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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 ed...

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 ...

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 be...

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 it...

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 high-quali...

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 opportu...

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 s...

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...

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 ...

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