Project-Based Learning Workshop NECC 2008

I’d like to include the notes I took at NECC 2008. These notes are from Innovative Project-Based Learning: Strategies from K-College. Presented by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. and Heather B. Rampton, M.Ed.at the National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio 2008
For sample activities, you may visit Keeler’s blog at http://keelerthoughts.blogspot.com.
What’s PBL
Students learn content while constructing an artifact. Our job is to teach content and 21st century skills. We should be content focused and artifact driven.
Content 80% Artifact 20% I
I’m not sure where I heard this breakdown, but it makes sense. We’ve said from the beginning that technology is a tool for teaching our content.
Strategies:
Video
adapting literature
research-based video reports
audio
Day in the Life Journal Memoirs
Blogs
journaling
daily homework
eportfolio space
Digital Photography
scavenger hunt
Flickr
movie poster
Page Layout Software
book review
tri-fold brochures
Common Applications
virtual museums, educationalvirtualmuseums@blogspot.com
game shows, jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games
slideshow-based games