Transcript 21st Century Skills and PBL: Integrating Technology to

Prof. Petra E. Avillán, M.Ed. ESL
PRTESOL Conference
Ponce , PR
November 2009
Which are the 21st
Century Skills?
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120
21st century skills
Digital literacy
 Basic, Scientific and technological illiteracies
 Visual Information-Internet
 Cultural Literacy and Global Awareness
Inventive Thinking
 Adaptability
 Curiosity, creativity, risk-taking
 Higher Order Thinking Skills
21st Century Skills cont.
Interactive Communication
 Teaming and collaboration
 Personal and Social Responsibilities
 Communication through
technology
Quality
 Prioritizing, Strategic Planning
 Use of Real-World Tools
http://www.metiri.com/features.html
Resources that support
st
21 skills
Internet
 http://www.edutopia.org/abo
utus
 www.iste.org/NTES/
 Blackboard
 Microsoft
 Oracle
 You tube
 Teacher tube.com
Other resources
 Ministry or Department of
Education
 Cable in the classroom
 Grants
What is PBL?
Problem-based learning
 Problem-based learning (PBL) is the most significant
innovation for the professions…
 Problem-based learning is an approach structuring the
curriculum which involves confronting students with
problems from practice which provides a stimulus for
learning.
 …develops capability rather than aqcuisition of
knowledge (Boud,D. , Feletti,G. 1997)
 …a structure for discovery that helps students
internalize learning and leads to greater
comprehension. ( Delilsle, R. 1997)
 “To organize education so that natural active
tendencies shall be fully enlisted in doing something,
while seeing to it that the doing requires observation,
the acquisition of information, and the use of
constructive imagination, is what needs to be done to
improve social conditions.” (Dewey, 1916, 1944)
 “…the learning that results from the process of working
toward the understanding or resolution of a problem”
(Barrows and Tamblyn, 1980)
Project-based learning
 A systematic teaching method that engages students
in learning knowledge and skills through an extended
inquiry process structured around complex, authentic
questions and carefully designed products and tasks.
( Buck Institute for Education, 2003)
Problem-based
learning
 Student-centered
 Research-based
(students)
 Understanding a
problem is the goal
 Real-world problems
 Students
 Plan their process
 Team work
 Technology
Project- based
learning
 Student-centered
 Uses research
 A project is the goal
 The teacher provides
Instructions
 Real-world problems
 Students perform
tasks
 Team work
 Technology
ESL and PBL
21st Century Skills
 Web pages
http://www.pblforesl.co
m/
 Research on line
 Articles
 Texts
Technologies
 TV
 Computer
 Internet
 MP3
 I Pod
 Pod Casts
 Cellular Phones
 Simulation programs
 Digital cameras
 Are we prepared to teach considering
the 21st century skills?
 How do we feel about this?
 Do we have the necessary skills?
 Does our curriculum mention PBL?
 Are there PBL schools or Universities in
Puerto Rico?
 Do the academic programs of our
universities use PBL?
 Are we trained in PBL?
 Do we know where to go to get
information and support for PBL?
Who is talking about PBL?
Links
Education
And now….