator.
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Students at Aviation High School in Seattle work in teams to build, test, and re-build their paper wings using better designs for each revision.
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Students at Aviation High School in Seattle form permanent teams with defined roles during the engineering design process.
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Art, history, engineering, language arts, and technology, both old and new, come together for eighth grade students in this rich project learning expedition at King Middle School in Portland, Maine.
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Napa New Technology High School teachers and students discuss the benefits of having an online portal for tracking students' learning experiences and teachers' feedback.
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Students at Napa New Technology high School in Napa, CA conduct a "mock" trial project regarding whether or not science classes should be able to teach theories of intelligent design in classrooms. Students jigsaw past legal cases to prepare and present their cases to an audience.
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Students at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, AZ conduct a project-based science learning assignment called the Hydrology Project. Students study the effects of erosion and water quality.
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Students at Aviation High School in Seattle use project-based learning in the classroom to construct different wing designs using paper and other simple materials. The students work in teams to build, test, and re-build their wings using better designs for each new wing design.
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Landry Middle School 8th grade students work on a project focused on cars that integrate science, language arts, math, and technology.
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During an interdisciplinary project, High Tech High students use the power of media in Humanities and the knowledge of scientific data in Biology to educate the public about the water quality at local beaches in San Diego.
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Children from Auburn Education Center take an imaginary trip to Brazil that starts the Need to Know process.
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How do we meet students' needs through effective Differentiated Instruction? PBL is a natural structure for supporting success for all of you students. John McCarthy, BIE National Faculty, will show you proven strategies that will support readiness, interests, and learning profiles.
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HTH Media Art 9th grade students create math board games to review concepts which involved critique by 4th & 5th graders from Explorer Elementary.
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Elementary students from Rockledge Elementary School act as scientists as they follow the migration of the Monarch Butterfly.
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Follow the entire project cycle as students at the Metropolitan Arts & Technology High School create their own ad campaigns based on California Propositions.
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You have begun to master the design process of Project Based Learning and the 8 Essential Elements of PBL are evident in the projects you have planned. That's great! The next step in your PBL journey might be to plan an integrated or interdisciplinary project. You can start by bringing other content areas into your own project, or begin planning projects with your colleagues from other content areas. Learn about successfully implemented integrated/interdisciplinary projects in various subjects and grade levels, and hear about design and management techniques to transform your projects into rich learning experiences for your students. Dayna Laur, BIE National Faculty member and featured teacher from Edutopia's Schools that Work series on integrated studies, will lead this hour long session.
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The Salvadori Center in New York take 100 students through an all-day design challenge to redesign Time Square as a pedestrian mall with the help of professional engineers, architects, and designers.
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Middle school students from TEAM Academy create menus, grant letters, commercials, and multimedia presentations for a healthy restaurant. (Visit teamschools.org)
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The TUBRIC is not only a great hands-on activity for teachers during professional development, but it's also a great collaborative tool to help your students create their own Driving Questions for their projects. So just download it, print it, and build it!
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Aviation High School instructors refine the driving question or design challenge to have the students figure out how to design an efficient wing structure.
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Large-scale, long-term projects are designed, with the help of mentors, by high school students at West Hawaii Explorations Academy to be science-focused, outdoor, & hands-on.
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