Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning

HI BOLOGNA!

Last February, Santiago Fernández, History professor was in Bologna to attend Project Based Learning training taught by ELA.

The main idea of PBL is to involve the students on their learning process.

PBL advantages:

- PBL Asks Students to Investigate Issues and topics addresing Real- World Problems While Integrating Subjects across the Curriculum.

- PBL Fosters Abstract, Intellectual Tasks to Explore Complex Issues.

- PBL Helps Students Develop Skills for Living in a knowledge-based, highly tecnological society.

Why using PBL?

• Authentic Assessment

• Accommodating varying Learning Styles and Differences

• Lifelong Learning

• Research-supported (BIE - Buck Institute Education)

• Positive demonstrated impact (Decline in absenteeism,foster positive classroom environment and cooperative learning, improovement of students’ achievement)

When technology is implemented, these datas can score

even higher results).

First of all, we need to create a healthy and right enviroment in our class in order to promove collaboration between students, so you can start by doing activities with that goal.

LA TORRE

   The jig-saw method

- Divide into groups
- Receive a piece of text. Find the same people from the other groups with the same piece of text.
- Together with these people with the same piece of text, read and understand. Prepare the share with your original group.
- Go back to the original group and share your knowledge.

The culture of inquiry:    Paideia Seminar

5 key components to good PBL

1. Real world connection

2. Core to learning

3. Structured collaboration

4. Student driven

5. Multifaceted Assessement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM

Source: Edutopia

PHASES OF THE PBL  

TIME TO HAVE FUN!

Criteria for designing the Q

• It should connect to at least one learning goal

• It should encourage curiosity and engagement

• It should be open-ended (answer is not yes or no)

• It should’t be Googleable

• It shouldn’t involve special vocabulary or learning goals

What is summative assessment

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an  instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value.

Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value.

Formative assessment examples

• Think-Pair-Share

• Exit Tickets

• SCRUM

• Frayer’s model

• PAT (progress assessment tool)

Certificates at the end of the course with collegues!