Podcasts

Project-Based Learning Connects Real World With Deep Impact

In a special throwback episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, we feature student stories about their experiences with project-based learning (PBL), an interview with a PBL STEM teacher and interviews with education leaders Bob Lenz and John Larmer of Buck Institute for Education about PBL and the impact PBL has on student achievement.

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Schools Worth Visiting

[…] of Design 39 on why this is such a magical school and how they live into their motto: “Life ready thought leaders who elevate humanity.” Team Taught PBL. The 200 school New Tech Network (NTN) includes a growing number of project-based, STEM-focused middle and elementary schools. The movement began in the Evergreen School District […]

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Getting Through

PBL-Lite for the Fall

By: Jenny Pieratt. Jenny shares a condensed project-based learning or "PBL-lite" teaching plan that can be used as a starting point in the fall.

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Podcasts

Podcast: Jenny Pieratt on Powerful PBL

[…] Smart team is bringing you an episode focused on project-based learning featuring special guest, Jenny Pieratt. Jenny is the founder and President of CraftED Curriculum, an incredible PBL resource that offers educators and administrators a wide range of training and tools to help them achieve the PBL goals they have set for their organizations. […]

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Future of Learning

PBL and Early Childhood Education: The Perfect Match

By: Michael Niehoff. Educator and author Sara Lev advocates that young learners deserve and are prepared for the same rigorous, engaging and meaningful learning that PBL provides as learners of all ages.

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Project-Based Learning

The 3 Preconditions of PBL

The lure of the classroom is a monthly series chronicling the author’s decision to go from classroom to boardroom and back again. In this third edition, he focuses on the preconditions for doing high-quality PBL.

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Getting Through

A Resource for COVID-Weary Parents: New eBook on Doing PBL at Home

[…] we’ve learned a few things about remote learning. We’ve been reminded—and many educators have realized—that now more than ever, this is the time for project-based learning ( PBL). To help meet the needs of families, we’ve created a free resource. A Free Resource for Families In June, PBLWorks launched a new free eBook, This […]

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Getting Through

Out with the Test, in With PBL: How Project- Based Learning is Transforming Remote Learning

[…] to make e-Learning easier for students in the West Driving Question: How can we best support those new to e-learning? After 8 weeks of continuing to deliver PBL in an online learning environment, Mike Mantelow, a 6th-grade teacher at Yew Chung International School of Beijing and his fellow teammates, has embarked on an ambitious […]

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