Plan enriching Project-Based Learning experiences with ease!
The book′s companion website features an updated guide to help teachers integrate technology into PBL experiences for online and blended learning instruction.
Is project-planning a project in and of itself? Does project-based learning (PBL) feel more like a pipe dream than a reality in your classroom? Dr. Jennifer Pieratt, a consultant and former teacher herself, knows just where you′re coming from.
Developed from the author′s experience in the trenches of project-based learning over the past decade, this book will lead you through the planning process for an authentic PBL experience in a clear and efficient way. Project-based learning has been found to develop workforce readiness, innovation, and student achievement. In this book, the keys to implementing PBL effectively are explored in a simple, easy-to-use format. In addition to thought-provoking questions for journaling, readers will find a visually accessible style featuring
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#realtalk soundbites that honor the challenges to implementing PBL
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Tips and resources to support the project-planning process
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Planning forms to guide you through planning your projects
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Key terminology and acronyms in PBL
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Exercises to help you reflect and process throughout your project plans
If mastering a PBL framework is on your list, prepare to cross it off with the help of this book!
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner
Зміст
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Letter to Elementary Teachers
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1: The What and Why of PBL
An Overview of Project-Based Learning
Pr BL vs. PBL
Why PBL?
What Is HQPBL?
But They Aren’t Ready!
Chapter 2: The Role of the Teacher in PBL
Chapter 3: Project Brainstorming
Where to Look for Ideas
Collaborative Brainstorming
PBL Brainstorming Planning Form
Chapter 4: Planning PBL for Your Year
Big Picture and Big Ideas
Make Content Connections
Pacing Your Project
Identify a Real Connection
Is There Enough Juice for the Squeeze?
Chapter 5: Planning With the End in Mind
Enduring Understandings
Driving Questions
Final Products
Voice and Choice
Culminating Experience
Chapter 6: Benchmarking Your Project
What Is Benchmarking?
Deliverables
Chapter 7: Assessment
Best Practices in Assessment Apply to PBL
How to Build Your Project Rubric
Planning for Formative Assessment
Student Engagement in PBL Assessment
Chapter 8: Planning Daily Learning in PBL
Create Your Project Calendar
Managing the Project
Daily Schedule
Chapter 9: Launching Your Project
The Hook
Knows/Need to Knows
Project Guidelines
Project Groups
Home Communication
Chapter 10: Next Steps
1. Prototype Your Project
2. Seek Out Collegial Feedback
3. Plan for Exhibiting Student Work
4. Collect Community Connections
5. Scaling and Sustaining HQPBL
Appendix A: Complete Project Plans
Grade 1
Grade 5
Appendix B: Blank Project Planning Forms
References
Index
Про автора
Jenny Pieratt, Ph.D. is a Progressive Educator and Teacherpreneur. She was a founding staff member at High Tech High North County, a former School Development Coach at New Tech Network, and National Faculty at BIE. In 2016 Jenny became the Founder and President of Craft ED — a leading voice for the ‘mainstream wave’ of PBL implementation, through virtual and onsite professional development and coaching, active networking, and practitioner-based publications. With a Ph D in educational philosophy, specifically PBL, Jenny prides herself on staying in the trenches with teachers and advocating for teacher support to bring HQPBL to classrooms across the U.S. Jenny is an active blogger and speaker, former teacher of grades 5-10, equity advocate, and proud small business owner. Jenny resides in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA with her husband and two children.
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