21st century skills and project based learning
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21st Century Skills and Project Based Learning
Based on the following books: PBL Starter Kit, Leader’s Guide to 21st Century Education, and 21st
Century Skills: Learning for Life in our Times
"Fifty years ago, our K-12 system focused on the routine.
Memorization and "following instructions" were the order of the day, and they fit nicely into jobs that were routine manufacturing
jobs in hierarchical organizations." (Ken Kay, 2013)
The world of work is destroying jobs faster than schools can
catch up. – Dylan Wiliam
The Flat World (Friedman, 2005)
The Service Economy
Should we worry about the soft skills?
Preparing students for a lifetime of change…
The most successful schools will be called upon to create innovators…
“Shelf Life” of information
Technology is not, nor should it be, the sole focus or the end
goal.
Homework• Next Meeting November 24th at Ely
Elementary• Begin to develop an idea for a project • Can you partner with someone? Cross
Curricular/Grade Level?• Bring a driving question for review by the
group. • Read Getting Started and begin developing
the components within that chapter for a future project
Getting Started
Class Meeting #2
What is project based learning?
Students are pulled through the curriculum by a meaningful question to
explore, an engaging real-world problem to solve, or a design challenge
to meet.
Core Components• Significant Content• 21st Century Skills• In-depth inquiry• Driving question• Need to Know • Voice and Choice• Critique and Revision• Public Audience
Finding project ideas• The standards for the subjects you
teach • Your community • What’s relevant and interesting to
your students?• What people do in the world outside
of your school?
Selecting 21st Century Skills• P. 31 Ely and P. 37 RHS• Critical thinking• Communication• Collaboration • Creativity skills
Critical Thinking
Communication• Written communication skills• Oral communication skills• Use of technology to communicate
effectively
CollaborationUnder the right circumstances, groups
are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest
people in them. (Kay, 2013)
Creativity• Are we intentional in embedding
activities for students to be creative?
Review Project Overview Template
Provide feedback on the driving question.• Will students understand it? Is it interesting?• Does it require higher-level thinking to answer it?• Is it open-ended – are there several ways to do
the task?• To answer, will students need to learning
important content and skills I’ve targeted?
Provide ideas on an entry event. An entry event is how you will immediately engage the student as you begin the project.
Provide potential ideas for 1-2 products that you would like to see that relate to the driving question.
Homework• RHS teachers read “Planning and
preparing”• Ely teachers read “Planning the
details” • Complete page 2 of the template I
provided. Be prepared to share out at our next meeting. We will set aside time for more feedback.
• Next class meeting 12/15/2015.
Planning the details
Class Meeting #3
Edutopia Video:
Establishing Real World Connections
How will you assess 21st Century Skills?
The role of rubrics• Each major product will need to have
a rubric• They are not checklists• Student friendly language • Use as formative assessments • RHS – p. 124-125• Ely – p. 132-135
What is the role of technology within your project?
• Conducting inquiry• Managing their work • Creating products and
presentations
Edutopia Video:
Building rigorous projects that are core to learning
The importance of the entry event
Students will get more engaged and take ownership of the project if you launch it with an event that grabs their hearts and minds.
Plan backwards
Please share your major products and or presentations?
How do we group students?Edutopia video:
Structuring collaboration for student success
What is an appropriate way to make the product public?