How-to Tips and Tools 6 Steps to Practicing Design Thinking in PBL How a Lego-building activity gives students practice in what it means to think and work in a PBL context.
General PBL The Latest PBL News & Views: July 12, 2019 PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer recommends recent articles, blog posts, research studies, and other resources related to Project Based Learning.
How-to Tips and Tools School-Wide PBL Exhibitions: Not Just About the Students A school principal offers advice on how to make sure a public event to showcase students’ project work is beneficial for teachers and parents.
How-to Tips and Tools How to Prepare Students for Explaining Their Work in Public A teacher explains how he uses discussion protocols during projects, plus presentation scripts and small-group audiences to ease the pressure.
How-to Tips and Tools Don’t Just Share the Products, Highlight the PBL Process How students can reflect and report on how they completed a project, to help their audience better understand what happens in PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools What makes PBL + Tech a powerful combination? How two experts helped teachers plan for wise use of technology in projects at a PBL World 2019 pre-conference session.
General PBL Summer Reading! In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School A new book by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, comparing high schools with differing versions of “deeper learning,” including PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools How to Engage Reluctant (& Even Refusing) Presenters in PBL A PBLWorks National Faculty member and teacher reflects on lessons learned about how to support student presentations.
How-to Tips and Tools Our District’s PBL Progress (and Lessons Learned) Successful projects in a school district getting support from PBLWorks, and the importance of establishing the “why” for a PBL journey.
General PBL PBL World 2019, Day Three: PBL Champions Ron Berger, Billie Martinez Elementary, Burkburnett School District Highlights from Ron Berger’s keynote as PBLWorks recognizes an individual, a school and a district at PBL World.