21st Century Skills
knowledge sharing, and coordination
• refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work
habits, and character traits that are believed—
by educators, school reformers, college
professors, employers, and others— to be
critically important to success in today’s world,
particularly in collegiate programs and
contemporary careers and workplaces
• It is generally used to refer to certain core
competencies such as collaboration, digital
literacy, critical thinking and problem solving
that advocates believe schools need to teach to
help students thrive in today’s world
Critical Thinking
• kind of thinking in which you question, analyze,
interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about
what you read, hear, say, or write.
• Applying critical thinking does not mean being
negative or focusing on faults. It means being able to
clarify your thinking so that you can break down a
problem or a piece of information, interpret it and
use that interpretation to arrive at an informed
decision or judgement
Creativity
• Creativity involves transforming your ideas,
imagination, and dreams into reality. When you’re
being creative, you can see the hidden patterns,
make connections between things that aren’t
normally related, and come up with new ideas.
Creative ability depends on creative thinking which is
part hard work but largely creative problem-solving.
Collaboration
•is the process of two or more individuals working
together to complete a task or achieve a common
objective. Effective collaboration necessitates
interpersonal skills, communications skills,
Communication
• giving, receiving or exchanging ideas, information,
signals or messages through appropriate media,
enabling individuals or groups to persuade, to seek
information, to give information or to express
emotions.
• includes body-language, skills of speaking and
writing. It outlines the objectives of communication.
It emphasizes listening as an important aspect of
communication.
Information Literacy
• is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the
reflective discovery of information, the
understanding of how information is produced and
valued, and the use of information in creating new
knowledge and participating ethically in communities
of learning.
• is the ability to find, evaluate, organize, use, and
communicate information in all its various formats,
most notably in situations requiring decision making,
problem solving, or the acquisition of knowledge. It
is a combination of research skills, critical thinking
skills, computer technology skills, and
communication skills. Information literacy is essential
for academic success, effective functioning in the
workplace, and participation in society as
knowledgeable citizens
Media Literacy
• is the process of systematically teaching students
to interpret, evaluate, and think critically about
media systems and the content they produce.
• challenges students to think critically about the
cumulative impact of our media system — especially
our commercial media system — on the culture. It
moves beyond individual media messages and
teaches students to identify overarching patterns in
media content. And it encourages students to think
about how these patterns might reflect and reinforce
certain ideas, values, social norms, and power
arrangements in the larger culture
Technology Literacy
• is the ability to use, comprehend, manage, and
analyze technology safely, effectively, and
responsibly. This literacy includes using technology to
evaluate, create and integrate information
accomplishments by the quality of the work, the
number of tasks finished, or the amount of product
created.
Social Skill
• are a set of behaviors that allow you to interact and
relate to others in an effective and satisfactory way.
One interesting aspect about them is that they can
be learned, strengthened, and developed day by day
with practice

. • technology literacy isn’t limited to just computers Learning Skills (4C’s)

and the Internet; it can be applied to any
technological device. The definition of technology is •Critical Thinking
any device, system, or methodology created to solve
•Creativity
a problem or help carry out a task.
•Collaboration
Flexibility
•Communication
• is a method of learning where students are given
freedom in how, what, when and where they learn. • Literacy Skills
refers to the ability to customize one’s pace, place
and mode of learnin •Information Literacy

Leadership •Media Literacy

•Technology Literacy
• is built on the premise of constructing and
applying knowledge in ways that make a positive
Life Skills
difference. Through collaboration and
communication, professionals in educational •Flexibility
leadership work with diverse communities and build
partnerships to promote positive outcomes by •Leadership
setting and meeting transformative goals.
•Initiative
Initiative •Productivity

• The power or ability to begin or to follow through •Social Skills

energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and
determination. How to improve 21st Century Skills

Productivity •Stay aware of current technology

• is the amount of work an individual or group •Analyze Media

accomplishes within a certain amount of time.
•Embrace new ideas
Greater productivity means you complete more with
less time or effort. You can measure •Volunteer for Leadership positions
•Attend industry and work events
Stay aware of Current Technology
• If you want to improve your digital literacy, it may
help to stay aware of new technology. For instance, if
your workplace introduces a new program, look for
training opportunities so you can learn how to use it.
You may also subscribe to technology-centered
websites that discuss the newest hardware and
applications.
Analyze Media
• Analyzing different kinds of media can be an
effective way to practice and improve information
and media literacy. For example, you might try to
analyze news stories or commercials critically. This
may involve considering what information they
provide or what visuals they use. Here are some
questions you can ask yourself while consuming
media:
• What message are they trying to convey?
• Why did they choose that headline or music?
• How might the message change if they'd made
different choices, like a brighter color scheme?
Embrace new ideas
• If you feel like your work strategies could use
improvement, consider learning what others are
doing to find new ideas. Try to remain aware of the
innovations other people are doing in your industry
or related industries. You can also use
Volunteer for Leadership Positions
• One good way to practice and improve your
leadership skills is to find opportunities to lead.
These can include volunteering to lead a project or
organizing an event. You may even consider
mentoring new employees and helping with their
training.
Attend industry and work events
• When trying to improve social skills, look for
events related to your job that you could attend.
These could include conferences, panels,
instructional classes or social work events like
birthday celebrations or work lunches. These events
can provide opportunities for you to practice your
social skills by initiating conversations, navigating
interactions with multiple people and observing
social norms in your workplace.
What is technology integration?
ICT integration is a seamless incorporation of
technology to support and enhance student
engagement in meaningful learning and for
attainment of curriculum objectives.
Technology integration helps achieve
21st Century Skills in students
➢Personal and social responsibility
➢Planning, critical thinking, reasoning and creativity
➢Strong communication skills both for interpersonal
and presentation needs
➢Visualizing and decision-making
➢Knowing how and when to use technology and
choosing the most appropriate tool for the task.
Levels of ICT Integration
1.Simple Integration Example: Showing of pictures in
the class using computer projector. Levels of ICT
Integration
2. Middle Integration There is a purposeful use of
technology to support key learning areas and the
students can manipulate technology
. Examples:
• Teaching graphic designing
• Reporting
• Showing videos
Levels of ICT Integratio
3. High Integration Technology is the center of
instructional tool.
Competencies for Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
Literacy
Access
DEFINITION • Knowing about and knowing how to
collect and/or retrieve information.
COMPETENCIES • Search, find, and retrieve
information in digital environments
Manage
Integrate
DEFINITION • Interpreting and representing
information - summarizing, comparing, and
contrasting.
