Jan 26, 2022

Being an innovative and imaginative Project-Based teacher can be lonely. Sometimes we are the only ones doing this work in the corner classroom of a large school.

What if there was a way to expand the audience and find collaborators for our project-based experiences? Might we feel less isolated?

In this short episode,...

Jan 19, 2022

What does a theater director and the coordinator of a wall-to-wall PBL program have in common?

They are both experts in facilitating several projects at once.

Whether that's script writing and set design in preparation for a major performance, or student-designed health apps and meal plans in response to the obesity...

Jan 12, 2022

When Ayesha Inam moved her co-designed project online, something unfortunate happened.

She watched 100% engagement in class dwindle to less than 50% online. Half of her kids weren't even showing up to lessons. 

And then she tried something magical.

She gamified it. 

Suddenly ALL of her students were engaged.

In this...

Jan 5, 2022

How can play therapy help elementary students cope with the trauma caused by the pandemic?

This was the BIG question facing Emily Burk's (MakerSpace and Technology Integration Specialist) high school students in Anna, Texas. 

Their task- design play therapy toys for their younger peers to use in the newly constructed...