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I just spent 3 amazing days with my totally dedicated PSUSD colleagues at a Project Based Learning training presented by BIE trainers. There was not one minute that I wasn't fully engaged, and I think the same goes for my colleagues. I am delighted at the shift that my district is making to PBL. I am blessed to be in a district that provides awesome professional development, AND, we get paid to go!!!
There are 8 essential elements to good projects under the BIE model of PBL. Those essential elements include:
1. Significant Content
2. 21st Century Competencies
3 .In-Depth Inquiry
4. Driving Question
5. Need to Know
6. Voice and Choice
7. Revision and Reflection
8. Public Audience
The training provided explanations and tools for all of these 8 essential areas. The trainers also gave us the most valuable thing to teachers- TIME to practice the new concepts and create a project of our own with their guidance, as well as suggestions from our peer teachers. I would definitely encourage teachers to go to the BIE website at http://www.bie.org/about and see all of the articles, project planner, rubrics, etc. It's free to join! If you google Project Based Learning you can also find amazing resources and lesson plans created by teachers across the nation. You've just got to love the access to information that technology gives us!!! USE IT!
There are 8 essential elements to good projects under the BIE model of PBL. Those essential elements include:
1. Significant Content
2. 21st Century Competencies
3 .In-Depth Inquiry
4. Driving Question
5. Need to Know
6. Voice and Choice
7. Revision and Reflection
8. Public Audience
The training provided explanations and tools for all of these 8 essential areas. The trainers also gave us the most valuable thing to teachers- TIME to practice the new concepts and create a project of our own with their guidance, as well as suggestions from our peer teachers. I would definitely encourage teachers to go to the BIE website at http://www.bie.org/about and see all of the articles, project planner, rubrics, etc. It's free to join! If you google Project Based Learning you can also find amazing resources and lesson plans created by teachers across the nation. You've just got to love the access to information that technology gives us!!! USE IT!