Project-Based Learning

Leadership

The Many Ways Personalized Learning Plays out in Education

From Project based to blended and even GenDIY. There are many ways personalized learning plays out in education and there's been a shift in the way people are talking about innovation. Recognition of the potential of innovation to help close achievement gaps, boost access and better prepare students for college and career is growing.

Personalized Learning

A Student’s Perspective on Project-Based Learning

By: Jaylen Reese & Getting Smart Staff. A student voice recap of New Tech Network’s most recent PBL chat by Jaylen Reese who attends Calumet New Tech. Jaylen shares key takeaways and creative ways to approach PBL instruction from a student’s perspective.

Difference Making

Knod: Eliminating the Education to Employment Gap

By: Katie Vander Ark. Knod is a Salt Lake City based talent development company working to eliminate the education-to-employment gap by producing job candidates who are ready for the workforce by focusing first on employer needs, not student needs.

Personalized Learning

Must-know Buck Institute Project-Based Learning Resources

Taking the leap and implementing Project-based Learning can be daunting, but there’s no need to panic or go it alone. Buck Institute of Education is the epicenter of PBL with an amazing number of resources and a community of practitioners who are leaders when it comes to sharing ideas and projects related to PBL and spreading the word about the benefits.

Personalized Learning

Project-Based Learning and the Middle School Mind

Middle school students need project-based learning environments to compete with the multitude of issues they face in their changing lives. There is nothing quite like the air of excitement when students are learning with their full attention and when they have a purpose for learning.

Personalized Learning

3 Back to School Project-Based Lessons for Middle School

By: Amber Chandler. Starting the school year with a project based learning activity will set the perfect tone for your classroom. Here are three lessons that have and generate BAM -- burning questions, authentic audiences and millennial skills.