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    Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced project. Students explore real-world problems and challenges, developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small groups. PBL inspires deeper understanding of subjects as students work through both team and independent work. Examples provided include language students creating folktale, newspaper, and international home remedies projects to authentically develop language skills. Benefits of PBL include motivating students and developing a sense of community in a student-centered classroom with increased self-esteem.

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    Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced project. Students explore real-world problems and challenges, developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small groups. PBL inspires deeper understanding of subjects as students work through both team and independent work. Examples provided include language students creating folktale, newspaper, and international home remedies projects to authentically develop language skills. Benefits of PBL include motivating students and developing a sense of community in a student-centered classroom with increased self-esteem.

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    This is my handout for my PBL workshop

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    Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced project. Students explore real-world problems and challenges, developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small groups. PBL inspires deeper understanding of subjects as students work through both team and independent work. Examples provided include language students creating folktale, newspaper, and international home remedies projects to authentically develop language skills. Benefits of PBL include motivating students and developing a sense of community in a student-centered classroom with increased self-esteem.

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    Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced project. Students explore real-world problems and challenges, developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small groups. PBL inspires deeper understanding of subjects as students work through both team and independent work. Examples provided include language students creating folktale, newspaper, and international home remedies projects to authentically develop language skills. Benefits of PBL include motivating students and developing a sense of community in a student-centered classroom with increased self-esteem.

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    Project Based Learning (PBL)

    http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/
    Email: [email protected]

    What is Project Based Learning?


    Project Based learning, is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-
    world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross-curriculum skills while
    working in small collaborative groups. It creates a real life problem solving activity
    where concepts from the text book are used and explored. Assessments are used to
    determine competence in language objectives.

    Why Use Project Based Learning?


    • It is active and engaging
    • It inspires students to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying.
    • Research also indicates that students are more likely to retain the knowledge
    gained through this approach far more readily than through traditional textbook-
    centered learning.
    • In addition, students develop confidence and self-direction as they move through
    both team-based and independent work
    Folktale Project
    • Population-southeast Asian refugees
    – Strong oral traditions
    – Minimal reading and writing
    • Collaboration
    – District librarian
    – Eighth grade language arts class
    • Curriculum integration
    – Objectives that match the curriculum
    Newspaper Project
    • Population-Mostly Latino students at the intermediate levels of language
    development.
    • Elective Class that students chose to take
    • Urban Setting –Large School
    • Students choose this project the first semester the class ran.

    International Home Remedies Project


     Developed by teachers to train other teachers
     Model remedies from training placed on web
     Advertise on webpage for other classes that have interest
     Convenient form developed for easy additions
     Additions continually archived
     Intermediate-Advanced level language students
     Independent study class
     Hundreds of student cycling through 1 hour class for only 8 sessions.
    Photo Project
    • Intermediate-Advanced level language students
    • Independent study class
    • Hundreds of student cycling through 1 hour class for only 8 sessions.

    Crucial Elements
     The Project must be geared to the population
     Students must see value in the project
     Timelines need to have flexibility based on class time and project
     Students are engaged in a meaningful project that develops authentic
    language
     Develop a model for students to use
    Benefits
     Motivating
     It develops a sense of community
     A student centered classroom is created
     Students should feel high levels of self esteem from completing the project

    Resources
    Free Teaching Tools and Resources http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm
    PBL Tools http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
    Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning
    Assessment Tools: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml
    The Project Based Learning Place: http://susangaer.com/sgaer/pbl/index.html
    Less Teaching More Learning http://www.ncsall.net/?id=385
    Project Descriptions http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/pbl/

    Projects
    Folktale Project: http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/folk.htm
    Newspaper Project: http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/newspaper.htm
    International Home Remedies Project: http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/rem
    Photo Project: http://www.susangaer.com/verb
    Cookbook Project: http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/cook.htm
    Virtual Visit to a Goodwill Computer Store: http://www.geocities.com/a9421243/
    Virtual School: http://susangaer.com/studentprojects/school.htm

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