COMPETENCIES • Interpret and represent
information by using ICT tools to synthesize,
summarize, compare, and contrast information from
multiple sources
Evaluate
DEFINITION • Making judgments about the quality,
relevance, usefulness, or efficiency of information.
COMPETENCIES • Judge the currency,
appropriateness, and adequacy of information and
information sources for a specific purpose (including
determining authority, bias, and timelines of
materials)
Create
DEFINITION:Generating information by adapting,
applying, designing, inventing, or authoring
information.
COMPETENCIES :Adapt, apply, design, or invent
information in ICT environments (to describe an
event, express an opinion, or support a basic
argument, viewpoint or position).
Communicate
DEFINITION:Communicate information persuasively
to meet needs of various audiences through use of
an appropriate medium.
COMPETENCIES : Communicate, adapt, and present
information properly in its context (audience, media)
in ICT environments and for a peer audience.
Barriers to the Successful
Integration of ICT in Teaching and
Learning
▪ Lack of computers or ICT equipment
▪ Lack of quality software
▪ Lack of time
▪ Technical problems
▪ Teacher’s attitudes towards computers
▪ Poor funding
▪ Lack of teacher confidence
▪ Resistance to change
How to use ICT Effectively?
The effective use of ICT in lessons depends on the
awareness of teachers of the potential of ICT in
teaching and learning process.
1.ICT Operations and Concepts – teachers Nilson (2010) lists the following
demonstrate a sound understanding of ICT
operations and concepts. learning outcomes that are
2. Planning and Designing Learning Environments
associated with PBL. A well-
and Experiences – teachers plan, and design effective designed PBL project provides
learning environment supported by ICT. ICT skills and
students with the opportunity to
competencies – The educators should acquire:
develop skills related to:
3. Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum – teachers
implement curriculum plans that includes methods • Working in teams
and strategies for applying ICT.
. • Managing projects and holding leadership roles.
4. Assessment and Evaluation – teachers apply ICT to
facilitate a variety of effective assessment. ICT skills • Oral and written communication.
and competencies – The educators should acquire:
• Self-awareness and evaluation of group processes.
5. Productivity and Professional Practice – teachers • Working independently
use ICT to enhance their productivity and
. • Critical thinking and analysis.
professional practices.
• Explaining concepts
6. Social, Ethical, Legal and Human Issues – teachers
understand the social, ethical, legal and human . • Self-directed learning.
issues surrounding the use of ICT in instruction.
• Applying course content to real-world examples
Problem-Based learning . • Researching and information literacy.

• is a teaching method in which complex real-world • Problem solving across disciplines.

problems are used as the vehicle to promote student
learning of concepts and principles as opposed to Considerations for Using
direct presentation of facts and concepts. In addition
to course content, PBL can promote the
ProblemBased Learning
development of critical thinking skills, problem-
• Examine and define the problem.
solving abilities, and communication skills. It can also
provide opportunities for working in groups, finding • Explore what they already know about underlying
and evaluating research materials, and life-long issues related to it
learning (Duch et al, 2001).
. • Determine what they need to learn and where
• is a student-centered approach in which students they can acquire the information and tools necessary
learn about a subject by working in groups to solve to solve the problem.
an open-ended problem. This problem is what drives
the motivation and the learning • Evaluate possible ways to solve the problem

. • Solve the problem

. • Report on their findings

PBL And Technology
• With new technology advancements, problem-
based learning has been impacted. Technology
innovations such as networked and immersive
technologies have opened up myriad new
possibilities for research and experimentation in
designing PBL for digital and eLearning
environments. As Moallem, et al. (2019) explain
:The emerging global challenges and the need for
transforming pedagogy to better support acquisition
of twenty-first-century skills demand new models of
learning that are progressively changing from
focusing on content knowledge to supporting and
modeling process skills, problem-solving skills, and
thinking skills. (p. 573)
• Successful project-based learning (PBL) seeks to
develop models for deeper learning in school and
college by engaging students in projects. This
method blends classroom teaching, technology use,
and problem solving through projects and real-world
challenges. PBL marks a point of departure from
traditional classroom learning. It requires schools to
invest resources into redesigning curriculum and
making outreach efforts to incorporate real-world
challenges and business partnerships. Successful
project-based learning also takes major investment
in terms of time and effort from students and
teachers.
7 technical solutions that can be
used for implementing successful
project-based learning pedagogy.
Learning Management Systems
• A good Learning Management System (LMS) makes
it easier for teachers to communicate course content
with students effectively. Using a Learning
Management System, teachers can edit course
content as the learning project evolves, therefore
allowing for flexible pedagogy. Learning
Management Systems are also able to collect learner
data across different activities.
Flipped Classroom • In the flipped
classroom method, basic instructions are given to
students before class through videos. By using videos
for instruction before class, the classroom discussion
would be better focused on problem-solving and
critical thinking, encouraging an attitude of sustained
inquiry.
Video Quiz • In-video quizzes can be integrated
to online videos immediately after a course topic is
discussed. Problem-solving immediately after
concept introduction would lead to better knowledge
retention, helping learners master the core content.
Quizzes increase the learner’s time on the task, and
encourage more time for practice. Better knowledge
retention means that classroom discussions will be
much more productive.
Learner Analytics and Data
Visualization • Learner data needs to be
communicated to teachers, students, and parents
clearly, so that actionable insights are gained for
course feedback. Effective communication is one of
the most important measures to ensure the success
of project-based learning.
Course Gamification • Course gamification
is the technique by which learners are assigned
points based on activities completed within the
course. Based on the points systems, students are
assigned levels or places on leaderboards. This
process essentially leverages learner’s desire for
socializing, competition, achievement and status for
more effective learner engagement.
Whiteboard Animation Videos
• Whiteboard Animation videos are a great tool
to explain complex concepts to students. The verbal
cues in the video help guide the learner through the
concept, while the visual part enables them to create
a map of the new knowledge.
Training Teacher and Students for
Software Use
• Screencasting is a great way for training students
and teachers with use of software for online
learning. In screencasting instructions are given to
learners along with a video of the computer screen.
This guides learners on how softwares and computer
tools are used. Screencasting is very cost-effective as
well, as you only need to add audio besides the
screencast to demonstrate the use of computer.
Some free screencasting tools available online are
Ezvid and Screenr, while professional video editing
softwares such as Screenflow and Camtasia allow
users to add voiceovers and text to the screencast
video.
