Project-Based Learning
Personalized Learning
10 Conversations at PBL World Focus on Students, Learning
From student-centered learning to parenting for powerful learning to all the new tech tools you could use, PBL World has it all. Here we bring you the top 10 conversations we had yesterday in case you missed it.
Personalized Learning
Top 5 Tweets to Kick off PBL World
Want to learn how to design better projects for and with your students? Want to know how to manage all those student projects? What are the best ways to assess student learning in projects? Want to meet some of the smart people doing the work in US and internationally?
Uncategorized
PB”What the hel”L?
By: Riley Johnson. Why PBL is a process, provides a framework to participate in what students are asked to do, and how it can take student voice and choice to new levels.
Personalized Learning
Students Ask Big Questions At Science Leadership Academy
Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia is transforming the opportunity set for 500 urban students with an inquiry-based approach. SLA students are asked to consider, "How do we learn?" "What can we create?" "What does it mean to lead?"
Personalized Learning
4 Truths About Effective PBL Leaders
By: Jennifer Cruz. The most effective PBL leaders begin with why. To reach the goal, everyone has to know the plan. Effective leaders are model learners, and they make time for reflection and celebration.
EdTech
MoveNote: A Very Noteworthy #EdTech App
Introducing, MoveNote. A noteworthy tool that can be used flip the classroom, practice presenting, share best practices and teach from a distance.
Personalized Learning
Teaching 8th Graders to Manage Projects
A project management system that supports students develop the skills that everyone needs to succeed. The goal for the program is to grow the individual and the test scores will take care of themselves.
Personalized Learning
10 Ways to Personalize Learning
By: Adisack Nhouyvanisvong. Personalized learning is an educational approach where the student drives their own learning. Here are 10 tips to help educators personalize learning for students.
EdTech
Diving Into Project-Based Learning? Heed these 7 Warnings
You see, creativity is not immune to the challenges that bond forward thinkers and risk-takers to their authentic ideas and handiwork. Au contraire, my colleagues, the hazards of embarking on a journey with your students to demonstrate mastery of curricula and to showcase talent can be likened to skydiving from 13,000 feet out of a perfectly functional Cessna 182.
Difference Making
Student Entrepreneurship in Action
By: Esther Wojcicki. What does it take to get students interested in learning entrepreneurial skills? I can tell you what doesn’t work---teaching to the test, which is unfortunately is a national obsession today. Testing does not lead to real world skills.