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Practicing PBL for Elementary (PK-5)
Before You Dig In
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Welcome - Establishing Why PBL
Welcome (3:26)
Who is this Course For?
Establishing Your WHY for PBL
The Culture of a PBL Driven Classroom
Establishing a Culture for PBL (2:00)
Teacher to Student Interactions
Student to Self Interactions
Student to Student Interactions
Teacher to Teacher
Teacher Characteristics
Common Teacher Traps (3:20)
Common Myths about a PBL Classroom
Communicating PBL Goals with Parents
PBL as a Neuro-informed Instructional Approach
Neuro-Informed Elements of PBL
Learning Brain vs. Survival Brain
Self-Determination Theory
Stress and Learning
PBL Builds Executive Function
PBL as Neuro-Informed Instruction
Project Based Learning for Elementary Aged Learners
Creating Authentic Projects for Young Students (PK-2)
Where PBL Fits into the Primary Grade School Day (PK-2)
The Role of Background Knowledge
The Prep
The Challenge: Let's Start Building
Essential Components for PBL (1:16)
Timeline for Implementation (1:07)
Making Sure They're Really Learning... (1:17)
Considering Assessment (0:54)
Materials (1:29)
Teacher Collaboration (1:58)
Student Collaboration (0:36)
Publishing and Media Outlets (0:49)
Craft a Driving Question
The Challenge: Write your own DQ! (0:51)
What Exactly is a Driving Question? (1:09)
Features of Effective Driving Questions: (2:58)
Look for your Driving Question
Write, Refine, and Share your Driving Question
The Launch
The challenge: Launch the Unit! (2:19)
Criteria of a Successful Launch (1:29)
Setting High Expectations for the work and for how to work!
The challenge: Setting High Expectations
Balancing Excitement of Launch with Quality of Work (1:05)
Quality Cited Research (2:25)
Collaboration and Competition (1:33)
Strategies for Goal-Setting/Time Management. (2:01)
Soft and Hard Deadlines (2:56)
Build Great Groups
The Challenge: Purposeful Grouping (4:37)
Other Strategies for Grouping (18:25)
The Work
The Challenge: Organize the Work (1:26)
Explicit Teaching vs. Independent Learning (2:44)
Side Workshops (1:35)
The Mid-Point Re-Group
The Challenge: Keeping Urgency & Quality High When We Hit that Lull
Virtual Coaching Session
Assessing the Learning: You know they're learning. Here's how to prove it.
The Challenge: Building in Assessments Along the Way (0:50)
What to and When to Grade - Formative Assessment (1:57)
What to and When to Grade - Summative Assessment (6:59)
Facets of Understanding (1:48)
Rubric for Skills (0:59)
A Quick Soapbox on Grading (3:26)
Checklists
The Closing: Bringing it in for a Landing
The Challenge: Intentionally Designed Closing (1:41)
Presentations
Publishing Our Work
Congratulations! (0:51)
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Side Workshops
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