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How to Find Collaborators and Expand Audiences for PBL with Kelly Pfeiffer
Being an innovative and imaginative Project-Based teacher can be lonely. Sometimes we are the only ones doing this work in the corner classroom of a...
Build Collaboration before Building Projects: 5 Team Building Activities to Try
So you ran your first project-based experience with student teams and it was a disaster. ??♂️ Some students sat back and watched their teammates do...
How to make the Online Space More Collaborative: 5 dead easy tools for Project Collaboration
Help! Beyond Zoom Breakout Rooms, how do I help students collaborate? This is the challenge an elementary teacher came to me with last week. Lots of...
Episode 24: Improving Mental/Emotional Well-Being through PBL w/ Emily Burk
How can play therapy help elementary students cope with the trauma caused by the pandemic? This was the BIG question facing Emily Burk's (MakerSpace...
Do the Project First! How to almost guarantee project success
At the end of the year, right before Winter Break, I ask the teaching teams that I coach to reflect on their past projects using two reflective...
Building a Classroom Culture of Feedback, Critique and Reflection
Johnny flipped to the final slide of his presentation on school playground improvements. On the slide was a visual for pull up bars shaped like...
Designing Engaging Hybrid Learning Experiences in CoSpaces: 5 Rules to Remember
Lucy, a High school student in Betzy Orenos, Innovations Coach at Decroly Americano School's class, suddenly stopped showing up to remote lessons....
How to Introduce Staff to PBL Student-Centered Experiences: ‘Inspire’, ‘Connect,’ ‘Expand’
Last week, a brilliant edu-innovator reached out to me with a simple question: How do I get more staff on board for PBL? She was tired of being the...
Episode 18: Building Entrepreneurial Mindsets and 21st Century Skills in Students w/ Peter Hostrawser
Peter gave students one simple prompt to unleash the creators, innovators and entrepreneurs in his business studies class: "Create a business around...
From short activity to DEEP Learning Experience: The importance of a Driving/ Essential Question
Think about one of the most engaging activities you experienced as a learner. Mine was the 'egg drop'; a simple challenge to protect an egg from...
Episode 17: #NotGoingBack: Making Hybrid Learning More Collaborative and Learner-Centered w/ Betzy Orenos
With the move to hybrid and blended learning environments, collaboration and co-creation can now occur across multiple mediums. Yet many teachers...
From ‘Sage on Stage’ to ‘Guide on the Side’: How to Become a Facilitator of Learning Experiences
Last Friday I went for my daily jog along the harbour. Except, this afternoon, there was nothing 'usual' about it. The group of students pictured...
Episode 16: How to Create ‘Real World Learning Experiences’ w/ Dave Strudwick
Ever have a student say, 'When will I use this in the REAL WORLD?' It's their attempt to connect learning in our classrooms to the things that...
Code Day: Building Creative, Collaborative, Computer Programmers in less than 24 hours
This PBL case study is from Elio Grieco, Founder/CEO of EGX and partner for CodeDay Phoenix. Learn more about Elio at egx.org. The Background After...
How to Create ‘Learner-Centered’ Classrooms: One ??Step at a Time
Which picture above most closely resembles your classroom? I want to tell you an embarrassing story about a time I almost lost my neighbour's dog....
Episode 15: Micro-Schools and Future ‘Learner-Centered’ Environments w/ Tanya Sheckley
How do we create more learner-centered environments and accelerate innovation in education? Small learning pods, blended environments, and...
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