How-to Tips and Tools
Our Top 20 PBL Blog Posts of 2018
How-to tips, projects in action, and other topics by PBLWorks staff, National Faculty and guest bloggers.
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What Students Say About Project Based Learning
In this recap of a student panel at PBL World 2026, graduating seniors from Envision Academy of Arts and Technology (Oakland, CA) reflect on how Project Based Learning shaped them as learners and leaders. Students describe gaining confidence in sharing ideas, developing communication and time-management skills for college, and learning to collaborate with peers outside their friend groups. They offer advice for educators on choice, resources, and scaffolding independent thinking before group work. The recurring themes: PBL builds student voice, strengthens collaboration, and prepares students for what comes next.
Recent Blogs
Projects in Action
My Favorite Projects of 2018
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer picks 15 projects from various grade levels and subject areas.
PBL and Equity
Equity of Opportunity and PBL–from the Field in 2018
Examples of schools and projects around the U.S.A. that made PBL culturally relevant, empowering, and accessible for all students.
Projects in Action
Superheroes & Gamification in the Language Classroom
PBL unit that engages students in learning grammar. Students become superheroes and hone their French skills for a final fight to defeat an evil villain.
General PBL
Top PBL Books & Resources 2018
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer lists helpful resources and thought-provoking books for teachers and school leaders.
How-to Tips and Tools
How Teacher Blogging Aligns with PBL: 5 Tips for Getting Started
How blogging can be useful for teachers' professional growth, and helpful in supporting students' writing in projects.
General PBL
Burn Those Individual Student Desks, Now!
Round them up. Build a pile. Add gasoline, a match, and watch them burn.
General PBL
PBL in China? Yes! Maybe!
PBL Blog editor John Larmer travels to Shanghai and finds growing interest in PBL. Similar to the US, in China most of the PBL is happening so far in private schools while public school systems are slower to adopt innovations.
How-to Tips and Tools
A Day in a PBL Classroom: Demise of the “PBL Block”
PBL should be the learning your class is doing every day during regularly scheduled learning time.