First+PBL

Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Students will create a project that explains to the teacher what learning should look like now and into the future. Essentially: How do you want to learn? ||  || to be explicitly //taught and assessed// (T+A) or that will be //encouraged// (E) by project work, but not taught or assessed: |||||||||| Collaboration ||   |||| x |||||||||| Other: ||   ||||   ||   ||
 * Project Overview  ||   ||
 * ** Name of Project: ** |||||||||||||||||||| ** Introduction to PBL ** |||||||||||| ** Duration: 5 days ** ||  ||
 * ** Subject/Course: US History, English, Science ** |||||||||||| ** Teacher(s): ** |||||||||||| ** Grade Level: 8th ** ||  ||
 * ** Other subject areas to be included, if any: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ** History, Language Arts, or Science ** ||  ||
 * ** Project Idea **
 * ** Project Idea **
 * ** Driving Question ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| What is needed in the classroom of today in order to prepare students for the world of tomorrow? ||  ||
 * ** Content and Skills Standards ** to be addressed: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  ||   ||
 * ||  T+A   ||||   E   ||||||||||   ||   T+A   ||||   E   ||   ||
 * ** 21st Century Skills **
 * ^  |||||||||| Presentation || x ||||   ||||||||||   ||   ||||   ||   ||
 * ^  |||||||||| Critical Thinking: || x ||||   ||||||||||   ||   ||||   ||   ||
 * |||||||||||||||||| || |||||||| ** Presentation Audience: ** ||  ||
 * Culminating Products and Performances ** |||||| ** Group: ** |||||||||||||||||||||| Students will create a multimedia project using Animoto, Voice thread, or any type of video collaboration. ||||  Class:   |||||| yes ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||^   ||||   School:   ||||||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||^   ||||   Community:   |||||| yes ||
 * Individual ** : |||||||||||||||||||||| Each Individual will be responsible for their end of the social contract. ||||  Experts:   ||||||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||^   ||||   Web:   ||||||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||^   |||||||||| Other: Parents ||
 * Project Overview  ||   ||
 * ** Entry event ** to launch inquiry, engage students: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Have students complete that 8th grade final exam from 1900: []
 * Project Overview  ||   ||
 * ** Entry event ** to launch inquiry, engage students: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Have students complete that 8th grade final exam from 1900: []

__Have students create a four quadrant brainstorm:__ 1. What schools look like today 2. How they like to learn 3. How school of the future should look 4. Give examples of how should //__not__// look like.

** Formative Assessments ** ** (During Project) ** |||||||||| Quizzes/Tests ||||   x   |||||||||||| Practice Presentations ||   ||   || ** Summative Assessments ** ** (End of Project) ** |||||||||| Written Product(s), with rubric:
 * Entry Event Video Sample: []
 * PBL Explained Video by Common Craft: [] ||  ||
 * ** Assessments ** ||||||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Journal/Learning Log ||||   x   |||||||||||| Notes ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes ||||   x   |||||||||||| Checklists ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Rough Drafts ||||   x   |||||||||||| Concept Maps ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Online Tests/Exams |||| |||||||||||| Other: ||   ||   ||

__________________________________________________ ||||  x   |||||||||||| Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:

__________________________________________________ ||  x   ||   || ** (Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) ** |||||||||| Journal/Learning Log ||||   x   |||||||||||| Focus Group || ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Oral Presentation, with rubric ||||   x   |||||||||||| Peer Evaluation || ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test |||| |||||||||||| Self-Evaluation || ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Essay Test |||| |||||||||||| Other: || ||   ||
 * ** Resources **
 * Needed ** |||||||| ** On-site people, facilities: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||  ||
 * ^  |||||||| ** Equipment: ** ||||||||||||||||||||||||||   Ipads   ||   ||
 * ^  |||||||| ** Materials: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||   ||
 * ^  |||||||| ** Community resources: ** ||||||||||||||||||||||||||   ||   ||
 * ** Reflection **
 * Methods ** ||||||
 * ** Reflection **
 * Methods ** ||||||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Whole-Class Discussion ||||   x   |||||||||||| Fishbowl Discussion || ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Survey |||| |||||||||||| Other: || ||   ||

Five things students say they want from education
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/07/28/five-things-students-say-they-want-from-education/2/?