An Introduction to ICT-Infused Project Based Learning

1. An Introduction to ICT-Infused Project Based Learning CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonhudson/410262257/

2. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

3. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

4. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

5. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

6. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

7. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevantquestions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

8. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

9. Project Based Learning A systematic teaching method that engageslearners in acquiring knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, relevant questions, carefully designed products, and authentic tasks. From Introduction to Project Based Learning Handbook, Buck Institute for Education.

10. Project Based Learning We’ll call it PBL

11. PBL changes the classroom http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3916313892/

12. PBL changes the classroom Students making podcasts with Audacity. CC www.flickr.com/photos/31092106@N02/3749432665/

13. The Edible School Yard George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) PBL videos available free at iTunes

14. What about the use of ICT? CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/reway2007/2269069067/

15. ISTE’s Educational Technology Standards for Teachers Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

16. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Teachers … facilitate experiences that advance learning, creativity, and innovation. . . Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

17. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

18. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

19. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

20. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

21. Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. Source:www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

22. What we will look at Project Characteristics Checklist from Intel® Teach Essential Course.

23. What we will look at Project Characteristics Checklist from Intel® Teach Essential Course.

24. Characteristics of PBL Engaging Task • Learners assume an active role • Varied learning strategies engage all learners • Develops both knowledge and skills • Authentic demonstration of learning

25. Characteristics of PBL Engaging Task

26. Characteristics of PBL Problem Based Task • Authentic, real-world challenge or question • Demands higher-order thinking*to real-world contexts • Involves 21st centuryskills*

27. Bloom’s Taxonomy

28. Bloom’s version 2.0 American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html

29. What are 21st Century Skills? The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

30. Paul Otellini, President and CEO and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board, discuss 21st Century Skills Businesses like Intel® look for 21st Century Skills

31. What are 21st Century Skills? 21st Century Themes: • Solve complex problems • Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy • Civic Literacy • Health Literacy The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

32. What are 21st Century Skills? Learning & Innovation Skills: • Creativity and Innovation • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Communication and Collaboration The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

33. What are 21st Century Skills? Information, Media and Technology Skills: • Information Literacy • Media Literacy • ICT Literacy The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

34. What are 21st Century Skills? Life and Career Skills • Flexibility and Adaptability • Initiative and Self-Direction • Social and Cross-Cultural Skills • Productivity and Accountability • Leadership and Responsibility The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/.

35. Characteristics of PBL Problem Based Task

36. Characteristics of PBL ICT Enhances Learning • ICT helps learners construct their own understanding • Develops higher-order thinking and 21st centuryskills • Improves collaboration • Fosters communication

37. Characteristics of PBL ICT Enhances Learning

38. What the research says… PBL improves learning when learners apply classroom-gathered knowledge to real-world problems. Adapted from Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, Linda Darling-Hammond, et al.2008

39. What the research says… PBL improves learning when projects require sustained engagement and collaboration. Adapted from Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, Linda Darling-Hammond, et al.2008

40. What the research says… Active-learning impacts learner performance more than any other variable, including student background and prior achievement. Adapted from Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, Linda Darling-Hammond, et al.2008

41. What the research says… Learners are most successful when they are taught how to learn as well as what to learn. Adapted from Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding, Linda Darling-Hammond, et al.2008

42. Intel® Teach Programme Essentials Course Overview

43. Intel Teach ProgrammeEssentials Course • The Intel® Teach Program is a worldwide initiative to provide teachers with the skills to effectively integrate technology into existing curriculum to improve student learning. • Since 1999, the Intel Teach Program has helped over 5 million educators in more than 40 countries. • The goal of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course is to help classroom teachers develop student-centered learning through technology integration and project-based approaches.

44. Course Focus • The themes of the Essentials Course include: • Using ICT effectively in the classroom to promote 21st century skills • Identifying ways learners and teachers can use ICT to enhance learning through research, communication, collaboration, and productivity strategies and tools • Providing hands-on learning and the creation of curricular projects and assessments, which address national curriculum outcomes • Facilitating learner-centred classrooms that encourage learner self-direction and higher-order thinking • Collaborating with colleagues to improve teaching and learning by problem solving and participating in peer reviews of projects

45. Outcomes • The creation of a classroom-based project that you can implement in your classroom. • A project that allows you to: • integrate Web 2.0 tools • meet important learning objectives • nurture 21st century skills

46. Course Goal • To help teachers use the power of computer technology to spark learner’s imagination and ultimately move them toward deeper learning.

47. Intel® Thinking with Technology Goal of the Course The course focuses on integrating Online Thinking Tools into classroom projects. Intel's online thinking tools are available for free to all schools in the world.

48. Intel® Thinking with Technology Online Thinking Tools • Online thinking tools are active learning places where students can: • engage in robust discussions • analyze complex information • pursue investigations • solve problems

49. Intel® Thinking with Technology Visual Ranking Tool… …for prioritizing and ordering items in a list.

50. Intel® Thinking with Technology Seeing Reason Investigate relationships in complex systems, and create maps that communicate understanding.