Course 4: Big Projects

Course 4

4. Big projects earn academic credit in four subjects are coming (and are being used at Big Picture Learning and in Finland)

TOPIC: "How to build a big project with several teachers to inspire students to invest in their work."

TINYURL.com/FinnishSchools This presentation gives some of the background.

The core message is “How much time will we put into four separate projects? How much attention can we give to each project? How much time will we put into one big project? Five years later, will we remember the single big project better than the four smaller projects?”

The goal with this course is to get you, the teacher, to sit long enough with this idea to figure out how to design Big Projects. How will you coordinate with other teachers? How will you motivate students to invest more time and attention in this Big Project?

Write your answers to these questions.

You can find an example of a Big Project at www.TinyURL.com/sunNHD -- portions of the project appear in the free ebook http://tinyurl.com/fwpbestpracticesteachers

How to build a BIG PROJECT and give choices to students