A Digitized Shark Tank: What a High-Engagement Exhibition Looks Like
I walked into the Connect Labs Charlotte Member Showcase last night and immediately noticed something rare: almost no one was sitting passively. People were moving [...]
Small Starts for Teaching Students to Question the Machine
One of the most practical sessions I attended at AMLE this year was titled Question the Machine: Teaching Middle Grade Students to Think Critically in [...]
Why Collaborative Planning Structures Matter for PBL
...and What I Learned at AMLE I walked into Autumn Baltimore’s session this morning at AMLE — Remix the Routine: Collaborative Planning Reimagined — expecting [...]
Why Tinkering Practices Belong in Secondary PBL (Not Just Kindergarten)
Tinkering Time: 30 Creative Classroom Projects for Young Engineers, Artists, and Inventors by Alice Baggett is written for early childhood classrooms... And that is exactly [...]
Vending Machine Designers: A Real-World PBL Project for Elementary Students
If you’ve spent any time in a major airport lately, you’ve probably noticed the vending machines have leveled up. Beyond snacks and drinks, terminals now [...]
From Paralysis to Partnership: How AI Saved my Teaching Career
AMLE Conference 2026 Special Edition Spark and Tell Workshop Description - After 22 years of teaching, I hit a wall: the "differentiation paralysis." We're asked [...]
Parenting in the Era of AI
The Weekend My Kid Lost Credit for Making Slides Look Good Last weekend a family member of mine sat at my kitchen table for two [...]
PBL Ideas Inspired by Broadway:
What & Juliet (and a Classic Novel) Can Spark in Your Classroom Broadway has a way of making old stories feel urgent again. Last night at [...]
Holiday PBL Ideas: Teaching Entrepreneurship Through the Season
Holidays give teachers a built-in audience, a real deadline, and a reason students already care. These five projects use that window to teach business thinking. [...]
Spirit Store Field Work: A High School Seasonal Marketing Project
Students study Halloween marketing where it actually happens, then write a proposal a local business can use. High School PBL Idea Project Summary: High school [...]