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Project-Based Learning Immersion: Jane Krauss talks about her new PLP eCourse series

by Christen Dodd | Aug 2, 2012 | Connected Educator Month, PD

Jane Krauss, co-author of the best selling Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age discusses her new Project-Based Learning Immersion eCourse series.

Free webinar: Project-based learning

by Powerful Learning Practice | Jul 26, 2012 | Connected Educator Month, Powerful Learning Practice

Project-Based Learning It’s not about ignoring the testing, the core curriculum or the standards. It’s about allowing students to pick an entry point and helping them discover what you want them to learn. Spend an hour chatting with Jane Krauss, co-author...

The Project-Based Learning Immersion: shift your classroom from traditional to a passion-based approach

by Christen Dodd | Jul 12, 2012 | PD, Powerful Learning Practice, Year 2 PBL

Learn to shift from a traditional to project-based learning approach in your classroom with 3 courses from best-selling author Jane Krauss. Our new program, the Project-Based Learning Immersion, will get you to a passion-based approach with your students.

Civility, Social Justice, Empathy & Social Networking in the 21st Century Classroom

by Beth Sanders | Apr 19, 2012 | Creating Global Classrooms, Less Teacher, More Student, Student Life, The Compelling Need for Change, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices

My teaching mission is simple yet absolutely necessary to helping my students prepare for their futures. I began this school year with a list of questions that could help me envision, plan, reflect and maintain focus on where my students and I needed to be when the last bell rings in late May. Out of my personal questioning and reflection came what would be the essential question for my 11th grade social studies students during our time together: “What does it mean to be a citizen nationally, globally and digitally?”

Why I Love Project Based Learning

by Shelley Wright | Apr 6, 2012 | Less Teacher, More Student, Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices

While some teachers may wonder about the merits of PBL, Iâ€™m sold. My high school students have learned much more in an inquiry classroom than others did when we had a traditional one. PBL allows them to have a say in what they learn and how they present their knowledge. Every semester Iâ€™m impressed by the hard work and energy my students pour into their projects. Here’s the story of our biology projects this year.