Enhancing Teaching and Learning with PBL Spotlights
Let’s start by saying, unequivocally, that Gold Standard Project Based Learning (PBL) can and does happen in every discipline-from
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Life-Changing Work: A Conversation With Dr. Damon Lewis, National Middle School Principal of the Year
We had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Damon Christopher Lewis, principal of Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy in Norwalk, Connecticut
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Effective PD for Project Based Learning
Leaders of a PBL a school offer 6 tips from their experience and call for investing in targeted, sustained professional development.
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Going From “Hands On” to “Brains On” With PBL
Discover how Lynn Vocational Technical Institute integrates Gold Standard Project Based Learning (PBL) in Career and Technical Education (CTE) to create authentic, career-ready learning.
PBL World 2023 Champions
At PBLWorks, we love inspiring stories about the impact of Project Based Learning. Each year, we celebrate Individual, School, and
An Appeal to Teachers: Consider a Pre-Planned Vacation
I have a friend whose parents were not the traveling types. Not that they didn’t love the idea of traveling to new lands and
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Reflections on School Shootings and PBL, and the Size of High Schools
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer comments on designing projects about gun issues, and the problem with large high schools.
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Project Based Teaching Practice Spotlight: Engage and Coach
How teachers play the role of coach during a project, with an excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching.
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Scrapping It When It’s “Not Cool”: The Importance of Rethinking
An instructional coach and a teacher planned projects for 7th and 8th grade, then learned a lesson about what made one much more engaging for students.
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PBL in the Mirror: Planning for Student Reflection
WHY should I plan for reflection? By definition, reflection is serious thought and consideration about an idea or experience. In