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How to Write an Essential Question that invites WONDER and curiosity from your learners
The alarm reverberated across the entire school. Instinctively, every student dropped to the ground, gripping the...
The Fast Track to PBL Success
How to propel your way to success with project- based learning by borrowing and adapting a project that’s already been done before.
How to Motivate the ‘Unmotivated’ Student
One of the most common questions I get from schools I work with is, 'How do I motivate the unmotivated student?" And while my knee- jerk reaction...
How to Transform Your Students into Problem- Solvers
Last week I told you about the incredible students pictured above. Together they knit over twenty scarves for elderly members of their community...
Protecting our Farmland
School: Yew Wah International School of Rizhao Project Summary: The related challenges that the...
Creating a Community Garden
School: ETU Beijing Project Summary: Students will use the scientific process to hypothesize, investigate and eventually grow a school garden. In...
Designing a Pet Habitat
School: International Montessori School of Hong Kong Project Summary: Students in year 6 were tasked with designing an animal habitat for a lower...
Creating a School News Team
Sample Clips from the Newsroom All the broadcasts (Youtube Channel) School: Delia School of Canada, Hong Kong Project Summary: Students will create...
Ditch the Textbook and put on the snow shoes: The Three Secrets to Scandinavian Education
It’s 8:30 am on the first day of school. There are no bells to indicate the start of the day, or administrators hurrying the students into their...
PBL and Creating 21st Century Learners
Ever tried to untangle a knot comprised of a thousand rubber bands? Or find the end of invisible tape that seems to have stuck to the roll? It’s...
Go DEEPER with Authentic Learning This Year
I want to paint a scene I’m sure all of you are familiar with. Four judges sit casually on a couch, pen and paper in hand, listening discernibly to...
Authentic Learning: Industrial Park in Ulaanbaatar
Just this year, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia became the world’s most polluted city. If you’ve ever experienced one of its winters, then you would...
The 21st Century Learning Conference
This past weekend at the 21st Century Learning Conference in Hong Kong, educators shared insights and stories around how they are re-thinking and...
“How to Pick the Lock:” The Five Secrets to create student- owned learning
The Lock Pick Challenge When 34 eager 15-16 year olds stepped foot inside One Stone’s doors, they weren’t lectured or debriefed on the rules. They...
How to Introduce your School to STEM without knowing a thing about STEM; The Five Most Important Factors for Success
Does STEM scare you? It scared me for a long time. I was that guy who put IKEA furniture together… backwards. When the oil light came on in the old...
Learning to ‘Let Go’ as a Teacher: Five ways to promote self- directed learning in projects
That's me above- admittedly struggling to let go. I was in the middle of the MakerSpace with one eye on the calendar and the other on the student...
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