Technology, 21st
Century Skills and
Challenged Based
Learning
Tim Obergefell
tobergefell@perkinsschools.org
Perkins High School, Sandusky Ohio
Background
17th Year
Football Coach and former Basketball
3 children
Findlay Adjunct
STEM Grant
Three Themes
Challenge based learning
Technology ties it all together
21st century skills in all projects:
Collaboration, Creativity,
Communication and Critical
Thinking
Challenged based Learning
Students learned best when interested in
topic.
Hands on experience is best teacher
Have Competition and challenge students
to be the best
1 to 1 laptops 6-12 and Apple
Distinguished School. Using technology
correctly can be tricky!
Blended- I blend a little of all classes
John Barell Experience
Interacted for over 2 years
Followed students and myself
Best PD Ive ever done
Public Presentation
What can I share?
Doing projects and doing project based
learning are different.
Children will rise to the expectation you set.
Focus on one 21st century skill per project
and measure it.
Pre-test and post test with students
John Barell cont
Project Logs to track their learning
Have dates for everything. Start from the
end of the project and work up.
Constant Feedback
Authentic Audience- My students always
present to community members.
My Work Has Changed
My work as an instructor is different.
Constantly communicating with the
public
My Projects
Create a kids book
or kids show
Documentary
Video
Comedy Show
Flip This House
UN Resolutions
Green Energy
Frame by Frame
Shark Tank
Music Video
Music and Lyric
Creation
Scrapbooks
Posters
Movie Trailer
Projects
Government
Government Community Project, Law
Day, & Civil Liberties Documentary
Economics:
Flip That House & Shark Tank
International Relations
UN Persona & Model UN on global issue
Government Community
Project
All students in groups choose a topic
in community or state to address
Develop a solution to the problem that
is feasible
Deliver their speech to authentic
audience.
My Job
Set up interview date with
government
Emails constantly
Meet weekly with groups
I am part of group and work with
them to develop solution
Set up authentic audience
Government
Community Project
1 Million Grant
Sidewalks on Rt. 250
OHSAA Critical Injury Presentation
Law Day
Run mock election in our school for all
local and state positions
Create election videos and campaign
for a week.
Elected students spend day in
community
Law Day lunch community comes in
Law Day
Documentary Video
Students choose a civil liberty and create a
documentary on court case, law or executive action
dealing with that liberty
Must interview and get primary sources
Create a biased movie to persuade about current or
past civil liberty violations.
Used with government altered for modern history
class.
One group won the history day at the district level.
Documentary Project
Handout
Documentary Project (includes
rubrics)
Group Documentation
Flip that House
Based off TV show
Work with relator, she picks properties. Students
have to research the best ones to flip. Then we pick.
We field trip to the house. Students then design a flip
Go to menards etc and flip it
Present to a panel of investors
Flip This House
KITCHEN
FRONT OF HOUSE
BACK DOOR
Shark Tank
Watch TV Show
Students create a small business of their choice
Work with local businessmen to develop P&L sheets
Show demand
Purchase location. Set prices. Show profit. This is
hard!!!
Authentic audience to sell it to. They act like the
sharks
UN Resolution Project
Each student is a leader of a country
Create online discussions about world
events as they happen.
Student takes persona of the leader
Students create resolutions go to the
General Assembly (the class) for vote
Students present to assembly
Mock Trial / Moot
Court
1960s Music Video
Questions
What did students have to do?
What level of blooms?
Uses of technology you see?
Technology uses you didnt see?
Planning Project Based
Learning
Backwards Design
Standards Based Projects
Real Life / Competitive
Critical Friends from students
Authentic Audience & Community
Involvement
PBL
Task Sheets (from Buck)
Contracts and Firing
Due Dates and Check points
One week revision
Technology and PBL
1 to 1 school- I use canvas & google
Homepage
Research
Documentation
Collaboration -Google DocsDiscussion
Record all presentations- self
evaluate
Grading 21st Century
Skills
Choose 1-2 Skills to grade/teach
Measuring Questioning over the year
Critical Thinking / Problem Solving
Catalina Foothills School Website
Buck Institute
Collaboration
Documenting 21st
Century with Technology
Pre-Test- https://docs.google.com/a/
perkinsschools.org/forms/d/e/
1FAIpQLSd40VeSwj3DX2jKDv_bjxE
xZHnvakJkUxRneTr1g--WXZ3egw/
viewform
Individual Project Logs
Group Documentation Logs
Self Reflection
Technology
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Problem-Solving
Authentic- Turnitin.com
Grading
21st century skill specific grade
Standard specific grades
Buck Institute and Catalina Hills
rubistar.com
Resources
p21-
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework.pdf
4Cs Video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=OOXoOUmA0lE&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Products
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