…partnering with Vermont app development firm Agilion to create a web-based app where educators could plan their project-based learning endeavors within a framework of dynamic pedagogy. The app, LaunchPad, is…
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…building the culture for project-based learning, or just building relationships in the classroom and team, one thing is certain: time spent now on building culture will pay off in the…
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…self-directed learning in her students. She strived to help students set goals that were meaningful and focused on learning, rather than performing to an external (and perhaps somewhat arbitrary) standard….
Read more…this winter as they embarked on inquiry-based, personalized, research projects. For six weeks, we turned learning over to our students for the (first annual!) Curiosity Projects. What are Curiosity Projects?…
Read more…between community service, project based learning, and service learning here. What is iLead? iLead is a model for service learning where students develop leadership skills, self-efficacy, independence, community, and…
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…Standards-based social identity learning Christie used the social studies standards as her starting point. The unit addressed standard D2.His.1.6-8 from the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social…
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…punitive measures to schools based on students’ aggregate performance. We have been largely mired in deficit-based policy that is ineffective for spurring transformation and generally demoralizing. That’s the stick. At…
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…for their learning; whether or not they talk about their material outside of my class and make connections between what they’re learning and other topics. For these questions, I had…
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…within our district and work with the teachers to implement project-based learning, proficiency-based education, place-based learning, technology and student-centered learning. So that’s what I do now. Jeanie: Excellent. We are…
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…menu of pre-selected pathways from which a student must choose, but also includes school-based course offerings, virtual or blended learning opportunities, community or work-based learning opportunities, and post-secondary learning options…
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…their journey, whether it’s with equity work, or proficiencies, personalized learning. This is a disclosure: I love proficiency-based learning. That is also how Jeanie and I know each other is…
Read more…the project at the front of a project-based learning experience increase personalization for students? Lab Report Culminating Video Reflection Post: This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More…
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…process group were more likely to finish the project on time and considered the task easier. A visualization exercise for the learning process Specifically, learning scales. Anthony and her colleagues…
Read more…students to this type of learning need practice personalizing their learning in content area assignments Below, is an example of how students participated in the process of learning by having…
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…valued and heard by the district’s leaders. And the district leaders loved hearing from their students. At Burke Town School, students tackle project-based learning through the lens of taking the…
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…the Kingdom each day. This project-based learning packs a punch By using project-based learning as a framework for Burke Town School’s Global Goals, educator Morgan Moore provided students with elements…
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…grades PreK-6 and a host of compassionate and driven educators, Proctor Elementary has been busy! The school just finished a full year of implementing tech-rich, student-centered project-based learning and doing….
Read more…region of the world). 3. To organize activities in project-based learning Sometimes the more open structure of project based learning can be challenging to students AND teachers. A Padlet…
Read more…be interested in further considerations of complex problems, project-based learning, and constructionism as a learning philosophy. Lucie points out that using these types of technologies to create “bling” is a…
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…the project-based learning approach When students do hands-on projects in math, they create a mental scaffold of concepts. And they may not even know they’re doing it, what with being…
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…really curious about that. When we in Vermont started to transition towards a personalized learning environment that included proficiency-based learning, the Vermont Agency of Education identified what many of us…
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…for learning. Whether it’s via micro-credentials or enhanced transcripts, proficiency-based assessments make it possible for us to design ways of both providing guidance on and pushing students toward skills-based self-directed…
Read more…me, I chose the Deep Dive titled “Project Based Learning + Systems Thinking = Deeper Learning”. I was fortunate to be attending the workshop along with teachers from Flood Brook…
Read more…learning environment. I want to expand upon that notion and explore further how Open Educational Resources play an important role in how we teachers facilitate more personalized learning experiences. What…
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…camp. As Morgan explains it, I think experiential learning opens so many doors. I think project based learning, and personalized learning really fall under experiential learning. Say you are a…
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As Dorset’s coop dreams became a reality, students gathered new skills What does it look like to break one enormous project into several project-based learning units? For Dorset students to…
Read more…when asked about a project she’s really excited about, she replied that she’s very excited about paying attention to and highlighting negotiated learning. (click to enlarge) Now, negotiated learning at…
Read moreProject-based learning is alive and well in rural Vermont As part of The Cabot School‘s Exhibition of Learning earlier this spring, middle school students had a chance to share out…
Read more…frequent check-ins during project-based learning would be helpful; Students felt like they knew where they were with what/why from their daily/weekly work; Math check-ins are helpful for students in making…
Read more…The kids took part in learning how to link each element to its component part, so there was a lot of learning that went on in that process. Why storytelling…
Read more…many courses, innovative project-based learning environments, student-centered professional development, technology support, and internship programs. He currently serves as President of VITA-Learn, on the Board of Directors for the Vermont Baseball…
Read more…engagement is paramount. And during the final months of the school year, we have the opportunity to experiment with personalized and project-based approaches so that we can improve our practice…
Read more…is the assessment of that learning. It can take the form of formative (lots!) and summative assessment. See our new toolkits on proficiency-based learning, including specific kits on learning goals,…
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…Based Learning and Service Learning. And an important shift in the middle school movement over the last decade is the recognition that equity needs to be explicitly centered in order…
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…for learning? School-wide initiatives include student-led parent/guardian dialogues, independent-based learning projects, narrative grade reports and digital Personalized Learning Plan and Portfolio Process (PLPPP’s). Faculty and staff from every content area…
Read more…got more exercise than regular gym class.” Enter the standards Personalized learning through self-pacing is a particularly good fit for learning and practicing procedural skills — math computation, for example….
