So we JUST ended #PBLchat tonight where we had a super high energy chat about making global connections for and with our students.
You can see the archive here in Storify (want to see it as a slideshow? Just add /slideshow to the url, trust me, it is fun to read and share this way!)
Just want to share a few loves...
I love that the folks at this chat have either worked all day, been at a conference all day, are either super close to bedtime or just before dinner time, tweeting from a soccer practice or chatting from their phone while waiting in line somewhere all take time to share and learn with others.
I love the fact that while I get to work with an amazing network,New Tech Network , of collaborators, we are also a part of the larger PBL community across the world and tonight's chat made that so evident.
I love that it was fun to see "friends" at the chat tonight that I have never met, but they have become resources & experts for me via Twitter and/or their blogs or even I have met them just once and I can't wait to see them f2f at conferences this summer.
I love that I "think in PBL" I often use phrases like "I wonder" and "What are our next steps" in my everyday conversation.
I love that as I am planning the decor for an addition we are doing to our house that I want my sister to come visit and "critical friend" my plan.
I love that I can't read or listen to the news without looking for a driving question or global connection.
I love that I watched & listened to educators run through their Ignite Talks for our national conference and they were FILLED with passion.
I love that several members of my online PLN are students and I value their opinion and so does everyone else in our PLN.
So much more to love about PBL....but that is enough for now!
Anyway...just a little celebratory post about being happy to be a part of something that I am proud to be a part of!
Join us for #PBLChat every Tuesday! Usually at 8pm EST but once in awhile we change it up for a special collaboration or event. Follow @NewTechNetwork to get all of the scoop!
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Would You Starve Your Kids Now, If You Knew if A Famine Was Coming?
So if you knew food would be scarce in a couple of years, would you begin to make your kids know what it was like to be hungry now?
Of course not. It is far more likely that you would feed them well, lots of leafy green vegetables, fruits, proteins, make them as strong as they could possibly be so they could weather the tough times!
We would never have them "practice" being hungry.
That is what I think of every time I am asked the question
"How will PBL students be prepared to sit in a lecture hall of 300 kids in college?"
I have kids in their 20's, all newly in or out of college in the last few years, all three have had to collaborate, communicate, work in groups, present projects, find outside resources and experts, manage an internship, take responsibility for their own learning and YES, they have had to sit in a lecture hall of 300 or so kids and believe it or not, they didn't need any experience to be able to do that. The part they needed experience with was how to break down that lecture, apply it to their background knowledge, take and organize notes, find a group to study with, manage their time between work, school and fun, live on a budget, collaborate with others, give presentations, interview, plan for the future and more.
In a recent school tour, middle school students were asked this question about PBL and college, it stumped them a little, college is so far away when you are barely a teenager, their teacher tweeted out the question asking for a little help from project-based learning practitioners on Twitter who use the #PBLChat hashtag. This crowd-sourced google doc was the result of @RyanSteuer 's tweet. Feel free to add to that list!
In the meantime....Feed your children well!
(Now that Crosby Stills & Nash song is stuck in my head...Teach, your children well.....)
Of course not. It is far more likely that you would feed them well, lots of leafy green vegetables, fruits, proteins, make them as strong as they could possibly be so they could weather the tough times!
We would never have them "practice" being hungry.
That is what I think of every time I am asked the question
"How will PBL students be prepared to sit in a lecture hall of 300 kids in college?"
I have kids in their 20's, all newly in or out of college in the last few years, all three have had to collaborate, communicate, work in groups, present projects, find outside resources and experts, manage an internship, take responsibility for their own learning and YES, they have had to sit in a lecture hall of 300 or so kids and believe it or not, they didn't need any experience to be able to do that. The part they needed experience with was how to break down that lecture, apply it to their background knowledge, take and organize notes, find a group to study with, manage their time between work, school and fun, live on a budget, collaborate with others, give presentations, interview, plan for the future and more.
In a recent school tour, middle school students were asked this question about PBL and college, it stumped them a little, college is so far away when you are barely a teenager, their teacher tweeted out the question asking for a little help from project-based learning practitioners on Twitter who use the #PBLChat hashtag. This crowd-sourced google doc was the result of @RyanSteuer 's tweet. Feel free to add to that list!
In the meantime....Feed your children well!
(Now that Crosby Stills & Nash song is stuck in my head...Teach, your children well.....)
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