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

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