Productivity Software
Applications for Teaching
and Learning
is a piece of software that set specific rules or
guidelines that tell how the user should go about
executing and completing their work to achieve the
most efficiency and meet their goals well before
deadlines.
• use several techniques that calculate your tasks or
obligations according to the timeline and your
personality. Your schedule is set keeping in view
factors such as more productive hours, task
priorities, and so on.
How Important is Productivity
Software in Producing Instructional
Material
• Personalized Learning
• Ease and Speed of Assessment
• Variety of Assessment Methods and Lesson
Content
• Enhance Student Engagement
Personalized Learning
• Every student learns in a different way and we
can’t force a fish to fly. With personalized learning,
children are encouraged to become active
participants in their education. Personalized learning
has become increasingly popular here in the world.
• To enable such student-centered learning,
technology can be used to set different questions for
different students, or groups of students, depending
on their ability, learning style, or project.
Ease and Speed of Assessment
• Teacher productivity software makes it easy for
active participation by students and quick
assessment by teachers, allowing you to mark and
collect responses during learning in real-time. The
great advantage is that teachers can quickly identify
and adjust the shortcoming of the material and tailor
the lesson to the real needs of each student.
• When talking about the future of technology, it is
about improving, not changing, many of the
traditional teaching methods. You no doubt have a
questionnaire and a test that you have been using
successfully for years, and you do not need the
technology to tell you what to do or to teach.
Variety of Assessment Methods
and Lesson Content
• Productivity software and tools provide a diverse
range of assessment methodologies that boost
interactivity and create a wide range of types of
communication questions, including text, multiple-
choice, creative writing, math, true/false, sequential
sorting, etc
 • In addition, productivity software provides a wide
range of online resources and content that can be
used to add lessons, homework, and reviews. This
provides students with access to the most up-to-date
information and learning materials.
• Resource planning is an important aspect of
making instructional materials. You need the right
tools to make sure that you effectively plan what you
aim to teach and how you aim to communicate your
message. Productivity software helps you choose
from so many options, including images, videos,
infographics, etc. This enables you to design your
resources the way you have envisioned to.
Enhance Student Engagement
• Productivity software does not include only the
marketing and assessment part. They help teachers
prepare resources, tools and applications also help to
engage students and facilitate effective teaching
. • Students grow up surrounded by technology, both
at home and in the classroom, so, by incorporating
technology into the lessons, they learn how they do
at home, helping teachers stay at the same level as
their students while encouraging collaborative
learning, and bringing more impactful lessons.
Common application under
productivity software
• Word processing
• Learning Management Software
• Presentation software
• Spreadsheet software
Word Processing Software
• This word processing software can be used to
manipulate text documents, such as resumes or
reports. You usually enter text by typing, and the
software provides copying, deleting tools, and
various types of formatting. • Some of the input
software functions include: • Creating, editing,
saving, and printing documents. • Copying, pasting,
moving, and deleting text within a document. • Text
formatting, such as font type, bold writing,
underlining, or italics. • Building and arranging
tables. • Install content from other software, such as
images or pictures. • Correct spelling and grammar.
Word Processing Software • Word editing includes
many tools for formatting your pages. For example,
you can organize your text into columns, add page
numbers, insert images, etc. However, word
processing does not give you complete control over
the look and feel of your document. When the
design is important, you may need to use desktop
publishing software to give you more control over
the layout of your pages. Uses of word processing in
Business or School • letter • report or paper •
proposal • newsletter • brochure • catalog • poster •
flyer • postcard • sign • banner • resume • business
card • invoice • receipt • product packaging •
mailing label Personal Purposes • invitation • card •
gift tag • recipe card • place card • certificates
Importance of Word Processor • Uses and key
features makes it so important in the academic
discipline and considered one of the mostly widely
used educational application by students and
teachers by making innovative methods of teaching
and learning. The application can transform raw facts
into meaningful and useful information. Learning
Management System • Learning Management
System (LMS) is a software or web-based technology
used to plan, implement and evaluate a specific
learning process. It is used in eLearning practices
and, in its most basic form, consists of two elements:
a server that performs the basic functionality and a
user interface used by instructors, students, and
administrators. • Often, the learning management
system provides the educator with a way to build and
deliver content, monitor student participation, and
evaluate student performance. The learning
management system can also empower students to
use interactive features such as integrated
interviews, video conferencing, and discussion
forums. Learning Management System • LMSes are
widely used by businesses of all sizes, national
government agencies, local governments, traditional
education institutions, and Internet / Learning
Centers. Systems can enhance traditional methods of
education, while also saving organizations time and
money. The operating system will allow instructors
and administrators to effectively manage items such
as user registration, content, calendars, user access,
communications, certificates, and notifications.
Presentation Software • Presentation software is a
category of application software that is specifically
designed to allow users to create a presentation of
ideas by stringing together text, images and
audio/video. The presentation tells a story or
supports speech or the presentation of information.
• Presentation software can be divided into business
presentation software and general multimedia
authoring software, but most presentation software
applications already provide tools that allow users to
create both professionallooking business
presentations and general multimedia presentations.
