Kid Cave: A PBL project for teaching STEM

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Come and learn about a PBL project in which students design a "Kid Cave" using an app on the iPad. We'll walk through the steps involved in implementing the project in your class and talk specifically about the STEM content addressed in the project. If you have an iPad, you'll have a chance to play with the apps.

Apps/Web sites:

Planner 5D - App used to design rooms. Allows you to design rooms in a web browser or using an iPad.

Room Architect - App used to design rooms.

Adobe Voice - App used to create presentations.

Buck Institute for Education - Great resource for all things PBL.
    The 8 Essential Elements of PBL.

Additional Resources:

Edutopia article Project-Based Learning vs. Problem-Based Learning by John Larmer from BIE.

Conferences:
SW/WC Service Cooperative Education Technology Conference
Pipestone, Minnesota
March 2015

SDCTM Annual Conference
Huron, South Dakota
February 2015

NCTM Regional Conference
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 2014

Presenter:

Kevin Smith
Instructor of Math Education
Dakota State University
Twitter: @KevinSmithSD