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We talked a little about “embedded instruction’ which I think is normal instruction that is incorporated into you PBL unit. One way to do it is to create the need for the student to know and the student requests the information. The teacher plans to have the instruction ready so that when the students request [...]
At the debriefing of all the sessions these are some key thoughts that surfaced: Silent discussion – ask students a question, have them write their answer, then share their writing with another student who them commend and responds to their writing—thus discussing in written form rather than verbally. Texting, blogs and wikis are Web 2.0 [...]
I forget how we got to this subject but I heard a new term this morning. It is not new. Wikipedia says that it probably was introduced in 1991 but just in the last several years became popularized by college professors and then the media picked it up. Anyway, Helicopter Parents has to do with [...]
It has been my experience that during any multi-day intense training on a new and specific concept (like Problem Based Learning) that about half way through the participants are very frustrated. I am beginning to see that in my colleagues. Nevertheless, here are some leftover thoughts from yesterday. It appears that one thing that can [...]
The Texas Legislator that just ended in May 2007, budgeted $2.5 million per year for the next 2 years for School Library databases. The Legislators charged the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to contract with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to negotiate and manage the databases for School Libraries. The reason TSLAC was [...]
After the obligatory introductions and brain engaging exercises, we started to think about problem based learning. I like this phrase: Let the problem dictate the process and solution (not the teacher). We are getting ready to “work the problem” from the inside out. I think that means we are getting a problem to solve. Our [...]
I have the privilege of attending the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy’s Harris Institute on Problem Based Learning Design in Chicago next week with fellow directors in my district. I am particularly intrigued by the term ill-structured problem I guess because that is the only problems I seem to have. I just have not heard [...]
