Education 2.0 & 3.0

"As we prepare Generation Z, we need to blend technology with essential SEL skills to help them succeed in the jobs of the future ..."

The pandemic created a unique opportunity for educators to rethink their approach to online learning and explore how this educational environment can

Learn ways to continue project-based learning in distance learning.

So what exactly is the difference between Project Based Learning and "doing a project"? We like to say: it's the main course, not dessert!

By Katrina Schwartz

Devishobha Chandramouli

When students hear a lecture or read from a textbook, more often than not that information is stored in the limbic system, the short-term memory part of the brain, and discarded after the test. Which raises an important question: What’s the point?

But when students are immersed in a story, one where they are the characters and teachers are their guides, a transformation takes place. The classroom becomes a setting. Conflict becomes authentic. And school becomes engaging.

And that is something students will not forget.

Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun.

In Project Based Learning, teachers make learning come alive for students. Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.

By: Shannon Robinson. Shannon shares how Project-based learning (PBL) provides the contextualized and authentic experiences necessary for students to build STEM skills.

"My classes and students started to run together, and I kept looking at the clock. That doesn’t happen to me anymore since I have added projects-based learning to the curriculum."

PDF Version (for viewing on mobile) Project based learning is an inquiry-based instructional unit - a unit in which students learn primarily through exploration. For this planning process, we leverage backward design or “beginning with the end in mind,” which calls fo

By Kyle Wagner

Project-based learning advocates are concerned that as the practice becomes more popular many people don't know what high quality learning experiences look

Project-based learning advocates are concerned that as the practice becomes more popular many people don't know what high quality learning experiences look like

Ross Cooper, co-author of Hacking PBL, helps us get motivated to think about project based learning differently. Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web […]