Project based learning in a K-8 school
Subtitle: philosophy and practice in our standards driven era
By: a Forum on Education & Elephant Rock Productions, Inc. ; producers, Leonard Burrello, Jotham Burrello
Contributors: Forum on Education; Elephant Rock Productions
Publisher: Forum on Education
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Bloomington, Ind.]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Project method in teaching
Other titles: Philosophy and practice in our standards driven era.
Description: On disc 1, educators will see project based learning in action at Swift House, a multi-aged class of 87 learners. Viewers will see PBL philosophy, student portfolios, peer assisted learning, student-designed rubrics, pyramid of interventions, the affect of NCLB on PBL instruction. Disc 2 includes archival programs documenting Swift House's learner-centered teaching philosophy.
Notes: This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Narration: Tina Freeman.

DVD-R.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Project based learning (56 min.) Welcome to a PLL School; title: Philosophy of learning; title: Meeting standards in the PBL classroom; title: PBL and authentic learning; title: Rubric; title: Peer assisted learning; title: Pyramid of interventions; title: Progress monitoring using portfolios; title: PBL in the long run; title: Student bonus clip; title: disc 2. Swift House flashback circa 1994 (84 mins.); title: Al Myers introduction circa 2008; title: Student voices; title: Gathering the dreamers..