Project Based Learning in K-20 Schools

Peter Meyerhoff, PhD examines how math needs to be much more challenging, focused, and rigorous while also letting kids play.

EdisonLearning, a longtime innovator in public education and leading provider of digital learning solutions, announces that it is now offering to parents and students an …

Take a look at your school or district technology. Is it designed around ease of use for all school employees including teachers, administrators, administrative assistants, …

Five books that show you interesting and endearing characters who encounter problems and figure out how to solve them.

What is motivation? We believe that motivation is an internal construct…thereby, it is the creation of an environment for students to flourish. Toddy Stanley discusses …

Why Creativity Should Be Taught In Schools. Debunking the many myths about creativity that continue to persist, including whether it’s even a real skill at …

Cultivating an environment where students can risk failure is a critical foundation, but if a project is boring, it’s not going to move the needle …

For years I have been telling teachers and writing books espousing the idea that if you make your learning engaging enough through student choice and …

In the interview, Jess Kertz and Jostin Grimes share the benefits of podcasting in the classroom with Dr. Oliver.

As back-to-school time begins across the U.S., many teachers are reflecting on instructional strategies they piloted during 2020 and 2021, and considering how they can …

Todd Stanley shares his concerns about test prep for cognitive testing.

Edmentum, a global pioneer in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Learning, a Seattle-based industry leader in digital curriculum and virtual learning …

The guests on this exciting episode of Building the Bridge are Jess Kertz and Jostin Grimes, a pair of Education Specialists for Soundtrap at Spotify.

Keeping students interested and engaged in mathematics by recognizing and valuing their mathematical creativity. Mathematical problems that challenge students to think in different ways help …

Community Learning Hubs are community-driven efforts to support students’ learning and well-being, providing safe places to connect to school, caring adults, and additional services.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a somewhat less known way to improve mental wellbeing is engaging in creative problem solving and building a …

Todd Stanley discusses how gifted education doesn’t have any consistency within states.

Future of School (FoS) announces that Achieve3000, a leading provider of digital literacy solutions, has joined as a partner in the Resilient Schools Project (RSP).

The podcast ‘Leading Literacy’ shares enlightening and entertaining conversations with experts providing insights into literacy research and advice on practice.

Creativity is no longer just nice-to-have; it’s now an indispensable skill for students to build. Join the WCIW April 15–21, 2021, to participate in events …

Research shows that there is a direct correlation between emotional intelligence and academic success. The greater a child’s emotional intelligence, the better their academic performance.

By creating opportunities for students to get into a flow state, we can improve their creative and critical thinking abilities and motivate them toward deeper …

By taking advantage of everything that online learning has to offer, now is a great time to loosen the reins and let kids explore independently. …

Todd Stanley reflects on his time with a former student, professional poker player, Joey Couden.

EdisonLearning and Pointful Education, announces a partnership that expands EdisonLearning’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) and elective offerings with the integration of Pointful Education’s online …

The Resilient Schools Project is a Future of School initiative to assist schools and districts with developing an ongoing response to instruction disruptions during the …

In this episode of Future of School: The Podcast, you’ll hear about many of the components that are contributing to an expanded, enhanced definition of …

If we start teaching humans to be better at what makes us uniquely human – our ability to think creatively – we stand a much …

Bruna Lee, an English and Ethnic Studies teacher at SOTA in San Francisco offers go-to tips for teachers interested in implementing classroom podcasting.

Students are being prevented from using creativity more and more because we want them to be able to produce the learning that is on the …

Innovating Beyond Avoidable K-12 Crises

As edtech tools evolve to incorporate creativity building elements, they make a much bigger impact on student learning and creativity.

Todd Stanley suggest giving students space and resources to find something out for themselves will go along way in teaching them self-reliance.

Online music apps and virtual collaboration programs have advanced to the point that music is perfectly positioned to go virtual.

Todd Stanley discusses the dilemma of requiring students to have their cameras on or not.

The desire for mastery, autonomy, and connectedness are universal needs across all cultures and predict psychological wellness

We need to know about the brain when considering how to design educational experiences and improve learning outcomes

Todd Stanley discuss the dynamic between two groups who should be moving toward the same goal.

Shared insights from five students who participated in the 2019-20 Conrad Challenge.

When you need inspiration, look no further than the poets who always know how to express what we’re feeling.

The first step in designing an effective remote learning experience is to set the right climate by focusing on healthy communication and collaboration.

Teachers share lesson preparation and student learning suggestions, while also offering fellow educators relevant recharging examples to help reset the mind and body before the …

As we progress through the summer, it’s evident that many of the lessons learned from the spring will need to carry over into the fall, …

Part one of a three-part series features strategies from teachers at The Windward School reflecting on successful practices from the spring semester

Jamie Williamson, Head of School for The Windward School in New York, talks about the impact COVID-19 has had on members of his school community, …

Social and Emotional Learning – guidance on how to do SEL virtually.

It’s important for teachers to provide opportunities for students to take responsibility for learning.

Todd Stanley shares five takeaways from teaching virtually.

