15 Mar Activity: High Tech High and ‘Why PBL?’

Here’s an activity to do with your educators…

1. Watch this video (maybe 3 times?)

2. Try to answer the following questions about the video (one focal question per viewing?)

What are students doing? (e.g., they’re building something, they’re cooking, they’re designing)

Where are the settings in which they’re doing it? (e.g., they’re at the beach, they’re in an art room, they’re out in a field)

How are they doing their work? (e.g., they’re collaborating around a screen, they’re talking to people on the street, they’re cutting boards)

3. How is this learning similar to or different from the learning that our students experience locally? How often do our students get to learn this way and in which classes and settings?

4. What are the benefits of this kind of learning for students and do we want more of this locally? Why or why not?

Thanks for the resource, High Tech High!

Here’s an activity to do with your educators… 1. Watch this video (maybe 3 times?) 2. Try to answer the following questions about the video (one focal question per viewing?) What are students doing? (e.g., they’re building something, they’re cooking, they’re designing) Where are the settings in which they’re doing it? (e.g., they’re at the beach,Activities, activitiesRead More