Teach-Do-Assess: Meeting Standards in a PBL Classroom
During a recent workshop in Honolulu, I had a teacher ask me, "what is the best way to figure out how long a PBL project is going to...
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The Bad Kind of Failure - Nine Ways to Screw Up Your PBL Classroom:
PBL practitioners talk a lot about the theories of educational reformer John Dewey, and with good reason. Dewey believed that the best...
Supporting Our Digital Natives
According to a 2018 study conducted by Brigham Young University, the number one issue that parents of teenagers are worried about is no...
Why Parks? 8 Reasons Connecting with National Parks Makes Sense for Teachers
When John Dewey said, “Education is not preparation for life, it is life itself” he may not have been specifically referring to National...
Support Your Local Educator
Before I begin This blog post, a little disclosure will be necessary. I come from a family of teachers, am a teacher myself, and I'm...
Tuning Out! Keeping Kids Focused on Technology (aka the blog post your kid doesn’t want you to read)
The internet is a wonderful tool for learning that students today are incredibly lucky to have. But in addition to the vast amounts of...
Park Based Learning is coming to TIES18!
After almost a year of work, my Park Based Learning project is going to finally get some air time! If you're going to be at TIES 18 in...
Option Overload - Narrowing Choice and Encouraging Smart PBL Decisions
Voice and Choice is an important part of strong PBL projects and an essential ingredient in the sausage of student engagement. Without...
Success and the Eye of the Beholder
As the year comes to an end, I have begun meeting with educators from across the country who have gone through their first year trying to...
From Good To Awesome - practical steps for taking PBL to the next level!
Most downloadable project plans, like the ones on our Park Based Learning website, include everything you need to facilitate a...
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