Project-Based Learning with Multimedia (PBL+MM)
CD-ROM

Resource Type: CD-ROM Awarded "Exemplary" status by the U.S. Department of Education Technology Expert Panel, Project-Based Learning with Multimedia (PBL+MM) infuses K-12 classrooms with a model of project-based learning supported by multimedia. Students learn course content and technology skills by completing curriculum-based projects that culminate in multimedia products. The production process involves reading, writing, interviewing, text-based and Internet-based research, and use of multimedia software applications. Students define problems, brainstorm, debate solutions, collaborate, plan and schedule tasks, make decisions, self-evaluate, and design and produce multimedia products. Activities are student centered, interdisciplinary, and integrate real-world issues and practices. This model fosters workplace competencies such as teamwork, communication, planning, and problem solving. PBL+MM includes a visit to Otak Jump’s fourth and fifth graders as they develop a Web-based guide to habitats of Point Reyes, California; a stop with Gayle Britt’s middle school class, where students are creating a multimedia museum of the art and culture of dynastic China; and a visit with Nancy Schwalen’s high school English learners, who are creating a multimedia guided tour of their home cultures for the school library. Each classroom features student and teacher reflections, video vignettes of classrooms in action, student work samples, and student handouts. Alternatively, the CD-ROM may be explored by each of its seven dimensions: curriculum content, assessment, real-world connections, collaboration, student decision-making, extended time, and multimedia. PBL+MM offers ideas for project topics, sample projects, templates, forms, rubrics, and student handouts, K–12. The companion video, Multimedia: A Sneak Preview is designed for introducing PBL+MM to students and to parent or district groups. To order this resource click here Publisher: San Mateo County Office of Education & WestEd, 2001 Order #: IRL-01-02 Price: $25

What Project is associated with this Resource? Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project