PBL Blog

Building self-management skills, keeping connected, and making learning meaningful even if students don’t have tech access at home.

The former director of the Buck Institute for Education connects the findings of researcher John Hattie to Project Based Teaching and our model of Gold Standard Project Based Learning.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) emerged as a distinct field some 25 years ago, but in recent years it has seen a resurgence as

How to make sure PBL and SEL are not seen as separate add-ons to a school's program.

How to avoid common misconceptions of why and when students need to work in teams in a project, such as "divide and conquer."

A PBL teacher suggests what to consider in each of the four phases of a project, and how to scaffold the process for students.

A student teacher & a veteran PBL teacher reflect on their experiences in a "project slice" workshop and offer "5 takeways for simple starts" for PBL teaching.

How to avoid putting too much time and emphasis on creating the product in a project, instead of focusing on what students are learning.

"I think that one of the biggest things that I've taken away from PBL, and from New Tech in general, has been how to communicate