Objectives:

• To learn to guide students in managing project work

Staying on task during Project-Based Learning

A key objective of project-based learning is helping students developing skills in managing their own time, work, and roles in project work. The teacher's role is to give them the tools to help students accomplish this.

John Spencer: Five Structures for Helping Students Learn About Project Management
http://www.spencerauthor.com/project-management/

Create a daily work plan

Daily share-outs

Critiques

Journaling and blogging about their progress, successes, failures, and next steps

• • Journaling( https://www.carmelschettino.org/using-journal-writing-in-pbl/ )

  • Critiques and Reflection( https://www.edutopia.org/video/60-second-strategy-bean-critique )

  • Planning Next steps and revisions

HTH-DailyPlan Sample.pdf

HTH-Daily-Weekly-goals.pdf

Trello.com Project Management Software

https://trello.com/homeTrello’s boards, lists, and cards enable teams to organize and prioritize projects in a fun, flexible, and rewarding way.

Critique and Feedback in Project-Based Learning

"..Giving and receiving critical feedback is definitely not an innate skill, something we’re reminded of when a friend unintentionally hurts our feelings or that meeting with coworkers goes haywire. Yet traditional education rarely teaches peer feedback, much less critique, which implies a detailed analysis and judgment of a person’s work or ideas. Critique goes much more in-depth than peer feedback and is a fundamental part of the culture of art, science, and design – it actually stems from the Greek expression “critical art”! Figuring out how to teach students to constructively critique in project-based learning might seem daunting, but it’s actually not that hard. Most importantly, it’s a skill we must scaffold, not only for students to appreciate the value of peer feedback, or to comply with ELA CCSS ‘Production and Distribution of Writing’ standards, but also because critique is a crucial component of the PBL culture. When considering the creation of authentic work that will be seen by an audience, it is important we know how to give and receive critical feedback..." By Jenny Pieratt