1. There’s No Cook book
For P.B.L.
Chris Fancher (@cfanch)
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2. What Would It Look Like ?
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3. INGREDIENTS
• Start With Up-Front Planning
• Add Standards to Taste
• Mix in a Pinch of Imagination
• (Optional Add-in) Friends/Colleagues
• Fold in Experience
• You May Want to Add More Planning
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4. “Start With The End In Mind”
The Buck Institute For Education
Manor ISD’s Think Forward Institute
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5. So, Let’s Create a Project
Pick a Topic (and 3 or 4 standards)
Select a scenario (we’ll brainstorm with
you)
Create the DRIVING QUESTION {How
does a ________ do _________ by _______
(We’ll make this when the time comes)}
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6. We’re Still Planning
Pick a Time Frame (1?2?3?more? weeks)
Want to work with another content?
Create a Rubric(s)
Here’s the Frame work ----------
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7. Framework For Success
The Hook (Video/Letter/Document/etc)
Grouping (3 or 4 per group works best)
Group Contracts
What Do they know? What must they
learn?
Monitor/Listen/Intervene/(repeat)
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8. Got It? Then Do It!
Start simple/small
Think short time period (5 to 10 days)
Choose a topic you know cold
Wait for them to ask you (“We need to
know how to do _____”)
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9. ANY QUESTIONS?
Into the setting sun.....
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