A Handy Rubric for Assessing Project-based Learning

January 2, 2015
Here is a useful rubric I came across today on Edutopia's Facebook page. "This rubric was used by teachers at Manor New Technology High School to assess student performance on a personal response essay and group presentation associated with a team-taught project."The rubric is actually multi-purpose and can be used by any teacher to assess project-based learning activities. You probably have to tweak it to suit your own teaching situation. To learn more about how to motivate students and enhance their academic achievements through project based learning, this step by step guide is definitely a must read.

The rubric is available for free download from this LINK.

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PBL Resources from The Ground Up

October 6, 2014
Here is a good resource on project based learning I discovered a few days ago that I want you to have a look at.The Global School Network has this page packed full of materials and resources on what teachers need to know about PBL  in order to effectively integrate it into their instruction. And though the page hasn't been updated for a few years now but still all the resources it has are relevant. I have spent sometime sifting through them and I found them really interesting.

The first resource is an introduction to what PBL is all about and provides some materials to help teachers grapple with classroom management issues. The next section is labelled PBL Pedagogy which describes some characteristics of improved learning taken fem the reform literature with commentary taken from observations and conversations with teachers and students regarding their networked project based learning experiences. At the end of each section, there is a "next section" button which will take you to the following page. Use those navigating buttons to browse through the content of this resource. I am pretty sure you will love it.

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