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The Five Secrets to High Functioning Teams
My new Band Just recently I formed a new band. It’s me and 2 other guys. I’m on keys and vocals. Armando, an amiable, lanky 16 year old kid is on...
How to Grow And Develop Teachers
Date: April 30th, 2019 It’s almost May and I imagine you are counting down the days until the end of the school year. Home stretch isn’t very far...
How to come up with the idea for your kick- ass PBL experience
When working with teachers and school leaders new to project- based learning, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is: “How to I come up...
Five Ways to Foster Creativity in Your Students
So there's this really famous Ted Talk by Ken Robinson entitled, "Do schools kill Creativity?" I'm sure most of you have seen it. It's considered to...
How to Move from Teacher to Project Facilitator
April 14th, 2019 Last week I witnessed magicians at work. And I wasn’t at a magic show. I was miles away from civilization, on a small island to...
Raising Stakes in Projects without Grades
That 'Dirty LIttle Word' Every time I lead a PBL workshop, the participants always dread Day Two. It’s the day we talk about that ‘dirty little...
From Project Zero to Project HERO
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...
Five Reasons why you Should Start PBL Experiences with the End in Mind
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....
Five Secrets to Building a Culture of Innovation
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,...
Do The Project First
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...
Reflecting on Learning with the PBL Seesaw
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...
How to Move from ‘Sage on the Stage’ to the gentle ‘Guide on the Side’
How do you grow and develop your students? Are you the patient observer; a gentle guide on the side who approaches learning with the same wonderment...
Three Simple Strategies for Grouping Students
How do you group students in project work? Do you choose for them or let them decide? How do you ensure everyone contributes? Do you appoint each...
‘Goals are For Losers.’ Try Systems Instead.
Goals are For Losers For as long as I can remember I made goals. When I was a kid, they were goals for how many home runs I would hit or 'A's' I...
Debunking the Common Myths of Project- Based Learning
The Medieval Fair (Somewhere in a typical middle- school classroom): “Ok class, now that we’ve learned all about medieval Europe, it’s time for the...
But I’m not an Engineer. How do I teach STEM?!
Five Maker Mindsets to Start Developing Now Does STEM scare you? I know it scared me. When I was a kid, I watched my brother take apart an entire...
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