by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Yesterday, at the end of a PBL training with three schools, I asked participants to reflect on their learning that day. Here’s a comment that stood out most: “I used to think project- based learning was somethingI would never be able to do, now I know I can do it.”... 
by admin | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog
My Epic Failure with PBL- A first hand account We were five weeks into our civilization project with no idea when we would exhibit our work. Students had only recently received the physical bases for their model civilizations- 4×4 sheets of plywood purchased from... by admin | Apr 5, 2019 | Blog
This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit one of the most innovative schools in the world, in one of the most unlikely of places. Beijing, China. The school’s name is Moonshot Academy. Not surprisingly, their vision is enormous. They want to be a place that... 
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog
Have you assigned projects to students that you have never done yourself? I have. When I first began as a project- based teacher, I had very little ‘real world’ experience. And it showed. When I asked students to produce and publish their own books, I... by admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog
Date: April 1st, 2019 When you finish a project, how do you know it went well? Last week I posed that very question to a team of 3rd grade teachers who had recently finished a project on waste management. I simply asked them, ‘How did the project go?’ Their reactions...