PBL 101 Links and Resources
RESOURCE
DESCRIPTIONS
LINK
4 C’s - Critical Thinking
Morning Jigsaw Link
http://bit.ly/1a3LQRc
4 C’s - Creativity/ Innovation
Morning Jigsaw Link
http://bit.ly/13tPA0j
4 C’s - Communication
Morning Jigsaw Link
http://bit.ly/IhXfpq
4 C’s - Collaboration
Morning Jigsaw Link
http://bit.ly/1kn5zFg
Use this guide to formulate probing
questions during the Charrette at
the end of Day 1.
http://bit.ly/1hdRRDz
Top 10 Peer Writing Mistakes
4th and 5th graders from Tim
Bedley's class show how NOT to
conduct a peer review. Tim Bedley
is the 2013 Riverside County
Teacher of the Year. Show this
video to your class to help them
make better use of peer review
opportunities.
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=iBuq4qgRhCc
Ron Berger’s Critique - A
Video by Melrose Stars
Watch this 5th grade class discuss
how to provide high quality critique
in writing.
http://resourcesbyolabee.blo
gspot.sg/search/label/critiqu
e
Ron Berger Critique Video
(with students)
Ron Berger from Expeditionary
Learning demonstrates the
transformational power of models,
critique, and descriptive feedback
to improve student work. Here he
tells the story of Austin's Butterfly.
1st grade students at ANSER
Charter School in Boise, ID, helped
Austin take a scientific illustration
of a butterfly through multiple
drafts toward a high-quality final
product.
http://vimeo.com/38247060
8 ELEMENTS JIGSAW 4 C’S RESOURCES LINKS
CHARRETTE
Pocket Guide to Probing
Questions (Adapted)
CRITIQUE
Ron Berger Critique Video
(speaking at High Tech High)
Ron Berger speaks about Austin’s
butterfly and critique guidelines to
help students create beautiful
work.
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=JFHf7jAfJlg
Probing Questions
(Full Document)
Use probing questions to prompt
thinking from teacher to student
and student to student during
critique or feedback sessions.
http://www.nsrfharmony.org/pr
otocol/doc/probing_questions_
guide.pdf
Seven Keys to Effective
Feedback
Use this article to frame the ways in
which you provide feedback, not
only to students, but to your
colleagues as well, as you
collaborate on projects.
http://www.ascd.org/publicatio
ns/educationalleadership/sept12/vol70/num01
/Seven-Keys-to-EffectiveFeedback.aspx
Gallery Walk - BIE Blog
In this blog, John Larmer and
Charity Allen discuss how to use
gallery walk as a feedback tool to
develop high-quality student work.
http://biepbl.blogspot.sg/201
3/09/using-gallery-walks-togive-and-receive.html
Gallery Walk Video
This video from the Teaching
Channel shows how to use gallery
walk as a grouping strategy.
https://www.teachingchanne
l.org/videos/gallery-walk
Gallery Walk - BIE Google
Hangout
Watch this Hangout to learn more
about gallery walk from BIE staff.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/
events/c4qg1gc6khkst4iu49o
oveshe0g
Developing High Quality
Student Work
Developing high-quality work is a
common challenge for students.
Learn how to ensure student
success through techniques such as
charrettes, gallery walk, and rubrics
from editor-in-chief, John Larmer.
http://www.edutopia.org/blo
g/high-quality-student-workpbl-john-larmer
Harkness Discussion Article:
“What Works in Schools is
Real Work”
Afternoon of Day 2
http://bit.ly/1a8dQDa
Harkness at College Prep
Academy
Fast forward to 3:46 into the video
to see how College Prep Academy
uses Harkness Discussions.
http://bit.ly/1a2BgNF
National School Reform
Faculty Protocols
Protocols that go beyond Gallery
Walk and Critical Friends
http://www.nsrfharmony.org
/protocol/a_z.html
GALLERY WALK
PROTOCOLS
Critical Friends is a revised version
of this widely used protocol used
by educators to tune project plans.
