What is the PBLS Difference?

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…

5 free online resources to help support your PBL efforts

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…

4 Types of Project Based Learning in the Classroom

Project Based Learning is a buzz word. It really is. Everyone has their own idea of what it is and how to do it.  However, I believe there are a lot of different ways to implement this strategy, depending on what you want to accomplish, what kind of setting and resources you have, the climate and size of your classroom and school, and so much more. I believe you can get the same benefits in a varRead More…

Why Project Based Learning?

Hi, and welcome to PBLS: Project Based Learning Supports.  Here we support the efforts of project based learning, or task based learning, through classroom activity resources, teacher resources, discussions, training’s and more! The term “Project Based Learning” stems from the idea that learning about content in a project or application setting (essentially in a situation where the content wouldRead More…