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…launch into project-based and service learning, but grounded in the assets of their community and global challenges as well. What are some other ways you could use asset mapping with…
Read more…have conversations about the book at home. This book could also be a springboard for a deep dive into project-based learning. Yes, project-based learning. Students are presented with multiple issues…
Read more…it certainly didn’t make for deep and relevant learning for the students. The work of developing project-based, engaging, and personalized learning is much more complex. It’s also full of uncertainty….
Read more…how transformational learning practices happen! MGI gives school teams and teachers time to plan for new personalized learning practices and projects for the upcoming school year, with guidance and inspiration….
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…only possible but okay to be both. This journey over the last three years to a student-centered, fully differentiated classroom has been quite the ride. It started with project based…
Read more…back on feedback? Yes, and here’s why. At a “Project Based Learning 101” workshop with Buck Institute , teachers from a number of different schools shared their project plans using…
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…Kyle Chadburn. These teachers have worked hard to move toward personalized learning practices such as project based learning and increasing student voice and choice. Personalized learning does not mean individualized…
Read more…rote-based system is not just bad for hiring, but “also bad for the soul.” Yet, the film did provide an accessible and positive depiction of project based learning. Principals Amy…
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…the student, and culminates in a showcase of student presentations. The project’s goals are for students to “initiate their own learning, gather information, share information, and reflect on their learning.”…
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…of how they would communicate their learning. So many options to choose from! Students chose one of these methods for communicating about their community-based projects. (Click to enlarge) Late spring…
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…scientists to connect science to their communities and lives. Field trips, project based learning, and other hands on work is perfect for documenting in student made videos. Tell the story…
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…I work as a Senior Associate for the Rowland Foundation which is a Vermont based non-profit. I’m also the Director of Learning for South Burlington School District. Jeanie: Excellent. Well…
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…quickly added distance learning pathway offerings from Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative and Edmentum. Fifty eight students are currently engaged in the distant learning pathway. North Country predicts that COVID will…
Read more…how we might stop the exodus (Corwin Press, 2010); Change the World with Service Learning (Rowman Littlefield) and its new edition, Real and Relevant: a guide to service and project-based…
Read more…North Country HS and Career Center were filled with project-based learning that was hands-on minds-on and integrated within both local and global community. Her students were co-creators of curriculum, bringing…
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…ownership; and engaging pedagogies like Project Based Learning and Service Learning . And an important shift in the middle school movement over the last decade is the recognition that equity…
Read more…classroom. What is the Emergent Project Approach? Waspe and Griebling shared the two year development of a emergent project approach in a middle school classroom. Their model is based on…
Read more…a game of geometry and aliens created by GEMS technologist Angelique Fairbrother. Friday morning, 6th grade math educator Laura Botte and her students will be presenting Project-Based Learning with ARIS:…
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…January, Burke’s 8th grade students dove into a semester-long project-based learning experience, rooted in the U.N Global Goals and focused on their local community. But first, they had to KNOW…
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…it seems, is contagious. What is compassion anyway? This celebration was the culminating event of a six week long project-based learning unit on compassion. Nicholson’s class began at the beginning:…
Read more…used project– and place- based education to help my students understand the interconnectedness of the world. One such project, which didn’t turn out quite as I’d hoped, was the Apple…
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…examples from participants at the 2016 Middle Grades Institute, with the action and outcome bolded: How can project-based learning be structured to promote student engagement? How do increased efforts to…
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…design proposals. And finally, the takeaways: This project-based learning unit gave students a real-world issue to tackle. And that’s an important element to bring to project-based learning. As one student…
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…I could be, say we did a project and I put it in creativity and say I put this project in creativity because blah, blah, blah blah, or because we…
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…to express their learning. She designed the unit based on standards, starting with an appendix to the C3 standards which include the expectations that students can “Explain the…
Read more…providing answers towards one of creating an environment full of compelling problems that motivate students to seek out just-in-time learning: Project based learning has long been recognized for its track…
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…promote sustainable agriculture, and end poverty in all its forms. Marie and the Empty Bowls Project From Marie’s keynote: “I did what we call an Empty Bowls Project. I teamed…
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