Posts about Project-Based Learning
Setting Learners Up For Success with Information Literacy
Today, people have access to more information than ever before. Every day, more information is available to learners through multiple sources. One challenge educators face is determining how to help
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8 Ways to Promote Creativity and Collaboration
Versatile Tools to Facilitate Methods and Build Essential Skills Students need opportunities to build a variety of skills in our classrooms. They need to develop essential SEL skills and engage
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ChatGPT & PBL: How Project-Based Learning Can Help Teachers Battle (or Befriend) the Bots
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-driven writing tool, has had a rapid impact on education since its release in November 2022. Educators are reconsidering traditional writing assessments due to concerns about potential
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Ensuring All High-Schoolers Have a Chance at College: How Rhode Island Enacted Historic New Equity-Based Graduation Standards
Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green: How community engagement drove my state’s new standards — and how it could serve as a model for other states. I’d been leading the Rhode Island
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PBL Pro Tips from John Larmer: How Can Teachers Effectively Facilitate and Coach in PBL?
If you’ve ever been involved in organized sports, I hope you had a good coach. It’s almost impossible to succeed without one. If you did, think about what
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PBL Pro Tips from John Larmer: How Can You Provide Scaffolding for Students in PBL?
“Scaffolding” has become one of those edu-speak terms that catch on and become part of our vocabulary, but what does it really mean? Is it like the scaffolding on a
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Defined Learning’s Projects for Black History
A typical project for February’s Black History Month is a report, poster, or presentation about a famous person. In a quick check of popular lesson plan websites for teachers,
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Incorporating Career Relevance in the Classroom
For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all
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PBL Pro Tips from John Larmer: How Can You Promote Student Reflection in PBL?
Reflection is, unfortunately, one of the first things to go during a busy project when a teacher is first learning how to juggle all the moving parts. Projects can feel
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PBL Pro Tips from John Larmer: How Can You Make a Project Authentic?
Authenticity has long been associated with project-based learning. We often hear about projects that are “real-world” and “applied learning.” Authenticity is one of the six criteria in the Framework for
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