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Table 4: [|__http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Considerations.pdf__]  (Emphasis on 21st C skills) [|__http://p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120__]  (4C’s include collaboration, communication ect)  Edutopia - [|__http://www.edutopia.org/__] [|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem-based_learning__] [|__http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgA1wZhW5TE__]  (Teacher Centered Classroom to PBL Classroom)

Example: Defined Stem (?) Example from schools (?) Successful schools using it as a core (?)  Showcase PBL Lessons in SB meetings.  Invite Holly to present the future of PBL, in her Star Trek outfit. 

Argument for why our school needs to use PBL: (All of the following can be used with the School Board and Teachers)  Ask: What was one activity that was most memorable during your school experience.  Engage participants by asking them to read a History of PBL: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://goo.gl/1DAUa__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1. Provides students real world skills <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2. Keystone Exams may have project based questions <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 3. Improves Creativity and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, Research and Information Fluency, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making for your students. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 4. Common Core standards will be covered with the integration of PBL lessons across the curriculum.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Invite school board members into classrooms that utilize/showcase project based learning (i.e. Learning Walks).

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**Educating the board** **PBL is a tool teachers are adding to their toolbox of instructional strategies** Like differentiated instruction Like cooperative learning Like lecture **Supports the goals of the district** LSI Disk 2 11AR6 - News Skills for a New Century Show district mission and goals Point to specfic items it supports Create lifelong learners **Define PBL** LSI Disk 2, 11AR1-Introduction to project-based learning Show the video to define http://www.bie.org/ OR http://www.youtube.com/user/BIEPBL Show Bucks 7-sided diagram http://www.bie.org/about/what_is_pbl Use bullets from page 4 of booklet **No additional cost to the district, on fact may save money, leverage current investments** Tie to CFF Reduce need for textbooks Doesn't require more technology Doesn't require increased annual expenditures **Present data** Instructional advantages LSI Disc 2 MM2- Mulitmedia 2 - What is the Reasearch Base for PBL? Brain science logic Reduces dropouts, increases attendance **Preparing students for work** **Presentation by kids of a project**