The pandemic is causing significant disruption to the learning process and will require restructuring of lesson plans to address additional closures.

Todd Stanley discusses the tipping point where students go from knowing about something to understanding it.

Dr. Pronita Mehrotra shares three different tactics to extend your child’s learning and build cognitive skills like creativity and critical thinking in a more stress-free …

Thom Jackson is President and CEO of EdisonLearning, a company that is delivering high-quality content for grades 6-12 through innovative digital means, with the mission …

Funds for Learning CEO John Harrington lays out what needs to be done by both Congress and the FCC.

The COVID-19 pandemic, as horrible as it has been with the amount of lives lost, is literally education’s wake up call to make a change.

Since its foundation in 2019, Dept. of Sound has worked to empower Sacramento youth through music education and after school programming.

What will education will look like on the other side of this pandemic.

Warm-up games that not only build creativity but also teach students how to use remote learning platforms and develop good habits.

Todd Stanley shares 19 learning opportunities that students can consider while fighting the quarantine blues and prevent them from going stir crazy.

A questionnaire that can quickly analyze the direction schools and districts can go in if they have to shut down.

Dr. Pronita Mehrotra discusses how the demands placed by the Industrial Revolution created a domino effect that resulted in changes to education.

#EmTechMOOC is a massive open online course, otherwise known as a MOOC, and is a free online learning opportunity open to everyone in the world.

Social and Emotional Learning – the importance of finding the middle ground between pleasure and fear.

Five books that can enlighten a different way of thinking about gifted education.

Dyslexia and ADHD are both brain-based, but each has its own underlying neurobiology.

Todd Stanley reflects on his recent trip to Beijing

Dr. Pronita Mehrotra discusses how asking counterfactual questions can build creative and critical thinking.

Except for cases of rapid population growth or regional migration, traditional public schools are witnessing a phenomenon unseen in our lifetimes.

Edtech experts share their top strategies for teaching creativity

The Windward School announces the launch of The Windward Institute, dedicated to increasing childhood literacy and disrupting the status quo in education.

The 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference has announced 49 New Products and Enhancements that will be showcased at this year’s conference in Miami, Florida

Dr. Pronita Mehrotra discusses how you can make project based learning more playful.

Todd Stanley talks about how different strategies should be applied to different types of underachievers.

In this installment of the True Literacy video column, Dr. Michael Hart shares his thoughts on the importance of establishing systemic processes ahead of intervention.

Social and Emotional Learning – how we can make adjustments to create a safe and nurturing environment at your school for spring 2020.

Dr. Pronita Mehrotra discusses three to build creative confidence in your students,

Todd Stanley suggests that districts should allow teachers to choose what professional development would be meaningful to them.

Shaelynn Farnsworth is a literacy technology consultant and talks about the Future of Ed Tech Librarian and Media Specialist.

Michael Karlin discuss how the Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)has been incredibly well-received by students and experts alike

Todd Stanley talks about building endurance to failure—when you lose your fear of it, you take more risks.

Shaelynn Farnsworth is a literacy technology consultant who is talking about the Future of Ed Tech Librarian and Media Specialists. Farnsworth witnessed firsthand how education …

FETC presenter Sylvia Martinez will present an Edchat Interactive webinar, Education Practices for the 4th Industrial Revolution, on Tuesday, October 22, at 8 pm ET.

Social and Emotional Learning – Determining thoughtful plans to support the children, families, and communities we serve.

Teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers and we have no answers to this teacher exodus

Creativity requires both individual and group work to flourish.

We want to be careful when labeling gifted kids because it is not always accurate.

Dr. Michael Hart – Parents are critical members of a child’s team, and their active participation is essential to giving their child a voice.

What this ultimately comes down to is the difference between equity and fair.

Obtaining an outside evaluation is often an important step for parents to get an objective assessment of their child’s learning challenges

Giving students the solid foundation they need to learn a lifetime of social and emotional skills

Parents should familiarize themselves with the laws and regulations governing special education and seek out the support of education advocates

Instead of inundating students with rules on the first day of school, have them do engaging activities.

Incorporating higher levels of thinking in assignments will ultimately lead to increased learning.

Schools should try and recognize all students for academic accomplishments rather than concentrating on how they stack up against fellow classmates.

Starr Sackstein is a writer and education reformer focusing on the student learning experience.

We want to be able to have students reach their potential. The problem is that there are only so many resources to go around.

TeachThought is excited to once again host the third annual open-registration conference event, Grow 19

Social and Emotional Learning – As educators and community leaders, our job is to make our schools safe places where everyone is seen, known, valued …

The best thing for coping with a gifted child’s quirks is having someone to talk to about them.

Technology changes everything. In education, like everywhere else, the way learning products are delivered is undergoing a seismic shift.

One in four school-aged children currently does not attend a traditional public school

Shouldn’t students know the risks and rewards associated with their choice of major, including what job prospects look like?

Research shows students often display problem-solving or problem-finding attributes.

