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1. Begin With the End in Mind As you are planning your PBL unit, consider the possible outcomes students might arrive at. The culminating event should answer the driving question and be student-directed. But, you as the facilitator can plant seeds to guide students towards the event you hope they will choose to answer the […]
As elementary PBL facilitators, we often need help coming up with ideas for PBL units. Here are 3 roads that I often take to find inspiration for PBL units. 1. Students Because students are the driving force behind any quality PBL unit, why not start with their interests, ideas, and topics of conversation as inspiration […]
Community partners play many different roles in Project Based Learning units. As a PBL facilitator and now an instructional coach, I have witnessed firsthand the most effective ways to utilize a community partner in quality and authentic unit. 1. Entry Event When I taught 1st Grade, we loved using community partners to come in and […]
Once you determine who will be “driving” the creation of your Driving Question, writing it can seem like a daunting task. As teachers, we are natural perfectionists. We want to meet the requirement of any request and follow the steps laid out before us. Our students’ well-being is always at the front of our minds, so […]
The phrase “Failing Forward” from John C. Maxwell’s book, by the same title, has taken the education community by storm. But what does it mean to “Fail Forward?” How can we as Project Based Learning teachers utilize this idea to help support our students? Below are a few ideas and thoughts from my years as […]