Practitioner

=Product or Project= Having your students create products instead of paper an pencil assignments is a good practice. This by itself does not constitue project based learning. Read the article [|Main Course Not Dessert] to find out the difference.

Think about projects that you have done, are considering doing, or have seen other teachers do. What makes a project a "good" one? Watch the video, [|Applying MathSkills to a Real World Problem]. What evidence of a good project did you see?

Additional videos can be view at [|Edutopia] Select Project Based Learning from the Topics menu and then select a grade level.

= = = =  Think about projects you have done with your students. Use the Project Design Rubric to evaluate one of your projects. Ask yourself these questions.

What are the strengths of the project? What are the weaknesses of the project? What could I change to make the project more student centered? more authentic? What practices do I need to add to my classroom? What skills do my students need to work in a project based classroom? How can I develop these skills in my students.

Tips for Using Project Based Learning
[|10 Take Away Tips for Project Based Learning] [|20 Tips for Managing Project Based Learning] [|Tips for Assessing Project Based Learning]

= Developing a wiki = [|Wikispaces You Tube Channel] Tutorials for using wikispaces

[|Strategies for Using wikis in the Classroom]

[|Wiki Ideas]