FAQ about Teacher Workshops
Here are some frequently asked questions regarding our workshops and other services for teachers, school and district leaders to get them started with PBL.
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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
Beyond Icebreakers: Reflective Questions to Help You Build a PBL Culture
A PBLWorks National Faculty member tells how she built a classroom culture for PBL, from the start of the year and beyond.
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PBL and the Maker Movement
A 4th-5th grade teacher describes a drone project and makes the case for combining the features of PBL with maker education.
PBL & Educational Equity: 65 Years Since Brown vs. Board
In May 2019, we joined the yearlong equity campaign of the Alliance for Excellent Education to honor the 65th anniversary of the
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How Current Events Are Inspiring Exciting Student Research Projects
Examples of and ideas for projects related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PBL 101 Workshop and Other Services Go Online (We Got This!)
How PBLWorks has retooled its workshops for teachers and school leaders.
Projects in Action
Lesson Learned: I Needed to Engage Students in a Voter Engagement Project
How using a design thinking approach led to a better project for students and teachers.
General PBL
PBL World 2022 Champions
At PBLWorks, we love inspiring stories about the impact of Project Based Learning. So it was fantastic to be able to hear not one, but three inspirational stories at this year’s PBL Champions Awards keynote presentations at PBL World this June.
How-to Tips and Tools
Creating a Schoolwide PBL Timeline
How school leaders modeled a PBL culture by involving teachers in a “project” to respond to concerns about students’ workloads.