Bret Carpenter's List: Project Based Learning

• “Classic” DST focuses on seven elements for creation: Point of view, Dramatic Question, Voice, Pacing, Soundtrack, Economy, and Emotional Content
• Think about a time you had to grow up, made a friend, lost a loved one. (2) Tell a “bike” story or the story of your name. (3) Pay tribute to a family member—these all can inspire students to begin thinking about their own experiences
• (http://www.digitalstories.org

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• • This is the next step in what we do with schools.
• we need to be regularly facilitating student work on projects using real-world tools, as they collaborate with others in face-to-face as well as distributed work environments. Students need access to a diverse array of resources to accomplish their defined tasks, and need to work under deadlines. The real world is full of groups working on project teams, and part of the solution to fixing the disconnect between 21st century skills which employers say they want, and the skills emphasized in our schools, is operationalizing a learning culture in our classrooms which regularly involves project-based learning.
  
• MUCH easier to simply lecture to students and deliver content, rather than manage a project-based learning environment
• educators are focused on "doing what is convenient, not what is best for students."

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