Photo by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash I think by now all of the schools in America, and perhaps the world, are closed to the public, and many are operating online. So what does this mean for the educator interested in project based learning, or the educator who relies heavily on PBL? In this post I want to offer some quick ideas for project based learning tasks you can do remotely.Read More…
My what a difference a week makes! Just last week I posted an article about my tips for teachers going to remote instruction due to school closures because of the corona virus pandemic, and at that time, I had heard very little from my internet connections about the virus that was sweeping the world. In the last week; My school district moved to remote instructionThe governor of my sRead More…
So far all the professional business groups I am a part of have been noticeably silent on corona virus. This is made more obvious by the fact the whole world seems to be going nuts over it. Whether it’s all an over reaction, or people’s behavior and choices will prove wise and justified, is still to be seen, but none-the-less here in the US we are starting to feel the effects of steps tRead More…
Photo by Neil Thomas on Unsplash I have been in the education field, as a student and as an educator, for the past 24 years. For roughly the past 12 years, the concept of project based learning has been growing in popularity. I have experienced it as a student, and I have employed it in my classrooms. I have also largely taught in schools with traditional curriculum.Read More…
Photo by Hrishikesh Shirsikar on Unsplash By now, if you’ve been following my blog, you’ve seen the icon of a mountain silhouette filled with pebbles. Perhaps you’ve been wondering, “what does that have to do with project based learning?” or “Why a mountain?” Maybe you’ve barely paid attention to it or perhaps this is your first stop to my page. If it’sRead More…
Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash In the teaching profession there is nothing more helpful and valuable than free, ready-made, and easy to use resources. If we can save time on the planning and preparing end, that frees up more time for ALL.THE.THINGS. Here are some of my top 5 favorite free resources! 1. desmos.com Desmos.com started as an online graphing tool, and it Read More…
There are many misconceptions around project based education, and one of them is that you have to change your entire teaching style in order to implement it! This simply isn’t true! As I discussed in a previous article about types of project based learning activities, there are many different ways to implement project based learning principles in the classroom. Because of this, therRead More…
I was recently at an excellent professional development workshop about place-based learning, which is basically project based learning, but centered around inquiry and community (place). This is essentially what I do, what I advocate for. It was very exciting for me, being amongst other people who were successfully doing what I want to do, and getting that affirmation that it is needed and Read More…
As I dive down this rabbit hole that is project/task based learning, I am finding more and more that this type of learning (or desire to teach this way) is actually more prevalent than most people realize. First of all, there are the numerous terms used for essentially the same type of learning, such as; Project Based Learning 🔹Task Based Learning 🔹Problem Based Learning 🔹ExperientiaRead More…
6 quick ways to implement project based learning activities. In my last couple posts I talked about why project based learning activities are worthwhile, and about 4 different types of project based learning activities. If this is not something that comes naturally to a person, it can be understandably confusing. There are still a lot of questions, such as, “How do I know what real-world scenRead More…