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6 STEM Learning Resources for Spring
Spring presents a great time to explore new ideas or try some new tools, especially as we look to boost student engagement with the content and keep up the momentum.
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Meet the HQPBL Rubric!
“Education is not an affair of ‘telling’ and being told, but an active and constructive process.” — John Dewey I would like to share a tool that will help educators implement
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Schools Are About More than Just Learning
The past few weeks have initiated a great deal of conversation about learning, schools, and education. If we were to dive in, those three things are somewhat separate and unique.
Read MoreThe Marriage of SEL and PBL
Social-Emotional Learning and Project-Based Learning are two of the hottest trends in education right now. Their popularity is due to the pendulum swinging back from the previous obsession with standardization
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Empowerment is the “E” in STEM
The acronym “STEM” has been a problem for educators for many reasons. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math led to exclusion of core content like history and literacy, and teachers in
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How to Help Students Select Meaningful Projects
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once [they] grow up.” - Pablo Picasso Each child is gifted. Each child is an artist. Period.
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Helping Students Build Future-Ready & SEL Skills
To prepare students with the skills that they need to be successful in the future, educators need to implement a variety of activities and digital tools. Students need to develop
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High Quality Project Based Learning: What Our Students Deserve
Have you ever walked into a classroom and found a sea of dioramas and wondered what students really learned? Was it worth the investment of time? Many of the existing
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The Benefits of Online vs In-Person Professional Learning
I had the privilege of sharing a session last month called “The Future of Professional Learning” based on these previous blog posts. Admittedly I’m still parsing out in my
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HOW PBL ALIGNS WITH EFFECTIVE TEACHING FRAMEWORKS, Part 4: Classroom Environment
This is the fourth of four posts about project-based learning and the most commonly used frameworks for effective teaching. In my first post, I talked about how teachers can move
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