Transcript Increasing Relevance with Project

Increasing Relevance with
Project-Based Learning
Daniel Gumarang
School Improvement Facilitator, New Tech High Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District
You know projects
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Projects are large activities
completed after the students
have been pushed through
homework assignments,
lectures, and readings.
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Usually a culminating event
for a unit or semester.
Lecture
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Project
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Project-Based
Learning
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Students are pulled through the
curriculum by a driving question or
realistic problem that provides a
“need to know” the material.
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Lectures and readings are integrated
into the problem as the students need
the information.
NEED TO
KNOWS
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Learning is effective
because:
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Learning is partly a social activity
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Learners actively use what they
know and build on it
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It reflects the environment in which
we live and learn (plan, collaborate
and communicate)
Examples of Project &
PBL
Sound
Pollution
Geometry
Project
PBL
Listen to different sounds.
Make a graph and identify
features of common
sounds that are disturbing
to the ear.
Identify 5 sound pollution
in the community. Form a
task force to investigate
the problems and propose
solutions for each.
Observe and measure
various school buildings
and record data.
Design a “School of the
future” with scale drawings
and models, taking into
account the site and
anticipated needs.
Present plan to community
experts.
NEED TO
KNOWS
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Entry
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Builds a scenario
Outlines the problem
Defines roles and tasks
Sets expectations
Other Entry Document
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Webpage
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Guest speakers
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Newspaper/Magazine articles
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Job announcements
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Casting calls
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Video
Now what?
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What do you
need to know?
Need To Knows
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Floor and wall covering?
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What is interior design?
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How to calculate area &
perimeter?
Material & labor cost? Cost
analysis?
Vice President, Human
Resources?
Essential Features
of an Entry Document
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Creates expectations
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Sets parameters
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NEED TO KNOWS
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Introduce rubric
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Lecture
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Making expectations
clearer with rubrics
NEED TO
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Perimeter
Entry
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Assessment
Area
Units of
Measurement
Writing
Exercise
Use of
Spreadsheets
Project vs. PBL
PROJECT
PROJECT-BASED
LEARNING
a culminating event after the
unit has been taught
traditionally
teach the material before the
project is introduced
project is introduced at the
beginning of the unit, not at
the end
projects are real-world
applications of the course
content requiring students
The role of the teacher
becomes a guide or coach to
the student, who now has a
need to know the course
materials
students don’t know they need
the information and therefore
are not engaged in the
learning process
Assessment
• It’s all in the presentation!
End of Presentation
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