Advantage of using a presentation software •
Presentation software encourages and supports
teaching learning process by facilitating the material
presentation. The template provided is designed to
default to good presentation criteria such as the
number of lines of information in each slide and
appropriate font sizes. The use of the default
templates can improve the clarity and the
arrangement of a presentation. It helps the teacher
avoid the common use of excessive text often found
on OHV (Over Head Projector). Advantage of using a
presentation software • Presentation software can
perform a variety of manipulations, such as editing
text before printing it out, and the teacher can add
new slides for adding new materials. • PowerPoint is
an application program of presentation that is found
in Microsoft Office. It means that we did not need to
buy new software, because it has been included in
Microsoft Office program. Advantage of using a
presentation software • This program is also
advantages in the sense that the icons used are very
simple because they are similar with those in the
Microsoft Word. In this way, the users can create an
instruction of language without studying this
program previously • Presentation software is also
fun to be applied and fun to watch. It is not hard to
learn in one hour. It allows the users to reflect on a
lesson and correct any changes, and they can create
the perfect lessons and are being able to print them
out. Advantage of using a presentation software •
Using PowerPoint improve the students’ learning
motivation, increasing authentic materials for study,
encouraging interaction between the teacher and
the students. Disadvantages of Presentation
Software • Equipment Failure • The component
system sometimes does not work as expected. The
main failure in projector is rare but possible. The
solution here is to have alternative activities, for
example good preparation. • File Corruption • This
damage caused by magnetic or physical damage so
that the presentation will not run. To overcome this
problem, CD (compact disk) which is unaffected by
magnetic field can be used. Disadvantages of
Presentation Software • Incompatible Media •
Incompatible media means the incompatible the
system available. The best solution is to be aware of
the systems to use our own laptop. • The most
common abuses • The most common abuses in
presentation software use for teaching and learning
include visually poor or boring slide. Too many texts
on the slide do not support good reading text, other
abuses for example, inappropriate use of multimedia
options, for example too much animation or overuse
of slide transitions. Further, many teachers do not
have enough basic knowledge in applying
PowerPoint in teaching learning. In addition, this
kind of software cannot handle unexpected
situations because presentation software is unable to
handle the students’ questions immediately as the
teachers do. Suggested uses of Presentation software
for Education • Teachers • Students Teachers • Notes
and Lessons • Images • Daily routines • Classroom or
student showcase • Meeting agendas • Videos and
multimedia presentations • Graphs and charts •
Audio Students • Creative writing classes • Poetry •
Visual interpretations • Presenting information to the
class • Creating graphs • Creating instructions •
Creating self quizzes • Creating games • Displaying
student work • Slideshows of class events and
activities • Problem Based Learning Spreadsheets • A
spreadsheet is a sheet of paper showing numerical
data in rows and columns; A spreadsheet is also a
computer program that mimics a physical
spreadsheet by capturing, displaying, and
manipulating lines arranged in rows and columns. •
In a spreadsheet, spaces that hold data objects are
called cells. Each cell has a label depending on its
placement (for example, A1, A2, A3 …) and can have
a complete or related reference to the surrounding
cells. A spreadsheet is usually designed to hold
numerical data and short text strings. Spreadsheets •
Spreadsheets often provide the ability to expose data
relationships more openly. Spreadsheets usually do
not offer the ability to create and label full data
objects such as a database and usually do not give
them the ability to query a database. In general, a
spreadsheet is a much simpler program than a
database system. Uses of Spreadsheet in Daily Life •
Education • Business • Goal Setting and Planning •
Business Owners • Housewives • Data Analysis •
Daily Progress Report • Career Development
Education • Teachers can use table styles, shapes,
charts, data tools, and formulas to teach students in
the classrooms. Students can learn and solve basic
and logical-mathematical problems and statistics in
excel. • Teachers can educate by creating a table in a
spreadsheet. They can highlight more interesting
cells in colors, emphasize important values and
visualize data using bars and charts. • Another use of
spreadsheet for teachers to schedule periods.
Teachers can insert period planner by using the
template function in spreadsheet. Business • can be
used in various business operations. Such as goal
setting, budgeting process, and planning, team
management, account management, income, and
expenses calculation, product and service valuation,
and management of client’s data, etc. in business. •
The uses of spreadsheet in business make such daily
official operations faster, accurate, and predictable.
Because spreadsheets provides great features such
as filters, charts, conditional formatting and pivot
table, logical and financial formulas Goal Setting and
Planning • Goal setting and planning is a task that all
we do repeatedly each day. Goal setting and planning
are very important for everyone from students to
business owners. But goal setting and planning take
white paper, time and lots of calculation but if you
use spreadsheet then it becomes very easy and
environmentally friendly Business Owners • Online
business owners or offline can use spreadsheet to
manage their daily life work. Such as work progress,
team management, payouts details, business
progress. Such as if you want to track your marketing
campaign progress then go to the file-new- template
and search for a marketing campaign and you will be
amazed by seeing pre-designed and formulated cells.
Housewives • Housewives can use spreadsheet to
manage their daily house expenses. They can create
monthly expenses report. They can track their
spending habits. The use of spreadsheet for
housewives also helpful if they are doing business or
job or for looking part-time work. There are various
online and offline jobs and projects that they can do
from home by learning and using spreadsheet. Data
Analysis • Data analysis is very important to work
today for an online business or website owner
(eCommerce, blog, forums, etc.). Such as from
tracking website visitors, products sell, customer
reviews, marketing campaigns, user behavior, and
events Such work is very time and brain consuming
especially when things are not going according to the
plan • provides great benefits for online business
owners and customers. Such as by filtering users'
data by country, filtering user by age, adding
conditional formulas in big data, etc. are common
daily tasks that can be handled smartly in
spreadsheet. Daily Progress Report • Many online
and offline companies and clients making it
mandatory for virtual and offline staff to maintain
their daily progress reports. It is not only beneficial
for employees but also for companies to track daily
progress reports. You can create a table with Date,
Time, Client, Task, Duration, and status according to
demand from clients or managers. • Also, the daily
progress report is very beneficial for students and
teachers. But all start with learning and execution.
Career Development • Career Development is more
about career management. Time management,
learning management, work, and life management
and goal-oriented habits are very important. Such
things you can learn in excel. Importance of
Spreadsheet for Students • Students can do and
learn the fastest way to do the calculation with
accuracy • Microsoft Excel builds strong analytical
thinking skills • Students can learn how the
calculation is performed • students can learn how
data is visualized Alternative Productivity Software •
Google Apps for Business • LibreOffice Productivity
Suite • OpenOffice • WordPerfect Office X5 • Zoho •
Quickoffice and OfficeSuite Pro5 • PlusOffice Free 3.0
• IBM ® Lotus ® SmartSuite ® • ThinkFree • Koffice •
NEOOffice • Softmaker Google Apps for Business •
Google’s office suite includes a selection of office
productivity tools including enhanced-for-business
versions of Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar,
Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Video. Several
pricing options are available, based on the size of
your business, and limited-time free trial is also
available. LibreOffice Productivity Suite • This free
office productivity suite comes from the not-for-
profit organization, The Document Foundation.
Applications include Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw,
Base, and Math. Because it’s free, support comes
primarily from the community of users and the
developers. The license for this suite is LGPL,
meaning it can be customized as needed. OpenOffice
• Another free office productivity suite. The
following are included in this suite: Writer, Calc,
Impress, Draw, Base, and Math. Oracle is the primary
contributor of code to OpenOffice, but other major
companies also contribute. For technical support,
they offer a forum and a FAQ site as well as a user
guide. • Another office productivity suite that offers
multiple configurations based on the customer need.
The home and student version includes software for
word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows and
presentations, and a digital notebook. Free trials are
available although the productivity suite is not free.
Some templates are also available. Support plans are
available and there is also knowledgebase of
frequently asked questions. WordPerfect Office X5
Zoho • .Zoho offers many productivity software tools.
