1. Win with PBL! Cindy Rice Van Buren High School crice@vbsd.us

2. What do we want business students to know and do?

3. Elements of PBL Student Centered Focused on standards, clear learning goals Driven by questions: Essential, Unit, Content Ongoing formative assessments, assess for learning Project involves connected tasks and activities over a period of time Real-world connections

4. Student Centered Students demonstrate knowledge/skills through products and performances that are published, presented or displayed Students think as they work on Blooms highest levelBlooms Variety of instructional strategies Technology supports and enhances learning

5. Develop 21 st Century Skills Learning and Innovation 4 Cs Creativity & Innovation Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Communication & Collaboration Information, Media & Technology Life & Career Skills Flexibility & Adaptability, Initiative, Social, Cultural, Productivity & Accountability, Leadership, Responsibility

6. Types of Projects Service Learning Simulation/role play Construction & Design Problem-solving Real-world learning experiences online with other learners WebQuest

7. PBL 4-Step Process Begin with the end in mindASSESSMENTS Identify Standards-Goals for learning Use questions to frame learning Essential-Big idea Unit-drive instruction & inquiry Content-standards based CCSS & our content Design ActivitiesConnected and completed over time

8. Resources Intel Teach Essentials Online Course http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/apac/eng/au/teach/teach1/teach11/course1/330711.htm Intel Teach Essentials Course http://www.intel.com/education/teach/essential-course.htm Partnership for 21 st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/overview Blooms Taxonomy http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm Mrs. Rices Teacher Space http://teacher.vbsd.us/crice/