STEM PBL and Blended Learning

Director, Western PA Summer STEMM Academy
Gifted Education Facilitator
English Teacher, Fox Chapel Area High School


Director of Technology, Western PA Summer STEMM Academy
Online Learning Manager, Fox Chapel Area HS
Business Education Teacher, Fox Chapel Area High School Taken from Buck Institute of Education
www.BIE.org The Perfect Blend "Sunset," by Andy Warhol, 1972 Project Based Learning


“...recast science education from being about memorizing facts, ‘a trivial pursuit,’ to being about problem-solving and thinking for oneself. We need to move away from focusing on tests to showing kids that it’s ok to learn or to take risks. “Children need to explore and to discover. This is how you innovate; you fail your way to your answer. Scientists fail all the time; we just brand it differently. We call it ‘data.’" Blended Learning Tools to Propel Student Interest in STEM Pathways Randi Leonard Lisa Giguere Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
New Species Discovery
Mystery Virus
Pollution in Local Water System
Business Plan for Local Business
Robotics Solution
Program Design for School
Engineering Solutions
School Remodeling
Writing and Publishing for local publications
Network security infringement Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace and at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. Centralized resources - moodle, Blackboard
Flipped Classroom
Journaling/Blogging
Synchronous meetings
Collaborative assignments/projects
View and critique online
Personalized video feedback
Online forums
Online editing using collaborative apps http://www.innosightinstitute.org/ Driving Question In-depth inquiry Connection to the real world PBL Examples Gone are the days of the single PowerPoint tool. "Rethink the fundamental principles on which we are educating our future." FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULING Critical Thinking
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity Bender, William N. Project-based Learning: Differentiating Instruction for the 21st Century. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012. Print.

"Bloomin' Apps - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything." Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. <http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html>.

"Buck Institute for Education." Project Based Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2013.
<http://www.bie.org/>.

Christensen, Clayton M., Michael B. Horn, and Curtis W. Johnson. Disrupting Class: How
Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2008. Print.

"Framework for 21st Century Learning - The Partnership for 21st Century
Skills."Framework for 21st Century Learning - The Partnership for 21st Century
Skills. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. <http://www.p21.org/overview>.

"Innosight Institute." Innosight Institute. Web. 16 Feb. 2013.
<http://www.innosightinstitute.org/>.

Robinson, K. (2006, February) Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity [Video file].
Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Sams, Aaron. "The Flipped Classroom." YouTube. YouTube, 16 Dec. 2010. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/w

Walters, Helen. “Live From TED2012: A Sputnik moment for STEM education: Ainissa
Ramirez.” TED Blog. 2 March 2012, <http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/02/a-sputnik
-moment-for-stem- education-ainissa-ramirez-at-ted2012/> (12 February 2013). Ainissa Ramirez, Ph.D., Yale University Taken from The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, "Framework for 21st Century Learning", www.p21.org Sir Ken Robinson
Author, Speaker and
International Advisor on Education Successful
Resourceful
Self-reliant
Inquisitive
Motivated
Organized A more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-fadel/skilled-for-success-raisi_b_787394.html References