Zoho products are free for personal use, although
the site stated that business and corporate users may
be charged. Some Zoho tools that may be of
particular interest include Writer, Sheet, Show, and
Calendar. Support is available.
QuickOffice & OfficeSuite Pro5
• While these are technically not office suites
themselves, these apps give the capability to access
your Microsoft Office files from your mobile device.
For the freelancer on the go this means mobility.
OfficeSuite Pro5 is specifically for the Android
Market. Quickoffice can work with a variety of
mobile devices.
PlusOffice Free 3.0
• A freeware package is based on OpenOffice. Use
this on Windows 7/Vista. The suite includes a text
editor, spreadsheet, presentation package, and
more. Compare with commercial packages.
IBM (r) Lotus (r) SmartSuite (r)
• This suite will cost money, but the product also has
the support of IBM. It includes Word Pro (r),
Freelance Graphics (r), and Approach (r). Additional
software options are available for an added cost.
ThinkFree
• This office productivity prides itself on being
compatible with MS Office. Use it for word
processing, creating spreadsheets, and
presentations. There are many versions of this suite
available, including one for the Windows, the Mac,
Linux, and even Android operating systems. Even
though this suite costs money, you can download a
trial version.
KOffice
• This is another free office productivity suite
alternative. It includes KWord (a word processor),
KCells (a spreadsheet) and Showcase (presentation
software). Because it’s free, it largely depends on
volunteers and users to maintain and update it.
There is a Userbase and forum.
NEOOffice
• This is an office suite specifically for MAC OS X.
They’ve even included a mobile version that can be
accessed remotely. It is distributed under the GNU
General Public License (GPL). It is funded entirely by
user donations.
Softmaker
• This office productivity suite includes TextMaker
(word processing), PlanMaker (spreadsheet), and
Presentations. There are multiple versions available
including a mobile version. This package does cost
money.
Podcast
• is a type of digital media, usually audio, that is
available in a series of episodes or parts and is
streamed or downloaded by the end user over the
Internet. Podcasts can be made available via a
release schedule or uploaded to the Web randomly.
• Educational podcasts are on the rise, and for good
reason. While there is no substitute for in-person
teaching, the resources you use to complement it
can make or break how well students do. This is true
of education at any level. Whether you’re at a
primary school, high school, college or university,
podcasts can help students of all ages learn. They’re
a great way to make your lessons accessible,
engaging and informative.
Reasons to use Podcast in
Education
Listen whenever, wherever
• Podcasts are easy to fit into daily routines.
Downloadable to your phone, you can listen while
doing mundane tasks like cooking or commuting.
Students can learn content at any point they have a
spare moment in their day, just by taking out their
phone. This makes them perfect for people with busy
schedules, or those who don’t have access to wifi all
the time. Students who have other commitments,
like jobs or caring for family members, can simply
stick on a podcast during their commute.
• Making education more accessible for students is
vital. The easier it is for them to fit their education
around the rest of their lives, the more likely they are
to try.
Podcasts make is easier for
students to catch-up
• Missing classes can be stressful and demotivating.
Once you find yourself falling behind, it’s difficult to
not get overwhelmed by a mounting backlog of
work. This is all too common for young people; two
thirds of 15–16-year-olds stress about poor grades,
according to one survey of 72 countries. During a
global pandemic, this problem will only worsen.
Many students will have to self isolate and skip their
lessons for 2 weeks or more. So, making sure they
don’t get left behind after missing a few days
teaching is crucial.
• Recording a podcast for your course could be the
solution. Instead of being burdened with heavy and
intimidating textbooks, students could simply listen
to a podcast on their way to school to catch up. This
would combat stress and stop students from falling
into a continual cycle of always being behind on
work.
Listening might be better than
watching or reading
• When listening to an audio drama, you must use
your imagination to picture what’s going on. Your
brain must work at the pace of the audio, so your
mind can’t wander off like it does when read a
textbook page. And because you must actively think
about what you’re hearing; you can’t only half pay
attention like you might with video. So, podcasts may
be the best way to keep your students’ attention on
the work.
• Podcasts can also make teaching more accessible.
Textbooks can be a chore in the best of times, but for
people with visual impairments or dyslexia, they are
an unnecessary uphill struggle. Instead of relying
solely on written material, podcasts give students
more options in how they work. This can only be a
good thing
Prioritize active learning in the
classroom
• Podcasts can give everyone essential information
for the course, so they’re ready to explore it fully in
lessons. Both active and passive learning are needed
for a well-rounded education. Passive learning
involves going over content independently, for
example by reading or listening to it. Active learning
is much more hands on and needs more direction
from the teacher. If students are to pass their exams
and get prepared for the world of work, both should
be incorporated into their education.
• Podcasts are a great way to teach new content,
something suited for passive learning. Students can
listen on their own, freeing up valuable classroom
time for more active learning. Going through
questions, participating in group discussions, and
making things with others can all be part of this.
Effective active learning needs constant support and
direction. If students are already up to speed on the
basics from podcasts, the valuable time spent face-
to-face with teachers can be prioritised for active
learning. Podcasts
help accommodate
all learning styles
• Different people prefer different styles of
learning, so variety is key if you want to engage all
your students. By adding auditory learning to the
usual reading and writing, it helps create a more
even playing field for everyone. Podcasting is also a
great active learning activity. Getting students to
make their own shows or make something inspired
by the content in a podcast, can be a great way to
consolidate their knowledge.
Podcasts are the perfect revision
tool
• Podcasts are a wonderful revision tool to go over
past material. Students can go at their own pace,
pausing and replaying at parts they need more time
on. Always having a bank of podcasts will be a
godsend during those stressful few months of
revising. Spaced repetition, or repeating your notes
with gaps in between each repetition, is the best way
to remember information. So being able to remind
themselves of past lectures whenever they want can
prove to be invaluable when preparing for exams.
Podcasts are easy to make and
costeffective
• You don’t need fancy video equipment or editing
software to make a great podcast. Armed with a bit
of Googling and some patience, you can learn the
ropes quickly. USB microphones don’t cost much and
plug straight into any laptop or computer. Make one
podcast, and it’s there to teach all your students for
years to come. Compared to other (often less
engaging) teaching methods podcasts are one of the
most cost-effective options you could choose
. • Podcasting also makes it easier to work from
home as a teacher. Recording from the comfort of
your own living room is super easy. This is bound to
be useful in the next year. Self isolating and
lockdown is stressful enough without having to
worry about how you’re going to get essential work
done too.
