PBL+Resources

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**Why PBL**
[|Are They Really Ready to Work]

Creatively Speaking, Part Two: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind []

Learning to Change- Changing to Learn []

[|Vision for Students Today]

[|Socail Media Revolution]

Rising Above the Gathering Storm

Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine [|http://] [|www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463]

FINDINGS Having reviewed trends in the United States and abroad, the committee is deeply concerned that the scientific and technological building blocks critical to our economic leadership are eroding at a time when many other nations are gathering strength.

Tapping America’s Potential <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The warning signs had been growing for some time. Numerous organizations were telling the same story: American students are falling behind in math and science. Fewer and fewer students are pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and American students are performing at levels far below students in competitor nations on international standardized tests in these subjects. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Partnership for 21st Century Learning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|http://www.21stcenturyskills.org] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Life & Career] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Learning and Innovation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Information Media and Technology] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Standards and Assessment] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Curriculum & Instruction]

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**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">What is PBL? **
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">PBL from Edutopia <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Study Guide <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Examples of PBL**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Silk Road to the Green Generation []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">West Virginia Department of Education Teach 21 Website (Unit Clearninghouse) []

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Great Turtle Race []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Real World Navy Challenge <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">BIE []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">PBL online []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Project Library BIE []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Exploring the Environment - [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">InSTEP - [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Global Perspectives - []

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Silk Road to the Green Generation [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">West Virginia Department of Education Teach 21 Website (Unit Clearninghouse) []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">West Virginia Department of Education Project Based Learning Units [] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Planning for PBL**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">PBL Study Guide <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Essential Components of PBL]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Developing Interactive Scenarios] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> ANY of the slides in this presentation, cite, Carla Williamson, Office of Instruction, WV Department of Education. Hopefully you will be able to work with them in the years to come as partners in the 21st Century Partnership.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Video Files go with "Unpacking Teacher Metacognition" and the role of PBL in Professional Development.