Common Core State Standards plus

Common Core State StandardsplusProject-Based LearningMake the perfect Recipe for SUCCESS!

Do you see Common Core as just Refilling a bucket?2I will do it because the state says I have to

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9th 10th GradeMastery Connect App/Widget

Get the App for your Android or iPhone; Embed the widget on your class website.http://www.masteryconnect.comTN Core Web Site

http://www.tncore.org/

Combining CCSS, technology, and project based learningsounds like a lot of work. How will it help my students?

More Reasons for PBL0 PBL Helps Students Develop Skills for Living in a Knowledge-Based, Highly Technological Society0 PBL Asks a Question or Poses a Problem That Each Student Can Answer0 PBL Asks Students to Investigate Issues and Topics Addressing Real-World Problems While Integrating Subjects Across the Curriculum

Where do I start?0 Start with an Essential Question based on Common Core Standards0 Design a plan for the project. Include students in this planning process. Integrate as many projects as possible.0 Create a schedule with benchmarks.0 Monitor student progress along the way.0 Create rubric to assess learning outcomes. 0 Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the project and make adjustments.

A few extra bits of help0 Biggest mistake in PBL is designing a smorgasbord of activities across the curriculum and trying to fit in the standards.0 Launch with a bang0 Set the scene0 Importance of Visual Prompts0 Launch Field Research0 Invite Guest speakers

Buck Institutehttp://www.bie.org/

The Buck Institute has a searchable data base of more than 450 projectsprojects 0 http://www.bie.org/

0 Project Based Learning freebies from Buck Institute can be foundfhttp://www.bie.org/tools/freebies0 Project Based Learning Online Planner:http://www.bie.org/project_planner/create_new/

0 West Virginia Center for Project Based Learning:http://wveis.k12.wv.us/teach21/public/project/Mainmenu.cfm

0 Learning Review List of Projects: http://www.learningreviews.com/Project-Based-Learning- Lesson-Plans.html

0 Other Resources:0 PBL Online Another PBL site that works as a cooperative effort

0 4teachers Home of age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.

0 Intel While Intel is a large company this link points to a division that focuses on PBL. Intel is worth a visit for some great ideas and resources.

0 New Tech Network New Tech is an outstanding group.schools that are dedicated to PBL in the curriculum.0 High Tech High School High Tech is a high school network growing across the United States using PBL as a model for reform.

0 Global Schoolhouse - Whether youre just starting out, or ready for advanced levels this tutorial will help you to implement collaborative, project-based learning on the Internet.

0 Project Foundry Any school investigating PBL must take a look. Project Foundry is an online learning management and student portfolio system that allows innovative educators to scale authentic, integrated, individualized learning. It really works well in a connected online environment. You will find that this fee-based system includes integration with online tools such as Google Apps and Moodle.

0 Challenges of Assessing Project Based Learning from the DistrictAdministrator Magazine Article

The Teaching Channelhttps://www.teachingchannel.org/

http://learnzillion.com/

Tech Tutorials

1st Grade Community Project

1st Grade Community ProjectTools UsedO iPad Camera and VideoO Sonic Pics App O Publish to You TubeO Publish to School & District Web sites

0 Essential Question - Is the US Constitution a living, working document?

0 Project Description - Students will assume the role of Constitutional scholars who have been hired to summarize the Constitution for new citizens who are preparing to take the American citizenship test and represent the American system of government in a meaningful manner. As part of this task, they will be assigned a group, and are expected to produce a product that encapsulates the ideals and principles of the American democracy with blogs and assignments about the Bill of Rights.8th Grade Constitution Project

Tools for the Constitution Project0 Wallwisher (http://wallwisher.com/)0 iPad Apps My Constitution and Show Me0 Blog for discussion Edublogs0 Thinglink (Examples of Thinglink)

Tech Tools for Science Project

0 Distance Learning Virtual Field Trip to NASA

0 Online Research including instruction on effective search practices

0 IWB and Active Vote technology for formative assessment

0 Video Conference with UT Physics/Astronomy Dept.

0 Student Blogging

0 Video for parents on completed projects

Why Should Students Blog?

0 Edublogs Free educational blog hosting for teachers and students0 Blogger.com A great starting site to get a taste of blogging, very easy to use.0 Kidblog Simple, safe blogging for students0 School web sites0 Edmodo Safe, free, online social network

Digital Storytelling & Book Trailers0 Windows Movie Maker creating digital movies0 iMovie - creating movies0 Animoto creating videos0 Netvibes blogs, videos, and photos0 Kerpoof illustrate writing and videos0 Fluxtime animated videos0 Stupeflix creating videos0 Photopeach creating videos

Audio/Video Podcasts0 Audacity audio recorder and editor0 iTunes music, videos, and podcasting0 Garageband audio editing and recording0 Free Music Archive music0 Vocaroo voice recording0 ButtonBeats create music online0 Incompetech royalty free music

ggInteractive Posters/PresentationsVisual.ly----Infographics- -jkjkkjlkEasel.ly InfographicsWordle vocabulary cloudVoicethread images, documents, and videos Beeclip Digital ScrapbooksPinterest Online pinboard

Collaborative Sharing0 Wikispaces Class Wiki or Currate Information0 Twitter All0 Livebinders Sharing resources or summarizing learning0 Skype Book Trailers and Presentations0 Dropbox File Sharing0 Class Blog All0 VoiceThread Interactive Posters/Presentations0 School Tube Videos0 Vimeo Videos

Global Projects0 http://www.projectnoah.org/education0 http://www.earthdaybags.org/0 http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.net/0 http://thenorthschool.com/writersclub/0 http://www.projectsbyjen.com/0 http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html0 http://karlfisch.wikispaces.com/AWNM110 http://lightingtheway.pbworks.com/w/page/1846752/Fr ontPage0 http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book

Math Projects0 Google Sketch Up Teacher Guide0 Yummy Math0 Project Based Learning in Math0 Illuminations from NCTM

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