5 Ways to Use Podcasts in
Teaching
Set existing podcasts to listen to
• There are loads of podcasts already out there, so
why not take advantage? Over 500,000 podcasts are
active with new episodes regularly, and education is
one of the top categories. Podcasts made for
students are designed to be easily understandable,
to make preparing for exams as pain-free as possible.
• Or there are loads of podcasts made by experts.
Some of these will not only make your subject less
frustrating for students, but they might spark some
joy. For example, there’s nothing like a podcast by
comedians to make physics interesting.
• Sample:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6AZUnzTJ83CyBX7
BkMJvoS?si=fa2ca43edcd145c2
Repurpose lectures as podcasts
• Most classes already use lectures as part of their
teaching methods. So why not record the lecture as
you’re giving it? Upload the audio online and add
video if you want to give the option of watching as
well. Getting distracted during a lecture is all too
easy, especially if it’s 9am on a Monday. Crucial
information might not always actually penetrate your
students' brains while they’re in class trying not to
drift off. So being able to go back over lectures will
be a life-saver for students who didn’t quite catch
every word in the moment.
Record Conversations with others
• Adding another person to your podcast is an easy
way to keep it entertaining. Even if you’re a
charismatic speaker, it’s natural to zone out listening
to a single voice for an extended period. Studies have
shown that listeners are more engaged by dialogue
than a simple narration. Your students will give your
podcast more attention for longer if you spice it up
with a bit of variety in who is talking. It’s also easier
to keep your speaking pace right if you’re in
conversation.
• Enlist a colleague who also teaches your subject to
have a discussion and record your conversation. Or
you could get someone who knows nothing about
your area and record yourselves as you explain key
concepts to them. Check out these examples for
inspiration of how to use this format to keep your
listeners interested all the way through.
Use storytelling in your podcasts
• Podcasts are an amazing medium for storytelling,
and the genre is growing massively. More and more
people are discovering the potential of podcasting
for creating immersive worlds. It’s a well-known
truism that stories help people learn, and studies
agree. Everything is easier to remember once it is
part of a narrative. So, turning some of your lessons
into a story is a great way to improve your students’
learning.
• You can do this for pretty much any subject.
History and English are easy to turn into exciting
dramas, but so are Chemistry and Maths, with a little
creativity. Personify everything you are teaching into
characters. For example, hydrogen is needy and gets
with any old element, while all the noble gases are
hermits who never want to bond with anyone. As for
Maths, there’s a reason why practice questions
involve otherworldly situations like customers
popping to the shop to buy 5000 apples. Making
everything you teach into a memorable story will
help your students learn.
Get students to make their own
podcasts
• Teachers are always looking for new projects to set.
Why not have the next one be for your students to
create their own podcast together? Helping them
develop lifelong skills like teamwork, research,
writing and speaking will make your students more
employable. This can also be part of that active
learning that will make sure everyone really
understands the subject.
Social Media
• is a collective term for websites and applications
that focus on communication, community-based
input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.
• People use social media to stay in touch and
interact with friends, family and various
communities.
• Social media has enormous traction globally.
Mobile applications make these platforms easily
accessible. Some popular examples of general social
media platforms include Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
12 ways to use social media for
education
• Use a Facebook page to broadcast updates and
alerts
• Use a Facebook group to stream live lectures and
host discussions
• Use Twitter as a class message board
• Use Instagram for photo essays
• Create a class blog for discussions
• Assign a blog posts as essays
• Create a class-specific Pinterest board
• Include social media links in your school website
• Share school events and photos
• Create interest-based Facebook groups
• Create a social media crisis strategy
• Manage our accounts all under one roof
DEVELOPING PROBLEM-BASED AND
PROJECT-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANS
COMPARISON OF PROJECT-BASED AND PROBLEM-
BASED LEARNING P R O J E C T - B A S E D L E A R N I
N G Project-based Learning begins with the
assignment of tasks that will lead to the creation of a
final product or artefact. The emphasis is on the end
product. • Students work on open-ended
assignments. These could be more than one problem
• Students analyse the problems and generate
solutions. • Students design and develop a prototype
of the solution • Students refine the solution based
on feedback from experts, instructors, and/or peers
P R O B L E M- B A S E D L E A R N I N G Problem-
based Learning begins with a problem that
determines what students study. The problem
derives from an observable phenomena or event.
The emphasis is on acquiring new knowledge and the
solution is less important. • Students are presented
with an open-ended, authentic question. • Students
analyse the question • Students generate hypotheses
that explain the phenomena. • Students identify
further follow-up questions • Students seek
additional data to answer the questions. PROJECT-
BASED LEARNING • is an instructional approach
designed to give students the opportunity to develop
knowledge and skills through engaging projects set
around challenges and problems they may face in
the real world. • is more than just “doing a project,”
in the way you might remember from your own
school days. As the Buck Institute for Education (BIE)
explains, with PBL, students “investigate and respond
to an authentic, engaging, and complex problem or
challenge” with deep and sustained attention.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PROJECTBASED LEARNING •
Inter-Disciplinary • Rigorous • Student-Centered
INTER-DISCIPLINARY • Real-world challenges are
rarely solved using information or skills from a single
subject area. In PBL, projects require students to use
content knowledge and skills from multiple academic
domains to engage in inquiry, solution building, and
product construction. RIGOROUS • Challenges set
out in PBL often require the application of knowledge
and skills, not just recall or recognition. Typically,
students’ first steps will be to engage in a process of
inquiry. This leads to deeper learning, not just of the
academic content, but also the use of the content in
real world applications. This then leads to the
development of solutions that address the
problem/challenge of the project, and the creation of
products to communicate solutions to an audience.
