Camas Ridge Community School

PBL Workshop June 24, 2009

“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.”

-Deborah Meier

Today 1. Describe project ideas, workshop

them 2. Look at driving/burning/essential

questions and entry events 3. Project design template 4. Today’s Tech - Go2Web2.0 and

mindmapping apps

A fun inquiry “grabber” - pay attention to process

Research-based features of effective PLCs

-Have a clear sense of mission-Share a vision of the conditions they must create to achieve the mission-Work together in collaborative teams to determine the best practice to achieve the mission-Organize into groups, headed up by teacher-leaders-Focus on student learning-Are goal- and results-oriented-Collaborate with each other-Hold shared values and beliefs-Commit themselves to continuous improvement-See themselves as life-long learners

(DuFour, DuFour & Eaker, 2002)

Deborah Meier Habits of Mind as core principles of a schoolhttp://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/phil/habits.html

How Do We Define Web 2.0?

Some Commonly Shared Characteristicso User-generated content

o Web-based Applicationso Sharable, collaborative, socialo “Creative Commons” spirito Authentication, data stored in a “cloud”

o Free, extra functions for moneyo Mash Ups and Interoperatabilityo Organizable through TAGS that make sense to you “folksonomy”

Activity-Based Teaching Project-Based Learning

Teacher directed Student driven

Single answer Open ended

Summative On-going

Thematic Driving question/challenge

Answer giving Problem solving

Fun Engaging

Interesting to know Enduring understanding

School world Real world

Curricular add-on Curricular focus

Continuum of Practice

Thematic Unit• Read, write,

do math with apples

• Visit an orchard

• Make apple sauce

• Taste test• Paint and draw

apples• Put on a

Johnny Appleseed play

PBLWhere did the apples in my store come from? “Why these apples?”

preference, availability“How did they get from the tree to here?”

labor, distribution systems“Did grandma eat these apples at my age?”

change over time

Activity based v. PBL

Thematic Unit• Read, write,

do math with apples

• Visit an orchard

• Make apple sauce

• Taste test• Paint and draw

apples• Put on a

Johnny Appleseed play

PBLWhere did the apples in my store come from? “Why these apples?”

preference, availability“How did they get from the tree to here?”

labor, distribution systems“Did grandma eat these apples at my age?”

change over time