Reinventing Project-Based Learning

Reply to Reinventing PBL Hits 100 Contributors!

nobody@flickr.com (Suzie Boss) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:16:36 -0800

Suzie Boss posted a reply:

WOW--100!
Welcome to all who have joined us here. Thanks for making great project ideas visible so we all can learn from your examples.

Reinventing PBL Hits 100 Contributors!

nobody@flickr.com (jkrauss) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:16:41 -0800

jkrauss posted a new topic:

I'd like to give a hearty welcome to our 100th member, Mr. Greg Tracy!
If you want to see and show others what PBL looks like in action, take advantage of this Group.
What ways can it be useful?
* Look for projects to emulate or join.
* Talk to contributing teachers about their projects.
* Ask kids: What three photos would best tell the world what we're about?
* Think about the stories projects tell, and how documenting them on the Web transmits their power to others.
* Start a discussion with other pbl-minded folks in the group forum.
* Set the pool pictures on "slideshow" and project the images as participants gather at your next staff meeting or workshop.
In what other ways can pictures of PBL inform, persuade and celebrate? I'm all ears. Please join the Reinventing PBL Flickr Group!

Reply to What is project based learning?

nobody@flickr.com (Haabet) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:26:26 -0800

Haabet posted a reply:

Project based learning is Danish: "projekt baseret laering".

"Laering" is Norwegian: the positive effect of education,

"baseret" = be based on, rest on

A "projekt" (in education) is a jointed work. The students split up the projekt and examine all a single part of the projekt. A project end by a talk or/and booklet/a homepage.

The good: The project based learning move the education to the students in the same you work in the industry.

The bad: If one student is bad to something, the student never get that part of the project which demand that thing.

"projekt baseret laering" demand a knowledge about the students weak points.

It is most important as the teacher make the groups. By educational basis or at random.

Make a Galaxy

nobody@flickr.com (jkrauss) — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:42:05 -0700

jkrauss posted a new topic:

Hi Reinventing PBL Group:

Update: NEVER MIND, I tagged them all. Any new pics, please tag rpbl. You will find a still shot of the flash galaxy in the group now. Wish I could figure out how to embed the code in our blog.
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Would you consider adding the tag "rpbl" to your photos? I'd like to be able to make a galaxy with them ala Ewan McIntosh's example here: edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2008/05/show-off-your-s.html
Thanks!
Jane

Reply to Great youth multi-media project posted

nobody@flickr.com (jkrauss) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:21:30 -0700

jkrauss posted a reply:

Oh, that's the question for the ages. I think PBL is the ONLY way to reach young people who have been written off. They become invested, have power, get to express themselves creatively...

Great youth multi-media project posted

nobody@flickr.com (LindaH) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:10:13 -0700

LindaH posted a new topic:

Have you seen the new set of images from l.lb?
The set description gives more details:

When my husband worked with young people in Blackpool he was generally involved with those who were described as 'displaying challenging behaviour'. A lot of the work he did with these young people was based around creative and performing arts and some of his most successful projects were the making of professionally produced films in partnership with a North West Arts Collective.

I have finally got my husband and his team to agree to allow me to post some of the production stills from their most successful project. I believe that these should be seen because of the value of the work with young people who had previously been lacking in any level of self esteem but who grew dramatically as individuals due to their involvement with this ground breaking work.

The only regret I have in posting these is that the faces of many of the young actors cannot be shown because they were under the age of sixteen and in local authority care at the time of shooting. However they (and they are all in their early twenties now), my husband and the film company have given permission for these anonymous photographs to be shown and I am delighted to do so.

Hopefully there are other educators and arts practitioners out here who are hepling to change the lives of young people whom many may have 'written off'.

My thanks mainly go to the young people involved in this movie who I was fortunate enough to meet and who helped me to challenge many of my own prejudices.

So my question is:
How can we use PBL to reach even more young people that mainstream education has written off?

How do you use flickr?

nobody@flickr.com (jkrauss) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:11:26 -0700

jkrauss posted a new topic:

I do a lot of professional development and I love to have our rpbl group's pictures rolling as a slideshow for people to view as they enter the room, get settled and wait for the workshop to begin. I start the day asking in reference to the slideshow 'what did you notice? what do you think?' Right away we're talking about all the things that matter... what real projects look like, how a group of educators contributing to the shared flickr site causes something bigger to emerge...
How do you use Flickr?

Read about the projects you see

nobody@flickr.com (jkrauss) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:05:20 -0800

jkrauss posted a new topic:

The Flat Classroom Folks, Google Lit Trips, Classroom Displays, and other projects presented in images in this Flickr Group now have their stories told in the new book Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age. The book by group moderator Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss is now available through Amazon and the ISTE bookstore.

New projects for a new school year?

nobody@flickr.com (Suzie Boss) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:23:59 -0700

Suzie Boss posted a new topic:

Anyone starting off the new year with an interesting project? Building your students' project management skills early gets you ready for even more ambitious project work later in the year. Please share your ideas--someone in the pool might want to join you in a collaborative effort!

Reply to What is project based learning?

nobody@flickr.com (Suzie Boss) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:29:34 -0700

Suzie Boss posted a reply:

Wow! Imagine a project--or series of related projects--that reaches a billion children and their families. Enormous opportunities here.
I have seen some worthy projects start with data-gathering. At a minimum, students see that they are doing something "real," and that their accuracy and effort matter. Once students gain some proficiency with data gathering, they are well-positioned for higher-level analysis. It's a great set-up for authentic inquiry.
Please keep us posted on this exciting opportunity. We'd like to send more participants your way through this Flickr community and our related blog (http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com). How can they connect?
--Suzie