STUDENT-CENTERED • In PBL, the role of the teacher
shifts from content-deliverer to facilitator, coach or
project manager. Students work more independently,
with the teacher providing support only when
needed. BENEFITS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING •
Presents opportunities for deeper learning in context
and for the development of important skills relating
to college and career readiness • Boosts student
engagement and achievement and helps students
develop the 21stcentury skills they need to succeed
in their future careers. These include critical thinking,
communication, collaboration, and creativity, among
others • Makes room for student choice, allowing
students to feel like architects of their own learning
journey • Improves student attitudes toward
education, thanks to its ability to keep students
engaged BENEFITS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING •
Provides plenty of opportunities for feedback and
revision of the plan and the project • Encourages
students to make meaningful connections across
content areas, rather than thinking about each
subject area in isolation (multi-disciplinary
pedagogical approach) • Engages students in real-
world learning, giving them a deeper understanding
of concepts through relevant and authentic
experiences. This prepares students to accept and
meet challenges in the real world, mirroring what
professionals do every day • Engages students
deeply with the target content, helping to increase
long-term retention. HOW TO IMPLEMENT
PROJECTBASED LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM •
START WITH SMALL, WELL ORCHESTRATED CHANGES
• LOOK AT THINGS FROM A STUDENT’S POINT OF
VIEW • HOLD AN IMMERSIVE, MULTI-DAY
WORKSHOP • GENERATE POTENTIAL PROJECT IDEAS
• THINK ABOUT ASSESSMENT START WITH SMALL,
WELL ORCHESTRATED CHANGES • Select a few
targeted goals you wish to work on this year with
regards to projectbased learning, and focus on doing
those things well, concentrating on growth. This
might mean keeping the scope and duration of a
project to a minimum; using or renovating an existing
project and taking the time to get meaningful
feedback from both students and relevant
professionals. LOOK AT THINGS FROM A STUDENT’S
POINT OF VIEW • Think about what questions they
might have when it comes to this new way of
learning. Provide them with valuable, easy-to-
understand resources to help them make sense of
PBL as a concept and the practical steps once they
are engaged in the process. • Project-based learning
often requires many skills that students may not be
used to, such as researching, summarizing, problem-
solving, working as a team, learning to spot fake
news etc. A good idea is to use any early foray into
project-based learning to build these skills in a fun
way. GENERATE POTENTIAL PROJECT IDEAS • There
are plenty of places online teachers can find
inspiration for possible project ideas to kick off their
PBL journey • However, online is not the only place
to look to for ideas. Common types of project
include: • addressing a real-world problem (e.g.
climate change); • meeting a design challenge
(creating a physical or digital artefact, or piece of
writing; developing a plan; producing an event or
providing a service); • exploring an abstract question
(e.g. when is violence justified?) • investigating (e.g.
a historical event or natural phenomenon) • Taking a
position on an issue (such as a present day or
historical controversy). THINK ABOUT ASSESSMENT •
It’s important to also think about how any project-
based work will be assessed. Plan and communicate
the success criteria for students – the most common
way in PBL is to give a rubric or success criteria at the
start. Don’t make it too ‘wordy’ however, or with too
many granular checkpoints. PROBLEM-BASED
LEARNING • is a teaching method that allows a group
of people to solve real-world issues through concepts
and scenarios. This differs from how teachers or
mentors usually teach students, which is by
presenting facts for them to memorize. Rather,
problem-based learning helps people use critical
thinking and problem-solving skills. • Activities or
lessons that use problem-based learning usually
require a group of people working together, which
increases communication and interpersonal skills.
This type of learning can be beneficial for most work
environments that have employees who work
together, and employers can implement PBL by
organizing group activities or workshops.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PROBLEMBASED LEARNING •
Authentic: use real-world, relevant problems that are
meaningful to learners. • Personalized: Personalize
learning, connecting with learner individual styles
and creativity. • Non-linear: Learners work in
multiple directions and explore diverse avenues,
theories, ideas and solutions. • Guide and scaffold:
Steer learners in the right direction using prompting
questions and provide resources. BENEFITS OF
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING • Analytical thinking and
innovation • Active learning and learning strategies •
Creativity, originality and initiative • Critical thinking
and analysis • Complex problem-solving PROJECT-
BASED LEARNING AND MULTIMEDIA • Is a method of
teaching in which students acquire new knowledge
and skills in the course of designing, planning, and
producing a multimedia product. • Implies the use of
multimedia and the learning activity includes a
project. 7-KEY DIMENSIONS PROJECTBASED
MULTIMEDIA LEARNING • Core Curriculum • Real-
World Connection • Extended Time Frame • Student
Decision Making • Collaboration • Assessment •
Multimedia CORE CURRICULUM • At the foundation
of any unit of this type is a clear set of learning goals
drawn from whatever curriculum or set of standards
is in use. • Core emphasizes that project-based
multimedia learning should address the basic
knowledge and skills all students are expected to
acquire • These projects lend themselves well to
multidisciplinary or cross-curricular approaches.
REAL-WORLD CONNECTION • The project seeks to
connect students’ work in school with the wider
world in which students live. It is critical that the
students-not only the teacher-perceive what is real
about the project. The content chosen, the types of
activities of products must be real in life. EXTENDED
TIME FRAME • A good project is not one-shot lesson
• It extends over the significant period of time. One
project may take days or weeks, others may take a
month or two • And the actual project may vary with
the age of the students and the nature of the project
STUDENT DECISION MAKING • In project is not-based
multimedia learning, students have a say. But it is
clear to them that the teacher is in charge and so the
students understand that there are decisions which
only the teacher can make. • Students, however, are
given considerable leeway in determining what
substantive content would be included in their
project as well as the process for producing them.
COLLABORATION • Project-based multimedia
learning demands “collaboration” • Students may
work in pairs or in teams of as many as five or six.
Whole class collaboration are also possible. • The
goal is for each students involved to make a separate
contribution to the final work and for the whole class
to accomplish greater things than what each
individual can accomplish alone ASSESSMENT •
There are three (3) Assessment concerns in Project-
Based Multimedia Learning, namely: • Activities for
Developing Expectations; • Activities for Improving
the Media Products; and • Activities for Compiling
and Disseminating Evidence of Learning INQUIRY-
BASED LEARNING • is a student-centered teaching
method that encourages students to ask questions
and investigate real-world problems. In this type of
learning environment, students are actively engaged
in the learning process and are given the opportunity
to explore their natural curiosities. • This type of
learning is often hands-on and allows students to
connect what they are learning in the classroom and
the real world. Inquiry-based learning has been
shown to improve critical thinking skills, problem-
solving skills, and creativity. TYPES OF INQUIRY-
BASED LEARNING • Structured Inquiry Approach •
Open-Ended Inquiry Approach • Problem-Based
Inquiry Approach • Guided Inquiry Approach
STRUCTURED INQUIRY APPROACH • The structured
inquiry approach is a sequential process that helps
students learn how to ask questions and investigate
real-world problems. This type of inquiry-based
learning is often used in science classes, where
students are given a problem to investigate and are
taught how to use the scientific process to find a
solution. OPEN-ENDED INQUIRY APPROACH • The
open-ended inquiry approach is a more free-form
approach to inquiry-based learning. In this type of
learning environment, students are given the
freedom to explore their interests and ask questions
about the topic they are studying. This type of
inquiry-based learning is often used in humanities
classes, where students are asked to explore a topic
in-depth and debate different viewpoints. PROBLEM-
BASED INQUIRY APPROACH • A problem-based
inquiry approach is a problem-solving approach to
inquiry-based learning. In this type of approach,
students are given a real-world problem to solve.
