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The world is changing faster than

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Microsoft 21st Century Learning Design waves and constructed a musical
framework, collaborated to design instrument with which they had to
projects from which students could compose a song. Another popular
choose, giving them autonomy over project involved designing a crash
their learning. test barrier, coding a car to test it, and
then using a chosen programming
Students selected four projects from language to represent the data
the sixteen projects offered. Each visually.
project allowed collaboration of two
subjects. Some examples included By engaging in Project-Based Learning,
a Business Studies and Information our students become systems
Technology project in which students thinkers as they explore and make
had to design a hypothetical deep connections between ideas. It
property development using CAD encourages divergent thinking as they
software, develop an integrated become problem-solvers. They learn to
marketing strategy, and create an take risks, engage in iterative thinking,
advertisement. In another project, and grow to be more empathetic to the
developed by Physical Sciences and challenges of our world, both now and
Music, students learnt about sound in the future.

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