ArmEducationX: Teaching with Physical Computing: Practical application and classroom strategies for PBL

• Develop the skills, strategies and confidence you need to apply Project-Based Learning in the classroom.
• Acquire a toolkit of best practice, which you can apply again and again to plan and deliver engaging classes for learners across all ages
• Explore how to integrate Project-Based Learning into the formal curriculum
• Gain techniques to develop resilience in your learners, encouraging them to ‘fail often’ and keep motivated while developing solutions to real-world problems
• Learn about managing teamwork and independent learning in the PBL classroom
• Explore how to ‘pitch’ Project-Based Learning to your colleagues and encourage them to become PBL advocates
• Finish the course with a classroom investigation, which helps you put your learning into practice

Module 1 Introduction

Module 2 Physical computing

Module 3 Project-based learning (PBL)

Module 4 Links to the formal curriculum and using PBL in formal assessments

Module 5 PBL toolkit ****

Module 6 PBL across the ages

Module 7 Building resilience in learners

Module 8 Group work in PBL ****

Module 9 Keep it super simple

Module 10 Practical considerations for PBL

Module 11 Classroom strategies

Module 12 Classroom investigation