After reading the first required section Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning I learned the differences between busy work and
the effective way to do a project based learning activity. In the article John
Larner and John R. Mergendoller, states, “A classroom filled with student
posters may suggest that students have engaged in meaningful learning. But it
is the process of students' learning and the depth of their cognitive
engagement rather than the resulting product that distinguishes projects from
busywork.” For teacher to have an effective and meaningful project first students must perceive the work as
personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second,
a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and
well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways. Along with
making the project meaningful there are seven steps to project based
learning. The seven steps are: Need to
know, Driving Question, Student Voice and Choice, Skills, Inquiry and
Innovation, Feedback and Revision, and Present. During the seven process the
students will learned the important things in project in the process of
completion.
In
the second video Project Based Learning for Teachers
Tony Vincent explains project based learning as having students working over an
extended period of time answering a driving question. The questions are deep and
requires students to complete and end product to share their learning. In this
video Tony states the students will learn collaboration skills, communication
skills, critical thinking skills, and career and life skills. Students take
charge of their learning. After watching
both videos I learned that it’s important for the students to have a voice and
choice in their learning during project based learning.
Three additional videos
After the video these are some of the reasons the
students discuss in the video.
- Give praise on completion
- Recognition
- Career plans
- Parents
- To stay out of trouble
In the video the students
explained ways teachers gave rewards for good behavior.
· Money
buckets
· Brownie
points
· Food
· School
supplies
· A
different theme each day throughout the week
Allowing
students to network while immersed in project based learning is so important. This could include
communication and collaboration student to student, student to teacher, and
student to expert. To list a few Wall Wisher, Miscroft Live, and Google Docs.
The
project can be geared toward any standard and any audience. Its focus can be
narrow or broad, and it can last anywhere from several days to several months.
The payoff is engagement. Students will see the relevance for their learning in
PE through the authentic task of a project based learning project. You must give up power in order
to empower your students; empower them in their physical education.
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