This type of inquiry-based learning is often used in
mathematics and engineering classes, where
students are asked to apply what they have learned
to solve a realworld problem. GUIDED INQUIRY
APPROACH • The guided inquiry approach is a
teacher-led approach to inquiry-based learning. In
this type of approach, the teacher guides the
students through the inquiry process and helps them
to ask questions and find solutions to real-world
problems. This type of inquiry-based learning is often
used in elementary and middle school classrooms.
VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
CAN HELP IN INQUIRYBASED LEARNING • Within one
device students can do multiple tasks like conduct
research, record interviews, gather data, take notes,
document events, collaborate with peers, create
multimedia projects and share their work. • Mobile
devices can be used to gather rich data in the form of
text, audio, image, video, etc. • They can support
real-time interaction for real-time communication
and feedback of learners with their instructors and
the larger community. • Student interest is
maintained and engagement is increased, which is
much required to perform authentic investigations
and research to support inquiry-based learning.
VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
CAN HELP IN INQUIRYBASED LEARNING • Students
can use multiple data capture methods with
annotated photos, GPS coordinates, etc., to gather
and analyze data thoroughly. • Mobile device
technology reduces the amount of time and work
required in data entry and research and improves the
quality of the learning experience. • Having personal
devices makes students responsible for their own
learning by designing their research projects from
developing the question and methods to data
collection and analysis to presenting their research. •
Students can access relevant digital resources such
as identification guides, weather records and maps
and specific apps like Twitter, Skype, etc., for
communication. • Students can have continuous
access to research groups to connect with a greater
scientific community. SAMPLE APPS THEY CAN USE
FOR INQUIRY BASED LEARNING • For the inquiry
process of tuning in - watching, questioning,
thinking, observing, reading, Safari, YouTube,
BrainPop. • For supporting student - a problem
solver, critical thinker, collaborator, communicator,
creator, use Lino, Podcast, Evernote • for collecting,
curating - searching, gathering, identifying a topic,
and connecting with others, use Skype, Google Earth,
Diigo, Twitter • For synthesizing information - by
interpreting, comparing, reviewing, sorting,
formulating and analyzing use Skitch, Socrative,
Dropbox, Calendar, Google Drive, etc. PROJECT-
BASED LEARNING LESSON PLAN • Start with the state
or national standards you are required to teach • Use
the standards to develop your learning targets for
your project-based learning • Focus on the standards
that have longevity (learning that is important
beyond just this school year) • Look closely at the
verbs for each standard. Standards that use verbs
such as “create”, “design”, or “demonstrate” lend
themselves to higher levels of learning and are
perfect for PBL. • Create an essential question that
the students should try to answer throughout PBL.
The question should be complex and should be
referred to often. • Develop the criteria that will
show evidence of the learning targets. PROJECT-
BASED LEARNING LESSON PLAN • Have a plan in
place for giving ongoing feedback you provide your
students. It’s also important to have a place for
students to keep track of the feedback from their
peers, as well as a place for self-reflection and
recording any questions, barriers, or successes they
encounter along the way. • Have a plan in place for
delivering important information. • Have a plan for
conferencing with groups and conference often. •
Make sure students have a way to share their
learning and reflect on the process. PBL LESSON
PLAN TEMPLATE 1. Develop clear and measurable
learning objectives (including cognitive and
behavioral objectives) – based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Students will be able to {verb} {noun}. • Students
will be able to {verb} {noun}. • Students will be able
to {verb} {noun}. Ex. Students will demonstrate the
methods of organismal biologists, including
observation, phylogenetics, experimentation, and
form/function studies. PBL LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
2. Identify the learning resources students will need
to access at home before coming to class. These
resources are generally what you would normally do
in a traditional lecture format class (lecture, videos,
etc) • Reading materials • Watch instructional videos
• Exercise on worksheets • Suggest other learning
resources • Reading Resources my lesson will
include: (enumerate) • Technology Resources I will
need to create the pre-class learning resources:
(enumerate) PBL LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE 3. Prepare
the real-world, contextual problem that students will
use to explore the content. You can either create a
problem or select one from an existing problem
bank. Follow the guidelines for both selecting and
creating a problem. • Garner’s (2010) suggested PBL
problem elements: • The topic of concern captures
the attention and interest of participating students. •
Students are required to make judgments and
decisions by analyzing a variety of options in
choosing their best course of action. • The proposed
problem has a level of complexity that involves all
team members in the data gathering and decision-
making phases. • Questions are open-ended and
invite group members to participate. • There is a
direct connection between the PBL scenario and
course learning outcomes. PBL LESSON PLAN
TEMPLATE • Students should be able to answer the
following four questions when working towards a
problem solution: • What do I know (about the
problem or issue) • What do I need to know to solve
it? • How do I get that information? • How do I apply
that information to determine a solution? PBL
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE 4. Define the procedures for
in-Class problem analysis that your students will be
completing. Let students know if they need to bring
or prepare anything before class. The idea is to
create an active learning environment where
students interact with the content and the instructor
acts as a guide. Activities should scaffold the
students into the problem solution. • Establish
ground rules for participation • Assign discussion
groups or roles in the problem-solving process •
Students define facts and significant information
surrounding the problem • Pose challenging
questions to further discussion • Students define
objectives and possible solutions Activities students
will complete analyzing the problem: (enumerate)
Technology resources my students will need to
complete the analysis: (enumerate) PBL LESSON
PLAN TEMPLATE 5. Identify any post-analysis
activities that your students will be completing. •
Reflection • Shift context – students see problem or
solution from another point of view • Follow up
discussion • Shift time frame – “what’s next?”, “How
could this situation be different?” Activities students
will complete post-analysis: (enumerate) Technology
Resources my students will need to complete the
post-analysis activities PBL LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
6. Create the assessments that you will use for
determining students’ mastery of the learning
objectives. • Formative/Summative • Challenging
questions • Interactive quizzes • Problem solution
presentations Assessment(s) I will use in my
problem-based lesson: (enumerate) Technology
Resources my students will need to complete the
assessment(s): (enumerate)