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Integration of technology with PBL

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Problem-based learning gives teachers opportunities  to use technology in the classroom. Since students are exploring ideas and asking questions, they could use simulators, internet for research, visual aids and presentations to assist in their learning. Group work and collaboration are emphasized in PBL, so technology that allows communication would be helpful. For example, e-mail, instant messenger, and social networking sites would assist students and teachers by making it easier to share ideas. Technology can also be used to allow students to choose their own ways of displaying information, for example, PowerPoint presentations, handouts created through Microsoft Word, surveys taken online to get results, etc.

 

Benefits of integrating technology with PBL:

  • Integrating technology and PBL has the ability to free the teacher to focus more on the learning outcomes of the students 
  • When integrating technology with PBL it allows students to take responsiblity and ownership for their own learning
  • "integrating technologies and visual aids (animation, video) makes learning interesting, engaging, and interactive"
  • "technology intergration can be adapted to students' different learning styles" 

 

Things to keep in mind when integrating technology in a PBL lesson:     

  1. "make sure to generate authentic and ill structured problems for chosen content topic"
  2. "find and intergrate technology tools and resources relevant for the target students and learning activities"
  3. "design tasks witha balance between teacher guidance and student independence"

 All quoted material came from www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet25/so.pdf 

 

 

Example of a PBL lesson plan that incorporates technology: 

 

A teacher is trying to get the students to understand the cause of seasons on Earth in relation to the Earth's tilt, orbit, rotation, and the sun's position.

 

The students would not be given any direct information. Rather, they would be expected to predict and come up with questions about this problem that would eventually lead them to the answer. Possible questions would be:

-Is the Earth titled?

-Does it rotate? What is its rotation like?

-What is the path of the Earth's orbit?

-How far away is the sun? How big is it?

 

Students will discuss their ideas about these questions with a small group in order to incorporate collaboration, which is a big part of PBL.

Then, students will investigate using hands-on activities such as globes, flashlights, etc. After hands-on investigation, students will get partners and investigate their findings using a simulator (for example: RSI Seasons). This program lets students visually see the orbit, rotation, position, tilt, and climate of the Earth in different locations. This creates a whole new way of understanding this information and is something that would be impossible to see without this simulation (Makes the impossible possible!)

 

As an extension, students could present their findings in a PowerPoint presentation using pictures, moving visuals, and information or displays from the actual simulator. 

 

This is an example of taking a concept, using a PBL approach to get ideas and solve it, and then using technology to further understand the concepts being learned. 

 

 

 

 

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