Edsurge’s Tech for Schools Summit on June 16th at American Canyon High School was a convening to reimagine the role of technology in teaching and learning and build relationships with individuals across the US who are digging deep in their classrooms.  CraftED was invited to attend this event as one of 14 companies that provides tools for Project Based Learning. To learn more about these companies you can read Getting Smart’s blog.

CraftED is dedicated to deeper learning, which aligns beautifully with PBL.  Skills such as collaboration, communication, research, critical and creative thinking are fundamental skills for PBL and CraftED has developed concrete strategies to scaffold those exact skills. To see how our teaching tools helped one teacher manage “the messy middle of projects” check out this post.  To see more about how CraftED defines deeper learning and how we support scaffolding skills required in PBL  you can watch this video:

 

Speaking of projects…Be sure to check out our latest project released this month, in which CraftED teamed up with a science teacher from High Tech High.  Demystifying Sharks is designed  for a 9th/10th grade NGSS Science 1 class. This project is fully integrated across physics, engineering, math, ELA, and VAPA; amongst many 21st century skills. See for yourself how CraftED has leveraged technology to provide teachers with the tools they need to do PBL well!

For a more robust recap on the Edsurge event you can read this post featured on Edsurge’s news report.