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New Tech Network

I have been fortunate enough to have received training from teachers at New Tech High School, in Napa, Ca and would like to share some of their ideas in bringing PBL to your classroom.  During the three day training, they directed us to the resources they developed and placed on the New Tech Network.  Below are links to these Google Docs with a description of how that might benefit the new PBL teacher.

The resources on this page are copyrighted by the New Tech Network.  Thus the links to the rubrics have been removed until we receive permission to make them public.  Check back with us again in a few weeks.

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Project creation

Forming a problem statement

Project idea rubric

Project development rubric

Project essentials

PBL sequence

A problem statement is virtually the same as a driving question.  These tips help to formulate the statement a little easier than how BIE recommends. 

This rubric is a great way to evaluate your idea to make sure it meets the rigors needed in PBL.  

Did you finish making a project and want to know how good it is?  Assess it with this.

These essential items should be present in each project-based learning lesson.

This is a visual diagram of the sequence of a project

Tips on bringing PBL to life

General tips on PBL

Scaffolding tips

Project idea tips

These are 8 tips for getting PBL going in your classroom.

These are tips to planning and scaffolding your lessons.

Five easy to understand tips on developing ideas for a project.

Assessments

Rubric writing tips

Writing effective rubrics PowerPoint

Here are some ideas for writing rubrics to grade PBL

Using a foreign language class as a backdrop, this PowerPoint shows the do's and don'ts of writing rubrics.