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Project-based learning typically begins with an end product or "artifact" in mind, the production of which requires specific content knowledge or skills and typically raises one or more problems which students must solve together. Projects vary widely in scope and time frame, and end products vary widely in level of technology used and sophistication. The collaborative project-based learning approach uses a production model: first, students define the purpose for creating the end product and identify their audience. They research their topic, design their product, and create a plan for project management.

Students then begin the project, resolve problems and issues that arise in production, and finish their product. Students may use or present the product they have created, and ideally are given time to reflect on and evaluate their work (Blumenfeld et al, 1991). The entire process is meant to be authentic, mirroring real world production activities and utilizing students’ own ideas and approaches to accomplish the tasks at hand. Though the end product is the driving force in collaborative project-based learning, it is the content knowledge and skills acquired during the production process that are important to the success of the approach.   Read more https://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/distance/edge/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2016/02/Collaborative-Project-based-Learning-and-Problem-based-Learning-i.pdf 

Use game building for project-based learning in computer science to teach basic coding principles to students. Today’s coding projects help students by offering tasks that feature familiar faces, such as BB-8 and Rey from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Frozen’s” Anna and Elsa.

One of the most basic — yet effective — tools available to teachers for project-based learning in computer science is Raspberry Pi. These basic, credit-card sized computers allow students to work with the simple elements that comprise the foundation of any device. In addition to its computers, the Raspberry Pi initiative has grown to publish a student magazine titled The MagPi, provide educator resources and workshop opportunities, and feature guest collaborators such as British ESA (European Space Agency) Astronaut Tim Peake.