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Laying the Foundation for Problem Based Learning

2/23/2013

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Inspired by John Larmer's Blog in Edutopia, titled: Start the Year With a Project...or Wait?, our 5th grade teachers decided to... Start the Year With a Project.
Using his suggestions, they introduced one of each of the 4C's through hands on collaborative activities each day.  

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The foundation they built during the second week of school will grow as students embark on a yet to be determined service learning project.  This ties into the Bluebonnet Book they are reading: Laugh with the Moon, by Shana Burg


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Day 1: Critical Thinking
Students participated in a teacher-led discussion to increase their awareness of what critical thinking was.   


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Day 2: Divergent Th


Divergent thinking activity

Critical thinking, collaborating  communicating

Mission Difficult ( not mission possible)

Worm
Activity

Get the life saver to the worm with a paper clip

No hands only paper clip


10 minutes

Roles on slide


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Practicing group skills.. See above

Didn't have to accomplish task to be successful

Shared as a group how accomplished skills...


"We all had a fifferent idea do we decided to try them all..."

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    Hi, I'm Margie Brown, an Educational Technologist at Valley View Elementary School in Eanes ISD. I love working with students and teachers and discovering new digital tips and tricks everyday!

    As the  Educational Technologist on this campus, I am responsible for facilitating the integration of technology into the instructional program by supporting teachers, librarians, and Instructional Partners. Our district believes that this position is essential in establishing a digital age learning culture by supporting, training, coaching and mentoring staff. In addition, I am also involved in program planning and implementation of all district initiatives that pertain to technology integration. 

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