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21st Century Relevance: Some Kindred Spirits about Real-World PBL
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Doug is seeing similar things:
When kids begin to see the connections between what they and others are doing, they’ll become more globally conscious and locally conscientious. . . .I believe that experience is the prerequisite for understanding broader issues, and that students need to connect their personal experiences to larger social contexts in order to understand the world.
These ideas are not the product of long-standing convictions of mine but come from a growing realization that education advocacy should address a larger domain than individual cognitive benefits or cultural deficits. I haven’t been satisfied with my own students’ use of technology, which has seemed too unfocused and narrow to me, and I’m thinking about my approach for next year, here.
To be clear, I’m not suggesting that teachers should somehow subvert the authority or values of parents or school boards - but quite the opposite. School projects should advance the development and expression of community values. We need to include all members of the school community in these projects, and encourage everyone to bring meaning from their own lives to the work of creating a shared narrative and compelling reasons to engage it. The discussions that result from those projects is what will promote the critical understandings.
I love reading teachers spending their summer vacations reflecting on their vocations. Dana reading UbD, Doug “thinking about [his] approach for next year.”
And I think the “Carbon-Neutral Pledge” taken by American universities last month creates a natural wake in which K-12 communities could follow with school projects like Doug considers. Sometimes timing is all. And I’ve already written a long, detailed post on how such a school project could find applications for skills across the entire curriculum, a la Understanding by Design, in The Year of Global Cooling Project and Understanding by Design.
Doug very wisely clarifies that it’s not about “subversion.” To see students attempt to improve the school community by respectfully engaging the administration in proposals to start with simple changes - often economically profitable at the same time - such as committing to energy-efficient light bulbs at school and home, for example, and then to (one hopes) witness their administrators’ and parents’ willingness to make those proposed changes. . . .what a real-world initiation into citizenship and agency that would be for students.
If only we had the energy, we could do so much.
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SoundOut - Promoting student voice in schools
Generation YES Blog » Blog Archive » What is Student Voice?
Ah. I’m finding that real-world edublogosphere (beyond the web 2.0 hoopla) I’m looking for. Gen YES has got it.
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Daily Diigo: Ubiquitous Gadgets and Energy Waste
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Saving energy on the home front
- Small things that make a large difference - if large numbers of people overcome laziness and inertia, and simply flip the switch on their chargers, computers, etc.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gadgets ‘threaten energy savings’
- Ubiquitous access equals ubiquitous energy waste? This gives a new twist to the idea of “responsible use and “digital lieracy.”
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Daily Diigo: Socially Conscious Computer Games
- Very interesting article about educational games promoting socially conscious learning.
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Daily Diigo: Ning Blog’s "8 Steps to Creating a Great Social Network"
Ning Blog - 8 Steps to Creating a Great Social Network
- Ning is starting to grow on me…. Thieir blog is fantastic, as this page shows.
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Daily Diigo: "Reinventing Project-Based Learning" and Student Press Initaitive
Student Press Initiative at Teachers College: About Annotated
- Thanks to Suzie Boss of Reinventing Project-Based Learning (listen to our podcast here) for the tip.
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About SPI
The Student Press Initiative is designed to develop, foster, and promote writing across the curriculum through student publication.
SPI is built upon the premise that writing for publication provides young people with authentic audiences. When students realize the power and potential of an audience of their peers and the community at large, writing becomes purposeful thereby inspiring them to produce their best work. We believe that when a young writer finds an audience, she will find her voice.
Flickr: Reinventing Project-Based Learning Annotated
- From the website (see other clips in this post more more on this project)
For each photo, please:
* Include a caption that briefly describes the project.
* Add a tag “reinventingpbl” to your photo
* Add a geotag so we can see where the project takes place
* Do not include identifying information for any children (first name and grade OK)
We will be excited to see pictures that illustrate how rich projects transform the learning experience - We encourage pictures that show kids learning together in interesting places using powerful tools and creating unique work.
Flickr: Reinventing Project-Based Learning Annotated
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From the Flickr Site:
About Reinventing Project-Based Learning:
This group illustrates what project-based learning can look like, especially when digital tools help students break free from the confines ofteacher-driven and classroom-bound instruction.Group administrator Jane Krauss and colleague Suzie Boss have just coauthored a book “Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age”. In writing the book we visited with teachers from around the world who are transforming the learning experience through meaningful and rigorous projects. We hope
you will submit photos that capture the spirit of project-based learning. Please read the group rules for details.
Please join us!
Meet us on our Reinventing Project-Based Learning blog at the address below:
http://reinventingpbl.blogspot.com
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About Reinventing Project-Based Learning
This group illustrates what project-based learning can look like, especially when digital tools help students break free from the confines of teacher-driven and classroom-bound instruction.
Group administrator Jane Krauss and colleague Suzie Boss have just coauthored a book “Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age”. In writing the book we visited with teachers from around the world who are transforming the learning experience through meaningful and rigorous projects. We hope you will submit photos that capture the spirit of project-based learning. Please read the group rules for details.
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