project based learning

1. 21st Century Education

2. Project-Based Learning, or PBL, is a dynamic
approach to teaching in which students work
in teams to experience and explore real-
world problems, questions, issues, and
challenges through active and engaged
learning.

3.  Student-centered learning inspires students
to obtain a deeper knowledge of the
subjects they are studying

4.  Through active learning, students gain 21st
Century Skills such as:
◦ Accessing and Analyzing Information
◦ Agility and Adaptability
◦ Collaboration across Networks and
Leading by Influence
◦ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
◦ Curiosity and Imagination
◦ Effective Oral and Written Communication
◦ Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

5.  A high school team of students will
immerse in a real-world project.
 Their challenge: How to make the local
bank branch more environmentally
sustainable while staying within a
budget?

6.  They will go from producing a spreadsheet
to using a program called SketchUp, also
using Skype to consult with experts outside
of the classroom
 When a student was asked how he learned
to use SketchUp he simply replied “Just by
using it.”
 In PBL, that’s exactly how technology
integration should happen.

7.  This wasn’t a “SketchUp” project. It was a
challenge that required problem-solving
and connected students with people beyond
the classroom.
 Students chose to use online modeling
software because 3-D graphics offered a
way to make their thinking visible.
 Technology was integrated because it
helped students meet their project goals.

8.  SketchUp
◦ Students use this program to create simple, but detailed 3D
models of the redesigned exterior of a building
◦ Similar to an Excel or a PowerPoint project
◦ http://www.sketchup.com/industries/education.html
 Skype in the Classroom
◦ Students use Skype to connect to the world. More specifically for
this example, they could connect to content experts outside of the
school
◦ https://education.skype.com/
 Padlet
◦ Students can stick virtual “sticky notes” to a “wall” (their class’s
personally website to share their ideas) for everyone to see
◦ http://padlet.com/

9. • http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning
• http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/pbl.html
• http://wveis.k12.wv.us/teach21/public/project/Guide.cfm?upid=3513&
tsele1=3&tsele2=102
• http://www.p21.org/tools-and-resources/p21blog/1105-integrating-
technology-with-pbl-keep-the-end-in-mind
• http://www.sketchup.com/industries/education.html
• https://education.skype.com/
• http://padlet.com/