Gabrielle Thormann
CO, ET, CU
Weyers, M. (2014). PBL Project Planning:
Matching Projects to Standards. Edutopia, retrieved from:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-pilot-project-planning-standards-matt-weyers-jen-dole
This article is the third article of a series of articles
about how to implement project-based learning (PBL) in a middle school. Before discussing this article, it’s useful
to mention the two previous articles and beyond: a
stream of articles comprises a journal of implementing PBL. In Minnesota a group of educators started
with a reflection on current teaching practices that developed into a District
Strategic Plan. The teachers took the
plan to their administrator with their mission statements with one being: "Byron Public Schools will leverage
real-world tools and skills to develop in students a passion for
learning." This particular public
school is its own small district, and thus as part of a state mandate this
public school partnered/”integrated” with other public schools. It took time and steps to create the Project
Based Learning program. When they were
ready, teachers introduced the program to parents and students. Key points of the philosophy behind the
program were presented.
This third article is useful in
that failures are pointed to and rethinking begins. The success of a project
based on kiva.org is noted, as two PBL sites and resources were used, and
parent involvement and collaboration is spoken of. Taking a glance at the next article, the
focus is primarily on the development of real-world projects: one again based on The Kiva Project, one on a
local environmental nature center, and one entrepreneurial project based on a
TV show format.
By following the next arrows on the bottom of this
article, one can continue seeing the development of their program. I appreciate this series of
articles as a journal and reflection of how teachers created and implemented a program they had never done before.
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