Get on Track with Project Based Learning: 3 More Ways to Get Started
Project based learning engages students actively, fosters critical thinking, and promotes real-world problem-solving skills and many consider it a necessary part of modern teaching. There is a general outline for what project based learning is but there truly is no one way to get...
High Impact Takeaways and Learning Targets: An Alternative to Grades
Grades have long been the primary measure of student achievement; however, there is countless amounts of research proving the ineffectiveness of grades. In a process-based class where students are engaged in project-based learning, grading is particularly challenging and does not have much of a...
Stop Chasing Outcomes and Create A Process-Based Classroom
Have you ever heard the saying from Ralph Waldo Emerson, "It's not the destination, it's the journey."? This quote is used to remind us that we should not be so focused on the outcome but what gets us their. The same is true for learning.
When students are presented with a new unit, their first...
6 Important Soft Skills for Group Success
Soft skills are the skills that allow us to interact effectively with others, solve problems, and work collaboratively. For students, developing and utilizing these skills can significantly enhance their academic journeys.
Throughout the school year students will have to work in groups....
4 Engaging Project-Based Learning Ideas And Their Benefits
Project-based learning (PBL) is an innovative educational approach that promotes active learning and critical thinking skills. This approach engages students in hands-on projects, and encourages them to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges, fostering a deeper understanding of...
Project Based Learning Is So Much More Than An Assignment
You just finished a unit in your class. For their final project, you are going to have students create a presentation on one of the five main learning concepts from the unit. They will have three days in class to complete the presentation and two days dedicated to presenting. Once they are...
Use Learning Centers to Turn Students Into Brilliant Leaders
A student leader is a student who takes on a leadership role in their classroom. As teachers, we want to help all students develop and foster leaderships skills so students can succeed in school and in life. Just by observing your classroom, you can see which of your students are already...
The 7 Powerful Benefits of Learning Centers
Rows and columns of desks where all but the five students in the front of the class can see the teacher that lectures for the entire class. Is this the ideal classroom for students?
Keeping students engaged and managing your classroom is the hardest thing you will have to do as a teacher. Many...
4 Ways to Improve Project-Based Learning in Your Classroom
When students enter the classroom, project-based learning (PBL) is probably the last thing on their minds. They're more interested in what they'll be doing that day and who they'll be sitting next to.
But in many effective and engaging classrooms, PBL is the first thing on the educator's...
How To Structure a Project Based Learning Experience
As questions about project-based learning (PBL) continue to swirl, we turned to the experts to help answer our questions.
Experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy explain how to empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, “I...
