Place Based Education
Posts by Michael Niehoff
Future of Learning
4 Ways to Flip School Culture
Many have acknowledged that culture drives learning. Therefore, in order to truly ‘flip’ our classrooms, we need to turn our traditional school cultures, environments and approaches literally upside down.
Difference Making
WorldOver International Handcrafts Uniques Experiences for Global Learners
WorldOver International is creating a craft learning experience for global learners focused on artisanal courses, social responsibility, advanced technologies, languages, high levels of support and unique learning adventures.
SEL & Mindset
‘Imagine Project’ Turns Trauma into Strength, Empathy and Sense of Community
The Imagine Project is a seven-step journaling process that provides young people a simple way to express their stress and/or trauma, as well as be encouraged to imagine a new story for themselves.
Learning Design
Play, Play-Based Learning Important Now More Than Ever
Distance learning, smart technology and overscheduling are creating a need to embrace the developmental benefits of play and play-based learning now more than ever.
Difference Making
Portrait of a School Wide Project Launch
Charter Elementary school launches universal school wide project as a means to engage all students and staff in a relevant, personalized, and public purpose.
Equity & Access
New Arts Integration Efforts Address Healing-Centered Engagement, Transformative Agency
There is a new merging of the arts with trauma-informed pedagogy, social justice and culturally-responsive teaching as a means to increase healing-centered engagement and transformative agency.
Leadership
New Film Addresses Mental Health By Challenging Us To ‘Listen’ To Our Youth Voice
Michael discusses a new groundbreaking film being screened by local schools and community groups. It is intended to provoke a critical conversation and make it easier to talk about mental health.
Future of Learning
The Role of Student Roles
Michael discusses how creating relevant real-world opportunities allows students to enhance their skills, resumes, and portfolios.
Personalized Learning
5 Ways to Support Students’ Personal Brand Equity
One of the most invaluable lifelong lessons we could impart on our students is that of the Personal Brand Equity. All of us can learn to craft and develop our Personal Brand Equity - who we are, what we have to offer, what makes us unique and how we might communicate any of this to others.
Personalized Learning
Embracing Partners: 7 Human Resources of PBL
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael outlines the partners that should be involved in project-based learning when creating authenticity and high-quality student work.