Teaching Tiny Techies: Building Creative Learners Through Project-Based Learning K-2

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this session is to show teachers in K-2 classrooms that you can do a lot more with your students than you realize. Students can learn to be independent on their computers as well as use their computers to research and work on project based learning tasks that result in a final product to share with the world.

Objectives:
I will be able to help my students become independent computer users after setting up consistent routines and procedures.

I will be able to take a preset curriculum/standards and create a project based learning task.

I will be able to give my students activities that allow for choice in the activity.

I will be able to give my students activities that allow them to use their voice on a topic.

Outline

10 minutes: I will quickly go over how I introduce the use of computers to my students in a scaffolded way using visuals and routines that we consistently implement.
10 minutes: What is PBL (project based learning)
10 minutes: Examples of project based learning in my own Kindergarten classroom.
30 minutes: Modeling how to take a standard or curriculum task turn it into a PBL activity.
Any additional time will be devoted to questions.

Supporting research

The Curious Classroom by Harvey Smokey Daniels
PBLWorks.org
The Playful Classroom by Jed Dearybury