project based learning

Global Debate Project Pushes Boundaries of Learning

Whew! We did it! Another round of debates on the topic of Revolution is in the books. This year proved much more difficult for a variety of reasons, but despite…Read more

Project Based Learning: Why?

PBL is another of the many buzzwords in education. I have been a fan of pbl since I have learned about it and I really believe many educators were doing…Read more

032: Quad Cities Ghost Hunters

I am really excited to share some amazing work of 7th grade students. One of our incredible educators from Bettendorf Middle School launched a project in her language arts class…Read more

031: Math Masterpiece PBL

Project based learning is hard. Anyone who tells you differently has not done a high quality projects that leads to deeper learning. The reason in implementing project based learning so…Read more

31 Days of Deeper Learning & PBL Blog Series | 2: What is DL and PBL?

In my first post of this series I launched the reasons for why I need to discuss at length the topic of Deeper Learning and PBL. I want to move from…Read more

Project Based Learning: It’s More Than Projects!

This is a video I put together to show some of the latest things developing in our school. This is a small snapshot of so many great things happening. This…Read more

Child’s Play: A STEM Language Arts PBL Unit

Last week I had the amazing pleasure to step into the classroom of one of our sixth grade language arts teachers. Stephanie Maxwell has developed a project connecting project based…Read more

Few Bad Apples: Student Social Experiment Part 5/5

Today we drop the final  part in our five part series showcasing student voice in an 8th grade language arts project. Please check them out, leave some feedback, comments, questions,…Read more

Few Bad Apples: Student Social Experiment Part 4/5

Today we drop the fourth  part in our five part series showcasing student voice in an 8th grade language arts project. Please check them out, leave some feedback, comments, questions,…Read more

Few Bad Apples: Student Social Experiment Part 3/5

Today we drop the third part in our five part series showcasing student voice in an 8th grade language arts project. Please check them out, leave some feedback, comments, questions,…Read more