Exploring Parks at a Distance: Placed Based Learning from your Classroom
In a perfect world, you’d be able to take your students to the park associated with their project in order to provide them a rich...
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Beyond the Ideal Graduate – Putting Careers in Focus by Tailoring Success Skills
PBL differs from traditional teaching in many ways, but one of the most foundational differences is the equal credence it gives to both...
The ABC's of PLC's
In preparation for an upcoming in service day I was recently asked to put together a short presentation on how PLC's can collect,...
The Year in Review
Happy New Year! Like many of you who are we headed back to your classrooms, I have begun to consider goals for the second half of the...
Social Media and Teens: What Do We Know?
At the end of this month I’ll be presenting to a group of K-8 parents on social media and the pitfalls/importance of it in the lives of...
Google Keep - The Ultimate Project Management Tool
Wanted to repost this blog about my experiences using Google Keep in PBL that was recently posted on BIE.org http://www.bie.org/blog/goog...
Step Zero: What Every School Needs To Do To Promote Success.
The school year has begun for just about everyone by now, which means that right now students and teachers across our country are working...
Games As Entry Events
Sorry for the delay. It has been a long and busy summer and I wasn't able to keep up with my blogging. But I'm back! As a social studies...
Avoid "Gotcha" Grading
Grading is one of those fundamental realities that teachers must all deal with. Most classroom teachers are told that to show rigor, to...
Interdisciplinary Projects: 3 Protocols for Finding Curricular Connections
Wanted to linkmy latests blog post on strategies for planning interdisciplinary project; http://www.bie.org/blog/interdisciplinary_projec...
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