Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning: Learning Through Projects
What PBL Can Do For Your School–And What It Can’t
What PBL Can Do For Your School--And What It Can't by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development *Visit our PBL Workshops Page for workshop options on Project-Based Learning. Project-Based Learning...
4 Keys To Sustainable School-Wide PBL
4 Keys To Sustainable School-Wide PBL by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD How can we create a sustainable PBL implementation plan? That's the question we use to help school...
5 Examples Of Project-Based Learning Protocols
5 Examples Of Project-Based Learning Protocols by Michele Mattoon, Director of the National School Reform Faculty Have you worked with project-based learning protocols? Schools design Project-Based Learning (PBL) because the...
How To ‘Pull’ Deeper Learning Through PBL
How To “Pull” Deeper Learning Through PBL by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD One criticism of constructivist, some might say progressive, education (and in particular PBL) is that it...
Want To Deepen Your Teaching? Attend TeachThought Grow 19, July 16-19
Are you ready to deepen your teaching? Are you excited to use Project-Based Learning to empower students? Join us at TeachThought PBL Grow 19 and develop your understanding, connect with teachers, and...
How Grow 19 Can Change Your Classroom or School Next Year
How Grow 19 Can Change Your Classroom or School Next Year by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD TeachThought Grow 19 Event Page Many years ago I taught in a middle...
8 Reasons To Attend TeachThought PBL Grow 19
by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD We started this event two years ago to meet the increasing demand from individuals and groups around the world for an innovative, engaging, and...
4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do
4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do contributed by Lauren Ayer, M.Ed. Gone are the days when students were expected to sit passively at desks while teachers lectured endlessly,...
16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning
16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick We've written about inquiry-based learning in the past, as well as its mother project-based learning, and its more complex cousin self-directed learning. So...
6 Tips For PBL Planning Across Content Areas
6 Tips For Powerfully Integrated Projects by Mike Kaechele, TeachThought PD PBL Facilitator One of the weaknesses of our modern education system is that content has become so siloed that...
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 145 Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom
The TeachThought Podcast Episode 145 Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom Drew Perkins talks with Telannia Norfar and Chris Fancher about their upcoming book "Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom". Links...
This Student Says Project-Based Learning Is The Key To Sustainability
This Student Says Project-Based Learning Is The Key To Sustainability by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD It should be no secret that we're big fans of project-based learning. Helping...
8 Needs For Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century
What should be built into a project so that students can shift from a 'project' to a modern learning experience parallel to the world they live in?
13 Brilliant Outcomes Of Project-Based Learning
13 Brilliant Outcomes Of Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick Project-based learning isn't a 'trend' any more than mobile devices are a trend. Mobile devices--smartphones, for example--simply provide a (physical) framework...
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom?
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD At the risk of characterizing teaching and learning in a factory context let's face...
50 Smart Ideas For Project-Based Learning
A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated with new ideas and clearer formatting At TeachThought, we're huge fans of project-based learning....
5 Ideal Traits Of A Project-Based Learning Teacher
5 Ideal Traits Of A PBL Teacher by Mike Kaechele, TeachThought PD Facilitator The past few years I have worked with many teachers introducing the components of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and...
12 Myths About Project-Based Learning
Among the most pervasive myths about project-based learning is that students ‘doing projects’ equates to students learning through PBL.
