Activity 1a: What you
know
1. Open the Intel® Teach Elements:
Project-based Approaches course
and go to
Module 1 Lesson 1 A1: Your Knowledge
of Project-Based Learning.
2. Read the page
headed "What You Know” and look at one or both of the example
K-W-L-H charts.
3. Click Next On the Action
Plan Activity page, save the Word document version of the Action Plan.
4. Make entries in the
K-W-L-H on Page 3 of your Action Plan document.
o In the Know column,
write down what you know about project based learning – write this in the form
of statements.
o In the Wonder column,
write down what you wonder about project based learning – write this in the form
of questions
5. Share your second
(Wonder) column with your group by posting
it to your blog.
Activity 1b: Projects
in Action
1. Either click
on Next from the
previous activity or re-open the Elements Course and go to
Module 1 Lesson 1 A2: Project-Based Learning
Overview.
2. Follow the directions on
that page and read the descriptions of Projects
in Action.
3. Consider each example
and clarify what, in your mind, makes these examples project-based approaches.
Activity 1c: Conventional
and project-based classrooms
1. Either click
on Next from the
previous activity or re-open the Elements Course and go to Module 1 Lesson 1 A3: Project-Based vs
Conventional Instruction.
2.
Consider this question:
o Is this typically what
your class is like?
3. Click Next. Follow directions
and read about the Project-Based
Classroom Scenario.
4. Click Next. Follow directions
and complete the Conventional or Project? activity.
5. Click Next. Follow
directions and complete the Comparison
Chart activity.
Activity 1d: Action
Plan
1. Open your Action Plan.
2. Consider your own
teaching. Record goals and current or expected challenges with using projects
in the section labelled Module 1 Lesson 1 Activity 3 of your Action Plan.
3. Click Next until you
come to the Project Summaries activity. Assess your understanding
by completing the activity.
4. Click Next and read the
descriptions of the terms “constructivism”, “project-based learning”,
“inquiry-based learning” and “problem-based learning”.
5. Conduct an online
group discussion (using Todaysmeet.com) called Benefits of project-based
learning in which you discuss the question “What benefits could there
be for project-based learning in my teaching?”
