Project-Based Learning
Teaching
Opinion
The 72-Mile Classroom
Four teachers, 7 days, 39 students, 72 miles, and 0 precedents. A student's journey, what she learned within it, and why some educators should start taking notes.
Teaching
Opinion
Collaboration and Technology
Despite the concerns of some educators, teaching collaboration and the use of technology can go hand in hand.
Teaching
Opinion
No One Has a Monopoly on Deeper Learning
In this post, Jal Mehta begins to map the landscape of deeper learning. He argues that seeing progressive or project-based schools as "deeper" and "no excuses" schools as shallower is not the right way to see the world; both have strengths and weaknesses that are the inverse of one another. He also suggests that much deeper learning happens outside of core disciplinary classes in extra-curriculars and electives, because these spheres induct students into gradually deeper understandings of how their practices work. Implications for traditional schools and core disciplinary classes are also discussed.
Teaching
Opinion
Getting Off the Train in Italy
Rather than take a whirlwind tour through the curriculum, students need time to stop and explore ideas in depth.
Teaching
Opinion
Education, Expanded
A high school connects students' passions and curiosity with the content of the curriculum.
Teaching
Opinion
Student Leadership: Fostering True Change
What skills and knowledge does it take to go from learning about the world to making a difference in the world? Two Cincinnati teachers tell us about one change they made in their teaching to help their students make this transformation.
Teaching
Project-Based Learning Finds a Champion in New Documentary
The new documentary "If You Build It" features two teachers going without salary for a year while working with students to construct a farmers market.
Curriculum
Opinion
Global Partnerships: 5 Steps to Success
A virtual exchange, or a project done in collaboration with global peers using technology, gives youth an opportunity to build friendships and mutual understanding across countries. It takes time, planning, and patience, however, to build partnerships for effective global project-based learning. These five steps outline the most important things to know for finding, building, and strengthening partnerships with global peers to lead to a successful and meaningful project exchange experience.
Teaching
Opinion
Sprouting Ideas: Integrate Global Agriculture Into Teaching
Previously, we shared how food production and distribution is—and has for centuries—been a global issue. Today's blog post is dedicated to putting those ideas to practice in the classroom.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Five Steps to Encourage Global Citizenship
Five things any afterschool program can do to give youth the global experiences they need to thrive in an interconnected world.
Federal
Opinion
To Boldly Go Where Few Students Have Gone Before ...
Project-based learning that's literally out of this world.
School & District Management
Opinion
Project-Based Global Learning in an Era of High-Stakes Accountability
At Winton Woods, we marry rigorous academic content with soft skills through project-based learning. Embedded in 21st century skills, project-based learning prepares students for success.
Curriculum
Program Aims to Make Students' Dreams Matter in Schools
A nonprofit seeks to connect high schools' curricula with students' dreams for themselves and the future.
Teaching
Opinion
Service Learning in Action: The International Bank of Bob
Put service learning into action with The International Bank of Bob.