Post #9

What Can Teachers and Students Teach Us About PBL?
PBL projects require a lot of collaboration within a group. There are many components that a group will need to cover when taking on a PBL project. A few would be: crafting a driving question, identifying learning standards, brainstorming, creating rubrics, and meeting deadlines. These are just a few. It's important for teachers to introduce a project in an exciting way. Students are not always eager to learn, so a teacher being excited may give the spark they need to do a project. Teachers shouldn't just give all the information student's will need to do a project. Instead, give them topics to choose from and let them do the research. Students teach us that they like choosing the technology of their choice for their projects. The more creative a group of students can be, the better the end result. We can also see that students need peer editing because they rarely do high quality work the first time. Voice and choice are huge factors in students producing great work. They have so much pride in the final product when they know it all came straight from them. I like the statement, "give power to empower". Lastly, I saw rewards aren't a bad idea. Many young students discussed the rewards they receive and they choose to work very hard because of it. Now, that can seem crazy, but if it can get them motivated, why not. You can always "wing" them off of rewards and have consequences.

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