Project-Based Learning
Teaching
Opinion
Infusing Lessons Learned Abroad Into My Classroom
How one teacher traveled to Indonesia and integrated what she saw into her classroom in Massachusetts.
Teaching
Opinion
7 Education Organizations That Empower Students Worldwide
Ideas from around the world to empower students are shared at a global conference.
Teaching
Opinion
Project-Based Schools Close Silicon Valley Gaps
Tom and Emily recently visited several schools in Silicon Valley. Dive in to see how high-challenge communities are responding with personalized and project-based learning.
Teaching
Opinion
The Progressive Schools of Philadelphia
A look at some of the 10 progressive autonomous schools in the Philadelphia Innovation network expanding opportunities and serving families through local and national partnerships.
School & District Management
Opinion
Growing Network Supports Thriving San Diego Students
How can we help students learn how to learn? Through projects and personalized learning. Discover how Thrive Public Schools makes this possible for each and every student that enters their doors.
Curriculum
Opinion
Phenomenon-Based Learning in Finland Inspires Student Inquiry
How allowing students in Finland to investigate phenomena inspires inquiry and curiosity in students.
Teaching
Opinion
Teaching Design Thinking to Hack School and Prep for Complexity
Tom chats with Sam Seidel about design thinking and how it can slow down and discover the true root of the problem in education.
Teaching
Opinion
Giving the Gift of Place
In this episode Tom & Emily take you on a virtual field trip to Murie Ranch, in the Grand Teton National Park, to talk about place-based education with Christen Girard and Nate McClennen
Teaching
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Project-Based Learning?
Quiz Yourself: How does project-based learning affect students' problem-solving abilities and how are educators building awareness of students' projects?
School & District Management
Opinion
Apple Exec on Rewiring Education
Former Apple VP of Education, John Couch on why he's enthusiastic about project-based and challenge-based learning and the future of learning technology, why design is such a critical concept for education. and his new book Rewiring Education.
School & District Management
Opinion
Back to School in El Paso: District and New Tech Expand Partnership
On the first day of school, we joined El Paso ISD Superintendent Juan Cabrera on a tour of school visits including several of the nine schools in the district that belong to the New Tech Network. Here's our recap.
Teaching
Video
Webinar: Weaving Project-Based Learning Into Rigorous High School Courses
Many schools are keen on incorporating project-based learning into their curriculum, reasoning that the exploratory, hands-on lessons engage students and promote collaboration and independent thinking. This webinar will explore an attempt to integrate project-based learning into the high school curriculum, through an approach called Knowledge in Action. The program, designed by a researchers at the University of Washington in collaboration with high school teachers, incorporates project-based learning within Advanced Placement courses. We look at the program’s approach, and its implications for the teaching of project-based learning in rigorous courses at the high school level, and how one district AP coordinator uses Knowledge in Action in her district.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How Two Schools Are Thinking Globally and Taking Action Locally
How students at two schools are taking action on global issues.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Power of Us: A Network Powering Projects, Changing Lives
More than 1,400 educators from more than 150 schools across the U.S. and from Australia braved July humidity in St. Louis to further activate their network's commitment to powerful learning and the "power of us". Here's a look at network effect in action.
