Innovative Project-Based Learning: From Kindergarten to College

Presented by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. and Heather B. Rampton, M.Ed. at the National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio 2008

1. View sample student-made project (“Mixed-Up Chameleon”)
2. Introduction and PBL overview
3. The Strategies
1. Video Methods
1. Adapting literature into first-person using video (“Mixed-Up Chameleon”)
2. Research-based video reports (“St. Patrick’s Day” — Not available online)
2. Audio
1. Mock interviews (“Tomorsky’s Simpson Book Review”)
2. Process practice songs (“Gravity”)
3. “Day in the Life”
1. Man-on-the-street (“New York City Draft Riots")
2. Journal memoirs (“Civil War Nurse”)
4. Content-based podcasts (“Civil War Metaphors”)
3. Blogs
1. Journaling (“Harriet Tubman”)
2. Daily homework (“Baula’s Logic…”)
3. e-portfolios (“Dennison’s Pre-service Teacher Portfolio”)
4. Digital Photography
1. Scavenger hunts (“Geometry”)
5. Page Layout Software
1. Mock newspaper reports (“Saia’s 1930s Newspaper Book Review”)
2. Tri-fold brochures (“Kuennen’s Book Review”)
6. Common Applications
1. Virtual museums using slideshows (“Native Americans of the Colonial Era”)
2. Slideshow-based games
   
4. Brainstorming/Goal Setting
5. Closing