Project Based Learning Ideas for Remote Instruction

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…

It’s PBL’s Time To Shine!

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…

A Mountain is Built by Many Pebbles.

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…

Ways You May ALREADY Be Doing Project/Task Based Learning!

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…