Project Based Learning Ideas and Resources
Help your students drive their learning in PBL: How to help students identify their Need To Knows
Help your students drive their learning in PBL: How to help students identify their Need To Knows Guest post by Jacqueline Robillard and Kristina Tzetzos According to PBLWorks, problem-based learning engages students [...]
Assessment in Asynchronous Learning
Assessment in Asynchronous Learning It’s week three of distance learning for many of us and thanks to a ticking clock, we are beyond “maintenance” of learning in a virtual space-we are quickly [...]
PBL Lite for Parents: Making the most of COVID-19
PBL Lite for Parents: Making the most of COVID-19 I have really struggled to write this post for the past 2 weeks, but the question keeps coming: “Can’t people just do PBL [...]
Keep It Real With PBL Book Club
Keep It Real With PBL Book Club Are you looking to go deeper in your personal PBL learning or find ways to connect with others, virtually ? Well then rally your colleagues [...]
What is project-based learning in kindergarten?
What is project-based learning in kindergarten? A year of PBL through kinder Math ideas By Jenny Pieratt Most educators consider the humanities to be PBL friendly, and while combining math and project-based [...]
5 tips for doing virtual professional development Part I: synchronous meetings
5 tips for doing virtual professional development Part I: synchronous meetings Many teachers will tell you that good PD is hard to come by…and let me tell you from many years of [...]
How to design PBL for online learning
How to design PBL for online learning In a recent post for Cult of Pedagogy I broke down my process for project planning-with over 2,000 interactions in the first week, I would [...]
What is STEM project-based learning?
What is STEM project-based learning? All about the Kicks By Jennifer Pieratt Paul Lockhart, in his Mathematician’s Lament states, “We don’t need to bend over backwards to give mathematics relevance. It [...]
How to teach students to critique in project-based learning
How to teach students to critique in project-based learning By Jenny Pieratt Giving and receiving critical feedback is definitely not an innate skill, something we’re reminded of when a friend unintentionally hurts [...]
Resources
Project: Elementary “Human Impact: Global to Local” Project: “Human Impact: Global to Local” Grade: 6th Grade Content Areas: NGSS: Earth Science, engineering ELA: informational reading, writing, Speaking and listening Enduring Understanding: Humans [...]
How can you use project-based learning in your classroom to build relationships?
How can you use project-based learning in your classroom to build relationships? By Jennifer Pieratt “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you [...]
Recycling works for EVERY grade
Recycling works for EVERY grade By Jennifer Pieratt According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 267.8 million tons of trash were produced in the US in 2017. 12.5% of the garbage was incinerated, [...]