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Pivoting! to remote PBL
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Pivoting! to remote PBL

April 27, 2020April 29, 2022 TIIE Staff 1 Comment Burke Town School, Chrissy Park, community schooling, PBL

Oh, remember back when we had our project-based learning culminating events all mapped out? Students presenting at Dynamic Landscapes! A

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Project-Based Learning 

Real-world problems and project-based learning

March 16, 2016April 29, 2022 Rachel Mark 10 Comments community schooling, PBL, real world learning, STEM

Adapting big science for a middle school classroom One of the keys of the Project-Based Learning approach is to engage

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Find an authentic audience for public service announcements

April 6, 2015April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 5 Comments authentic audience, community partnerships, community schooling, PBL, public service announcements, real world learning

Help your students’ PSAs find their public Student-made PSAs are a great way for students to engage in project-based learning

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Project-based learning at Essex Middle School: algebra and songwriting

January 30, 2015April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 4 Comments algebra, community schooling, math, music, PBL, student voice, The Edge @ Essex Middle School, Vermont
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Making math and music at The Edge We were lucky enough to get to sit down with three groups of

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Project-based learning and creative writing

January 23, 2015April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 4 Comments community schooling, creative writing, PBL, The Edge @ Essex Middle School
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The play’s the (learning) thing Also the musical film and the series of novels. Stay with us on this. In

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23 ways to use the iPad in a PBL classroom

October 29, 2013April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments community schooling, iPads, PBL

Via TeachThought, here are 23 ways you can integrate an iPad (and its apps) into a classroom focused on project-based

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