Project-Based Learning Development

The final project is a unit that will involve students for at least five class periods. The unit will be documented in enough detail so that another teacher could pick it up and implement it without ever meeting you face to face. Your deliverable will contain the following parts:

• Web pages aimed at teachers that describe the objectives / curriculum standards addressed, assumptions about the learners and context, and implementation details.
• Web pages aimed at the learners, with all the information needed for them to progress through the lesson. These pages may be a mixture of web-based and print-based materials and include extra worksheets and guide pages to scaffold their learning.

This project can be done by individuals, but we encourage you to do it in a team of two or three.

All elements of the unit will be posted to the web for potential use by other teachers around the globe.

This project counts for 50% of your final grade and will be scored using this rubric.

Check the course schedule for the due date for this assignment.

Examples. A typical approach to developing project-based learning is to use QuestGarden, an online WebQuest builder. Regardless of the format you choose, looking at examples of good WebQUests will help you in your own quest to create project-based learning.

Here are WebQuests created in Spring, 2004: Section 1

Here are WebQuests created in Fall, 2003: Section 1

Here are WebQuests created in Summer Session 1, 2003: CR | CW | OW | OJ

Here are the completed projects for Spring, 2003: Section 1 | Section 2

Here are the completed projects for Fall, 2002: Section 1 | Section 2