Tag Archives: PBL

‘Making’ Does Not Equal ‘Constructionism’

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Peter Skillen

‘Making’ is about empowering students to ‘make up’ their own minds. ‘Making’ is about empowering students to ‘make up’ their own minds—quite literally—regardless of the artifacts being constructed. This is the view I prefer to take. ‘Making’ should focus on … Continue reading →

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Losing Control When Students Take Over.

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Michael Kaechele

In previous years we have started school with a week of orientation. We did team building activities, had a huge, crazy scavenger hunt, and had students on a high ropes course. Although we felt those were successful approaches to the … Continue reading →

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Project Based Learning: Don’t Start with a Question

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Peter Skillen

End with a Question through Tinkering-Based Learning Do you have to start project-based learning (PBL) with a question? (Oh, wait a second! Am I starting this post with a question?) This is something many people ask. I understand why this … Continue reading →

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Action Research- Fun and Learning?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by graingered

  by  mrsdkrebs Rationale Statement: My seventh grade teaching colleagues and I returned from Christmas break with a new direction.  We are realizing more and more within the context of our inquiry based school that to authentically teach inquiry learning skills, we … Continue reading →

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Objects to Start Inquiry

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Michael Kaechele

We started our first project this week. Our entry event went very well. Rather than explain it I will show it to you and let you see if you can figure it out for yourself. The students were given these … Continue reading →

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Student Designed Curriculum

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Michael Kaechele

This was originally posted on my blog Concrete Classroom. Last year was my first year at a new PBL high school. Before school started I created a year-long scope and sequence of what topics our projects would be and what … Continue reading →

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Dreaming #PBL: Whatever It Is I Think I See Becomes a PBL to Me!

Posted on September 3, 2012 by boadams1

Whatever it is I think I see becomes a PBL to me! [sung to the tune of 1977 Tootsie Roll commercial embedded below] If you were alive and watching TV in the mid to late 1970s, then perhaps you remember this … Continue reading →

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Pop the Driving Question

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Michael Kaechele

  I never quite sure what to post to this blog, but Edna asked me to cross-post this from my blog. It is part of a series that I am writing (I will be continuing it as I have time) … Continue reading →

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Confused? Frustrated? Good!

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Michael Kaechele

This past summer our staff attended a training for all schools starting a New Tech school this year. There have been 18 new high schools opened across the U.S. this year. There were also teachers from four schools in Australia … Continue reading →

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An inquiry of my own…

Posted on November 10, 2010 by whatedsaid

‘Inquire Within’ is a blog for discussion about inquiry, where teachers can learn from and with other teachers, a shared investigation into what inquiry looks like in different contexts and an opportunity to share challenges and successes. So far, so good. It … Continue reading →

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