- Both the "main course" and PBL Essential Elements go beyond projects as we've known them to projects by which students learn content as they work to complete the assignment and produce an authentic culminating event.
- In order to be sure that my class supports PBL as a main course this year, I need to ensure that students remain engaged in their work. I will work hard to prepare appropriate activities for finding the content for sustained inquiry.
- I will need support from administration, tech specialists, my classmates at Furman, as well as my students. I look forward to bouncing ideas off everyone and getting good feedback in the Cohort. And I hope that my kids will buy in to my ideas.
-I will respond to everyone who asks about PBL with enthusiasm, perhaps with an elevator pitch. It is a great adventure (#credit Alana), and I'm excited to see how it goes.
Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI also expect you guys to keep me focused and accountable for what I know to be best for kids!
I feel the same way about support from others! It's the most important thing to me right now, because I'm NO expert at PBL, and I have to be willing to ask for help from colleagues and specialists to do my best.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the "main course" pbl and the essential elements we have been using provide students with an ongoing opportunity to apply what they are learning while they are learning. I am glad that you agree student engagement throughout the pbl is important and the support of our cohort as well as site based support from colleagues and administration at your school is essential to help generate ideas for the pbl as well as to provide ongoing feedback. PBL is a great adventure for our students and for us!
Sincerely,
Dawn