003 Begin with the End in Mind


Designing any quality instruction, units and lessons, starts with what outcomes we expect of students.

What should students know, understand, and be able to do?

As you begin developing a Standards Focused Project Based Learning experience, let's explore the first steps to PBL development AND simultaneously, build your own. Moving forward, if you have a project in development, use this module to evaluate your progress. Make edits along the way.

 

Action Steps

  1. Complete PBL assessment
  2. Read and explore the Online Module: Design Principle #1: Begin with the End in Mind
  3. Review and set up your copy of the PBL Template
  4. Complete Module Reflection

 

Complete PBL Assessment

KWL is a great strategy for getting data on what students know about a unit prior to instruction, what they want to learn more about, and, to track their learning growth during the experience. Take this assessment for Principle 1. Each assessment page has a self checker for you to do prior to moving on to the next assessment part. Take notes on questions you develop as a result of the assessment results. This will be important for later, when you explore the module.

=>Assessment for Principle 1<=

 

Design Principle #1: Begin with the End in Mind

As you develop the first part of your project (PBL Template: Part I Define), this material will help deepen and expand understanding of where to begin, while helping generate the scope of your planned PBL. There are three parts to this learning piece that you will explore. As you do each:

 

Overview: What should you consider before planning a project?

 

Explore: Learn how to develop project ideas and themes.

 

Practice: Recognize the difference between traditional "activities" and well-designed standards-focused projects.

 

Retake the Assessment for Principle 1

 

=>Start Principle 1: Begin with the End in Mind<=

 

PBL Template

If you have not already done so, this is the time to set up your project template. Three options are provided for you.

 

Module Reflection

Answer one of the following questions in Reflection 003