Project-Based Learning

Classroom Technology Opinion A Global Artology Program
How one art project encourages students to connect globally while solving problems locally.
Anthony Jackson, October 31, 2014
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4 min read
Teaching Opinion English Learners and Project-Based Learning
What are the conditions under which English Learners can thrive in a project-based learning environment, and how can we help new teachers create those conditions?
Contributing Blogger, October 15, 2014
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6 min read
Assessment Opinion A Moratorium on Multiple Choice?
If multiple-choice tests are out of sync with deeper project based learning, should teachers abandon them?
Cristina Duncan Evans, October 1, 2014
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3 min read
Teaching Opinion Global Dimensions of Math
Every curricular area has a global dimension that can be taught in the classroom, including math. This is often the area that is most difficult for people to grasp as being global, but math helps us understand the world—and we use the world to understand math. The world is interconnected and math shows these connections and possibilities. The earlier young learners can put these skills to practice, the more likely we are to remain an innovation society and economy.
Anthony Jackson, October 1, 2014
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5 min read
Teaching Opinion Benefits of Learning by Doing and Doing While Learning: Manos a la Obra
Rather than debating the value of one field over another we should redirect the conversation to focus on how language and cultural studies are relevant, not if. Kaitlin Thomas shares how an experiential program can bridge an important gap between classroom learning and real-world experience.
Anthony Jackson, August 23, 2014
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4 min read
Teaching Opinion Real-World Connections to Global Learning
By focusing students on real-life connections using a global lens, we can create more engaging and powerful opportunities to learn. Meghan Sullivan shares some classroom examples.
Anthony Jackson, August 13, 2014
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5 min read
Teaching Opinion Deeper Learning for Four Decades
A Minnesota school has been engaging students in place-based expeditions that are "ridiculously fun" and deep learning experiences since 1971.
Contributing Blogger, July 23, 2014
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2 min read
A student in Diedra Gammill's reading class presents her findings on becoming an obstetrician, her chosen topic for a free-form independent-learning project. "All in all, the week of presentations was the most invigorating and exciting week I had with my students all year," Gammill says.
A student in Diedra Gammill's reading class presents her findings on becoming an obstetrician, her chosen topic for a free-form independent-learning project. "All in all, the week of presentations was the most invigorating and exciting week I had with my students all year," Gammill says.
Deidra Gammill
Teaching Opinion 'Google Thursdays' and the Power of Self-Directed Learning
High school reading teacher Deidra Gammill describes what happened when she decided to put aside one class period a week and let students explore topics of their own interest.
Deidra Gammill, July 9, 2014
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6 min read
Teaching Opinion Call to Action: Engage and Motivate Students
Providing students with opportunities to complete real-world projects engages and motivates them and helps them succeed after high school.
Contributing Blogger, June 30, 2014
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5 min read
Teaching Opinion Science is Global: Deeper Learning and Global Competence in the Science Classroom
Globally focused teachers create a place where students learn science from interdisciplinary and global perspectives. Using a science curriculum with global case studies engages students in problem-based learning tasks and scientific investigations founded on research in scientific literature.
Anthony Jackson, June 27, 2014
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3 min read
School & District Management Opinion Global Deeper Learning in Denver
By deeply diving into the core tenets of global competence, Denver Center for International Studies students find that learning is engaging and relevant, while preparing them for college, careers, and the global society they will graduate into.
Anthony Jackson, June 19, 2014
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Curriculum Opinion Bring Real-Life Experience to Classrooms: 4 Tips to Engage Your Students
We know that by bringing global perspectives to the classroom, we can engage students at a deeper level. Today Shawna Bryce shares tips to help design projects that include real-world, global aspects.
Anthony Jackson & Shawna Bryce, June 8, 2014
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5 min read
School & District Management English Class Publishes E-Book (and It's Already More Popular Than 'The Odyssey')
Freshmen Honors English students at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, Calif., self-published a poetry anthology last week, believed to be the first class-produced e-book.
Marlena Chertock, May 13, 2014
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3 min read
Teaching Opinion Learning=Doing, Reflecting, Revising
The world of work is project-based. Schools are not. That needs to change.
Contributing Blogger, May 2, 2014
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2 min read
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