{"id":33441,"date":"2023-01-27T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=33441"},"modified":"2024-08-31T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T11:14:59","slug":"introducing-our-new-project-based-learning-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/introducing-our-new-project-based-learning-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing our new Project Based Learning toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Tarrant Institute, we write a lot about Project Based Learning (PBL). We consider it one of the engaging and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/meaningful-instruction\/#.Y8mlwRDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaningful instructional<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pedagogies that we endorse. As an approach, PBL offers many of the traits that address the important needs of young adolescents. It engages students in thinking about real-world problems, gives time for inquiry and research, and suggests that students create their own solutions to questions. Which is why we&#8217;re so excited to share our new Project Based Learning toolkit with you. <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/project-based-learning-2\/#.Y9Lxo-xKjlw\">Find it in its permanent location here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_49500\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_86137\"  width=\"525\" height=\"295\"  data-origwidth=\"525\" data-origheight=\"295\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvvFdNWvSRI?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=1&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=1&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_49500\"  data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img 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data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">My Restaurant Project<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"V1Wii8YBqYA\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/V1Wii8YBqYA\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">5 questions for student reflection<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"rcDgvgDU5Z0\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div 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src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Spark Curiosity with a Single Day Wonder Day Project<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-rowbreak\"><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"npLZrJ2ADIw\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/npLZrJ2ADIw\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Revamp the Ville project from Lyndon Town School 6th graders<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-videoid=\"VgEtta7vYcg\" class=\"epyt-gallery-thumb\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img-box\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VgEtta7vYcg\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" \/><div class=\"epyt-gallery-playcrutch\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-title\">Why are entry events important in PBL?<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-gallery-clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagination \"><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-prev  hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLVLcJMu8hY1ehEGaqW0JylQv9OKYFRsMt\" data-pagesize=\"50\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"3\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&laquo;<\/div> <div>Prev<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-pagenumbers hide\"><div class=\"epyt-current\">1<\/div><div class=\"epyt-pageseparator\"> \/ <\/div><div class=\"epyt-totalpages\">1<\/div><\/div><div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"epyt-pagebutton epyt-next hide \" data-playlistid=\"PLVLcJMu8hY1ehEGaqW0JylQv9OKYFRsMt\" data-pagesize=\"50\" data-pagetoken=\"\" data-epcolumns=\"3\" data-showtitle=\"1\" data-showpaging=\"1\" data-autonext=\"0\" data-thumbplay=\"1\"><div>Next<\/div> <div class=\"epyt-arrow\">&raquo;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"epyt-loader\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"loading\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/gallery-page-loader.gif\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers who implement PBL observe so many benefits. We trust the work and research of PBL Works to describe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pblworks.org\/why-project-based-learning\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Do We Focus on Project Based Learning?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before anyone sets out to implement PBL, we encourage you to build the culture for this learning. This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/build-a-community-to-support-project-based-learning\/#.Y87_ghBKh26\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blogpost about creating a PBL culture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in your classroom shares strategies and activities. Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/community-culture-toolkit\/#.Y87-kBBKh25\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community &amp; Culture toolkit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can also provide you with some resources and strategies to prepare your learners to engage successfully with Project Based Learning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even when you build the culture, we know that teaching and learning with PBL can be messy. Students are collaborating in groups. They have varied paths they want to follow. There is trial and error. It isn\u2019t easy! We have worked with countless teachers and schools to help them tell their PBL stories. And we have learned from their work to help guide us forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this toolkit, you will find topics that might resonate with your own inquiry about PBL. Attached are some of our most valuable and relevant resources to help you on your journey towards understanding and implementing PBL with students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>PBL How-To<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These posts offer suggestions, steps, and planning tools for how to build and implement PBL in your classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/planning-a-pbl-unit\/#.Y8mScBDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning a PBL unit\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/the-pbl-highway\/#.Y8rF9RDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting on the PBL highway<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/real-world-problems-and-project-based-learning\/#.Y8mUNRDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-world problems and project-based learning\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DAI1RoyNi-XQYGc4XzzOBy1g-q3JRpOVkfnLfY1C3js\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General PBL Planning Template<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/project-based-learning-and-makerspaces\/#.Y9KT4BBKgc8\">4 ideas for using a makerspace to support PBL<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/project-based-learning-in-the-primary-grades\/#.Y9KUmRBKgc8\">Project based learning in the primary grades<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Examples of Exciting PBL<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These stories describe some real-world examples of Project-Based Learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/extreme-weather-pbl-unit\/#.Y8mTKxDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project-based learning: Extreme weather PBL unit\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/student-made-chicken-coops\/#.Y8mTjhDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to build a better (student-made) chicken coop<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/project-based-learning-at-home\/#.Y8moxBDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project-based learning at home<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/humans-of-burke\/#.Y8moAxDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing empathy for your community\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/sixth-graders-revamp-lyndonville\/#.Y8rIhBBKh24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sixth graders revamp Lyndonville\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/chrissy-parks-community-events\/\">Connecting students to community in the Northeast Kingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/5-lessons-burke-town-school-pbl\/#.Y9KTgBBKgc8\">5 lessons learned from an integrated middle school PBL unit<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/cabot-leads\/#.Y9KVQhBKgc8\">Introducing &#8220;Cabot Leads&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/student-architects-present-local-school-board\/#.Y9KVjBBKgc8\">Student architects present to local school board<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Virtual PBL<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the pandemic forced students to be at home, we got creative about how to keep PBL alive and well. While students are in person now, we can still learn from this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/throwing-online-culminating-events\/?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=10947&amp;relatedposts_position=2#.Y8rI7xDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to throw culminating events &#8211; online!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/pivoting-to-remote-pbl\/?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=24901&amp;relatedposts_position=0&amp;relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=24901&amp;relatedposts_position=0#.Y8rKJhDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pivoting! to remote PBL<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/pandemic-public-exhibitions-of-learning\/#.Y8rMwBBKh24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do public exhibitions of learning look like during a pandemic?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>PBL Pitfalls<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like a lot of teaching strategies, we have learned from our mistakes implementing PBL. Here are some resources that address some of the potential pitfalls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/project-or-project-based-learning\/#.Y8mXYxDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PBL or PB&amp;J?\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/critical-lens-on-project-based-learning\/#.Y8mX2hDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A critical lens on project-based learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/scaffolds-to-support-pbl-learners\/#.Y8mm0RDMJ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scaffolds to support PBL learners\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Tarrant Institute, we write a lot about Project Based Learning (PBL). We consider it one of the engaging and meaningful instructional pedagogies that we endorse. As an approach, PBL offers many of the traits that address the important needs of young adolescents. It engages students in thinking about real-world problems, gives time for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/introducing-our-new-project-based-learning-toolkit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introducing our new Project Based Learning toolkit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":32358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40878,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33441\/revisions\/40878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}