There are numerous ways to create a motivating learning environment for your language classes. One of them is by assigning project for the student to discover and learn new lesson autonomously. This week we have an opportunity to learn about how this approach, the Project-Based Learning (PjBL, to avoid confusion to the other approach, PBL (Problem-Based Learning).
Project Based Learning gives a huge opportunity for the students to develop their sense of learning autonomy. The teachers only perform roles as director or moderator that give full access to the students learn by themselves in completing the project. Gaer has given a list of essential elements that the project needs to be geared to the population, students must comprehensively understood of the value of the project they are doing, and flexibility of time is a must.
There has been quite a discussion about these elements and how they can be integrated into classroom. For teachers who are given full access to modify lesson plan of their classes, creating PjBL can be of a great teaching-learning experience. However, for teachers teaching at school that provide pre-set lesson plan can improvise with PjBL with assignment-like project that requires less time consumption.
Adding to the discussion and reading assignment on PjBL, we are also introduced to creating rubric with rubistar. However, I managed to make customized rubric for the lesson plan for Cross Cultural Understanding lesson plan that I presented in the previous week, not with rubistar. I would love to use the rubric feature of zunal webquest. Perhaps, later, I would like to import to my webquest page.
Regards,
Rahmat
