Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is a type of project-based learning distinguished by its insistence that students engage with, investigate , and act on authentic and motivating challenges. Learn more. Are you interested in bringing Challenge Based Learning to your classroom?

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Leadership Research 134

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I had very good training as a substitute teacher in my first year at TASIS Hellenic International School in Greece. I went to school every morning, and whoever was absent, I replaced that person. So I taught Greek, Arabic, PE, first grade, 12th grade, IB, middle school — anything! Who’s going to teach them? Absolutely.

Tutoring 123

Tutoring Project-Based Learning Tradition Teaching 123

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

“Polk County is one of the counties you don’t think about very much,” said Nakia , a student at Chilhowee Middle School in Benton, Tennessee, a small rural town of fewer than 2,000 people. We’d look at another school that has technology, and we’re like, ‘Wow … I wish we had those possibilities.’”.

Middle School 116

Middle School Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Cultures 116

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 83

Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2017

Vista Unified School District – Vista, CA. Located in southern California, Roosevelt Middle School is part of an interstate collaboration with two other middle schools located in Mentor, Ohio, and Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin, to further competency-based education (CBE).

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Middle School Charter School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 94

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Day 3: Problem- and Inquiry-Based Learning – Review of last session’s evaluations and our rules of play – Crowdsourcing – Understanding how Wikipedia really works – Crowdsourcing ideas for students and teachers – Essential elements of project-based learning – PBL v.

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Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

The moment a teacher opens the door to their classroom at the beginning of a new school year, if they understand learner variability, they will see a design challenge, not a student challenge. Learn from librarians and educational leaders how libraries engage learners with authentic STEM, computational thinking, and project-based learning.

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EdTech Library Leadership Project-Based Learning 80