Project+Based+Learning

- - - Project Based Learning ia "when teachers decide to move away from traditional teaching and toward this new vision of instructional design. It's a learning journey for teacher and student alkie. For instance, you may decide to take advantage of digital rools for inquiry, collaboration and comunication to connect learners to one antoehr or even tot eh world beyond the classroom."

**7 Projects You Can Use Today:**

 * **Teacher for A Day Project: [[file:Teacher For A Day Checklist.doc]]**
 * **Dream Field Trip Project: [[file:Dream Field Trip Checklist.doc]] [[file:Dream_Fieldtrip_in_SD_Score_Sheet.doc]]**
 * **Classroom Jobs [[file:Classroom Job Application.doc]][[file:classroom jobs.doc]]**
 * **Create A Business in Beresford**
 * **What will you sell? Where will your business be? Apply for a small-business loan and present it to the bank and city.**
 * **"Use it in the Real World" Project**
 * **Have students answer the question..."Why do I need to learn this?" See where this project takes you...**
 * **Questions and Answers Project**
 * **This is based on inquiry-based learning. Introduce a topic, then have students come up with the questions. Divide up questions and let students find the answers.**
 * **Parent/Student/Community Interaction With-in A Project**
 * **Use parents or other community members to help guide projects, read the novel with the students, or do the project along side students.**

Useful Links and Documents:
Please visit: http://sdprojectbasedlearning.wikispaces.com/

Guide for Planning Projects:



SD Content Standards: []

====Research additional information on the value of project-based learning at the websites listed below.====
 * [|Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation Web site)]
 * [|Project-Based Learning Online]
 * [|Buck Institute of Education]
 * International Society for Technology in Education