How-to Tips and Tools
Using Gallery Walks for Critique & Revision in PBL
A formative assessment process for students to give and receive feedback for improving the quality of their work.
PBL Blog
From School Resource Officer to Educator: How One Adult Can Make a Difference
As the back-to-school season approaches, I find myself reflecting on the profound impact we have as educators, especially when we
Recent Blogs
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.
General PBL
Ron Berger: Our 2019 PBL Champion and Keynote Speaker at PBL World
The contributions of the Chief Academic Officer of EL Education, former PBL teacher, and author of the seminal PBL book, An Ethic of Excellence.
How Can We Teach and Assess Creativity and Innovation in PBL?
On lists of 21st century competencies, there used to be 3 C’s - critical thinking, collaboration, and communication - but now
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Sharing Your Project Based Teaching Practices with Students
How to make our teaching transparent by having students identify learning goals, build a PBL culture, and coach and assess each other.
The Intersection of Our Place Stories and Place-Based Learning
“We are surrounded by places. We walk over and through them. We live in places, relate to others in them, die in them. Nothing we
General PBL
How PBL Aligns With Research on “Life-Changing Teaching”
(Originally posted at DefinedLearning.com) As a long-time advocate for project-based learning, I often find myself reading
Projects in Action
PBL Collaboration ‘Cross the Country
The story of how two elementary school teachers, from North Dakota and Michigan, connected on Twitter to design similar PBL units on erosion and connected their students, to build collaboration and communication skills.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Embracing Vulnerability in PBL
A teacher explains why and how to promote a school culture in which teachers can honestly and openly reflect on their use of PBL, modeling the practice for students.