AI should not handcuff teachers, nor monitor behavior – it should exist to help the educator professionally.

Women occupy only one-fourth of the coding jobs in the United States.

As educators, we can simulate authentic experiences in the classroom by making learning relevant to students.

As AI evolves, thought leaders convene to determine how the global education system ensures integration

Social and Emotional Learning – Increasing access to social-emotional learning curriculum and resources

Narrowing the number of content standards required to fashion ones centered on real-world skills

Low-income neighborhoods can access cutting-edge resources that allow them to compete for the jobs of tomorrow

Building routine to the skill of questioning assumptions

Taking time to encourage teachers through the winter stretch

The gap between theory and practice becomes larger and larger each year you are out of the classroom

A true “school of the future” should teach students to problem-solve, communicate, and collaborate.

FETC 2019 Q&A Roundtable interesting uses for EdTech

FETC 2019 Q&A Roundtable on making the best use of tech tools

FETC presenter Q&A Roundtable on edtech trends

2019 FETC Pitchfest represents the best-of-the-best startups featuring cutting-edge tools and services

Improving literacy improves lives

Social and Emotional Learning – It begins with valuing humans over machines

Research shows elementary students need more structured guidance

When students have ownership over their learning, they are learning for themselves and deeper learning happens.

When we are all on the same page working towards the future, kids win.

Skills acquired by the age of 20 are obsolete by the age of 40.

Increase equitable access to high-quality learning technologies

Great ideas come from walking away from the norm and breaking new ground.

Teachers should be paid a decent professional wage and live far above the poverty line

How the brain stores information is the reason why humans are able to come up with novel and creative ideas.

Embrace the summer slide and turn it into September success

While IQ scores have continued to rise, creativity scores among students in the US had been declining since the 1990s.

Education seems stuck in the same clichés and stagnation that characterizes current thinking

We don’t fully understand how the brain really works in the creative mode.

The digital generations have grown up with literally hundreds of different ways to communicate.

Writing can enhance student learning if you incorporate it into your classroom.

Student data privacy, interoperability, and accessibility can streamline purchasing for K12 and higher education

Digital generations are driving a clear and irreversible shift from written to visual media.

Dr. Thom Markham is an early PBL pioneer and reflects on the past, present, and future of PBL.

Educators are given the perplexing task of determining how to integrate SEL theories into workable pedagogy.

If we incorporate fun into our classrooms, student motivation and engagement will increase and they will understand and apply the concepts they are learning.

In the information age, academic knowledge and skills are still important, but not enough.

Competency-based education and assessment standards are becoming the norm and there’s no going back.

Digital learners have spent their entire lives operating at twitch speed and suffer from FOMO — Fear of Missing Out.

FETC 2018 Round Table discussion about improving leading and learning in the classroom.

Social media is an excellent educational tool when used in the right way. Whether you’re using Facebook to catch up with family, or Instagram to …

Technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity

Walking into today’s most innovative classrooms can feel more like walking into a tech start-up.

Challenging learners should not come at the cost of their happiness.

Some schools and districts are also looking into incorporating PBL into graduation requirements.

Complex problem-solving was the most in-demand skill in 2015.

Excellent teachers make students feel like they can be successful.

“What’s your favorite strategy for using technology within a project-based learning environment?”

Brightness now matters more than test scores.

Concentric Sky, developers of Badgr, and SURFnet partner to build a digital micro-credentialling system

Did your PD project make a difference in your school?

PBL planning with soft skill application provides students with skills for life

Children have settled into patterns of learning that persist for life by the end of third grade.

The basic mindset MUST change for PBL to succeed.

The “problem to be solved” should be the focus.

Engaging real issues with real conviction and real consequences creates successful PBL

There is a growing interest in the ways game mechanics can inform pedagogy to make learning more authentic and engaging.

Changing the perception of Kindergarteners as powerful project-based learners

Training teachers in project-based learning with field-tested designed projects

Implementing project-based learning with professional development in schools

Cloud-based collaborative recording tools for students and teachers

Deeper learning guided by teachers and personalized by students

Embracing a growth mindset and self-awareness for better learning

Project based learning gaining STEAM as educators get creative.

It’s clear that teaching a strengths-based version of SEL into schools won’t succeed by putting more posters on the walls of classrooms.

As school systems become more globally competent and teachers become more knowledgeable and gain comfort with infusing global competence into the classrooms, students are expected …

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Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director of the National Writing Project (NWP), discusses the importance of writing skills for our schools and learning centers. Eidman-Aadahl shares a detailed explanation …

John Larmer, Editor in Chief at the Buck Institute for Education (BIE), spent time with Dr. Berger at the annual ASCD conference in Atlanta. Larmer discusses …

by Megan A. Fagge and Robert A. Just Children are impressionable and the experiences they have while in school will have a profound impact on …

Jaime Singer spent time with us exploring the state of afterschool offerings, how parents can evaluate their own school and ways to get involved. Singer …

I f you asked ten people to define digital citizenship, you would most likely receive ten different responses. Why? It’s complicated, and the terms “digital” …