http://www.nsrfharmony.org
/protocol/doc/tuning.pdf
Melrose Elementary - Project
Based Learning
See inquiry in the context of
various projects for grades Kinder
through grade 5.
http://vimeo.com/30418561
Inquiry Process
Dr. Cornelia Brunner of the Center
for Children and Technology breaks
it into four main parts: Posing Real
Questions, Finding Relevant
Resources, Interpreting Information
and Reporting Findings.
http://www.youthlearn.org/l
earning/planning/lessonplanning/how-inquiry/howinquiry
Use this presentation to help you
and your students learn how to
design and deliver highly effective
and engaging presentations.
http://www.brainpickings.org
/index.php/2012/06/20/thing
s-every-presenter-shouldknow-about-people-susanweinschenk/
A Conflict Resolution Guide
for Students
Use this resource to help students
who enter group “storming” learn
to resolve conflicts.
http://www.crinfo.org/print/
8062
Social Emotional Learning
Resources from Edutopia on
creating a healthy classroom
environment
http://bit.ly/1aaT5H3
Team Building Tool Kit
Dozens of activities to support
building productive and positive
teams
http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/fil
es/attachments/TeamBuilding-Toolkit-KEYS.pdf
Spencer Kagan Cooperative
Learning Strategies
Additional insights into managing
student groups
http://www.kaganonline.com
/free_articles/
Teampedia
Collaborative encyclopedia of
teamwork games and exercises
http://www.teampedia.net/
wiki/index.php?title=Main_P
age
Tuning Protocol
INQUIRY
PRESENTATIONS
5 Things Every Presenter
Should Know About People
(animated)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION/
TEAM WORK
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Superheroes
Link to the Superheroes activity on
Day 2.
http://www.mycoted.com/Su
perHeroes
Creativity Activities
Creativity and Innovation links,
from A-Z. Use these to teach,
encourage, and promote creativity
and innovation. Have fun!
http://www.mycoted.com/Ca
tegory:Creativity_Techniques
Notable Slides
Slides include Project Assessment
Map, Project Flow Map, & Teaching
and Learning Guide
http://bit.ly/1fnQ3UX
Project Flow Map - Editable
Download this ppt to create your
own project flow map.
http://bit.ly/MhbQCX
All project videos
Project videos on playlist “Example
Projects” and “How to Do PBL”
www.youtube.com/biepbl
BIE Planning Forms
Download all of BIE’s planning
forms here: Project Overview,
Project Assessment Map, Teaching
and Learning Guide, Project
Calendar, and more.
http://www.bie.org/tools/fre
ebies/cat/planning_forms
Project Assessment Map
Digital version of the PAM, located
in the PBL 101 Workbook
http://bit.ly/1ebLNZ8
RESOURCES
NOTE: Edited versions may not
save. Print to pdf as a means to
save your work.
BIE Rubrics for 4Cs
Rubrics supporting some of the
general capabilities. Great resource
for coaching and feedback to
students.
BIE Driving Question Webinar Watch this webinar to learn more
http://www.bie.org/tools/fre
ebies/cat/rubrics
about how to write DQs that
engage students and launch
projects.
http://bie.org/object/webina
rs_archived/driving_question
s
Articles
View the articles referenced in PBL
101 and more
http://www.bie.org/tools/fre
ebies/cat/articles
Contracts & Other Student
Documents
Sample contracts help for ways that
you can involve students in
managing the work, like in the
Aviation video. For more contract
samples here’s a link.
http://www.bie.org/tools/fre
ebies/cat/student_handouts
54 Examples of Formative
Assessment
Ensure success with this list of 54
different examples of formative
assessments.
https://drive.google.com/file
/d/0B0aJiHLJB3jSTkpjblY4VVd
2UkU/edit?usp=sharing