Blog Post 9

 The question " What can teachers and students teach us about Project Base Learning? " has numerous answers. Project Base Learning( PBL) has been very successful.  PBL is very successful with help students to learn. Most of these videos/ blogs state the same message which is PBL will help you in the long run in the workplace.
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The Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning listed seven facts that are useful w working on a project. The seven are:

• Need To Know

• Entry event which engages the students with and interesting and initate question

• Driving Question
• Brainstorming " capture the heart of the question"

• Student voice and choice
• The more a students include his or her voice the better the project

• 21st Century Skills
• Projects can give students the opportunities to build 21st century skills such as communication, technology, and collaboration. All of which would help in the workplace

• Inquiry and Innovation
• Project work in more meaningful when students conduct real inquiry meaning students follow a trail to their own question and discovery research to the answer which can lead to new ideal,  new questions, and their own conclusion. 

• Feedback and Revision
• According to Lamer and Mergendoller, " Students need to learn that most people's first attempts don't result in high quality and that revision is a frequent feature of  real-world work."
• A Publicly Presented Product
• Schoolwork is more meaningful when students present it to an audience instead of just the teacher and classmates. A student will care more about the presentation of their work if they have to show is to an audience.

Project Based Learning for Teachers defines PBL's as students taking control of their learning. Student work over a long period of time to answer a question and at the end of the project the students share their work with everyone. 

 Project based Learning is :

1. Inquiry based
2. Open ended
3. Problem Solving
4. Personalized

The four C's of Project Based Learning are:

1. Collaboration Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Critical Thinking Skills
4. Career and Life Skills

PBL: What Motivates Students Today is a good video to give first time teacher an ideal of what students like that will motivate them to do good in school. Some of the students in the video said they like when the teacher would give them candy, sticker, or just cool school supplies for being good in class. I remember when I was in school I would try to be extra good so that at the end of the day or week I could get a goody out of the goody bag. Also students like when teach give them compliments. Give a students compliments when they do good on a test motivates the student to do good on the next test or quiz. What motivates some students to do good in school is when they think about their future career and college. Students know that in oder to succeed and have a good position in your future career you need to make good grade. For younger students, what motivates them to do good in school is that they know that if they do not make good grade their parents will not let them do the fun activities they want to play such as sports, or getting a new toy, or even taking away toys.

Project Based Learning in P.E.  describes how PBL can be used in any subject. This blog shows how students can teach other students the importance of physical activity out side of school. Having a healthy live consist of both staying physically fit and active.  It even includes the physical education standards. This blog shows how PBL and can help not just students but the community.

Ten sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration in Project Based Learning are tools used to exchange the Project Based Learning experience. These site include collaboration and communication from etcher to student, student to student, and student to experts. 

The ten website are:

1. Titan Pad
2. Wall Wisher
3. Coarkboardme
4. Google Docs
5. Microsoft Live
6. Today's Meet
7. Linoit
8. Skype in Education
9. Quick Screen Share