Sharing of Passion-Based Projects
Sharing as a community
There are two main goals of PBL projects:
a) to allow students an opportunity to inquire about a topic that they have a true curiosity about.
b) to share the knowledge gained during individual inquiries with their learning community.
When students are given the chance to share their learning, they become the “teacher”, which is a role that requires leadership, public speaking, and the ability to engage others.
Who to share with? (Small group...classroom...school...the world!)
It should be a noted criteria when PBL projects are first introduced that students will be required to share their learning in some form. The audience could be small, as in sharing between a few group members; however, it could also be shared as an entire class or even at the school level. In some cases, students may be encouraged to choose a means to present their project in a way that can be shared with the world.
How to share:
There are endless possibilities in which students can choose to share their learning. Choices will depend on both the student’s “expression style” (as explained by Patrick Woessner) and the community in which they are sharing. Examples of expression styles and digital presentation tools that may be used for each style are listed below:
There are two main goals of PBL projects:
a) to allow students an opportunity to inquire about a topic that they have a true curiosity about.
b) to share the knowledge gained during individual inquiries with their learning community.
When students are given the chance to share their learning, they become the “teacher”, which is a role that requires leadership, public speaking, and the ability to engage others.
Who to share with? (Small group...classroom...school...the world!)
It should be a noted criteria when PBL projects are first introduced that students will be required to share their learning in some form. The audience could be small, as in sharing between a few group members; however, it could also be shared as an entire class or even at the school level. In some cases, students may be encouraged to choose a means to present their project in a way that can be shared with the world.
How to share:
There are endless possibilities in which students can choose to share their learning. Choices will depend on both the student’s “expression style” (as explained by Patrick Woessner) and the community in which they are sharing. Examples of expression styles and digital presentation tools that may be used for each style are listed below:
| Expression Type | Tool Options |
|---|---|
| Written | Blogs, Wikis, publisher, digital stories |
| Oral | VoiceThread, PhotoStory 3, Screencasting, AudioBoo |
| Artistic | Kerppof, pencil, ToonDoo, Paper53, Adobe Illustrator, digital photography journal |
| Computer/Digital | Scratch, Google Earth, Alice |
| Audio-visual | YouTube, Adobe Premiere, Vlog, Documentary, Screencasts |
| Commercial | Weebly, BizKidz, Ponoko |
| Service | Blogs, Wallwisher, Social Actions |
| Dramatization | Celtx, GoAnimate, Adobe Premiere |
| Manipulative | Gogofrog, Google Sketchup |
| Musical | Garageband, Mixcraft, Aviary Roc |
Narrative Examples of PBPThe buttons to the right all lead to TRUE-STORY, narrative examples of passion-based learning projects in classrooms. There are stories for three different levels: Primary, Intermediate, and High School.
By clicking on these links, you will be led into each story as it pertains to student work with specific learning modules on this site:
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