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Teachers, Like Students, Learn by Doing: Project Learning at Envision Schools

posted by Bob Lenz

A quote by experiential-education pioneer Kurt Hahn projects brightly onto a large screen: “We are crew, not passengers.” After a brief welcome, the thirty-five new teachers at Envision Schools are asked to respond to the quote in their journals. Then, following some quiet reflection time, the teachers meet their fellow group members.

8/29/2007 | 110 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Teacher Development
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Turning on Technology: Using Today's Tools to Study Yesterday's

A field trip from Ferryway School, near Boston, to the nation's oldest ironworks is captured with the latest tech.

06/25/08 | 60 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning
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Learning by Design: The Build San Francisco Institute's School-to-Career Program

Architectural projects and internships integrate real-life math, science, design, and technology skills for San Francisco high school students.

2/21/2007 | 7 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Social & Emotional Learning
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The Key Learning Community: Cultivating Multiple Intelligences

Swimming against the tide, this K-12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization.

4/11/2002 | 7 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Project Learning
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A Product of Learning: Representing Their Work Through Tech

A school uses technology to help provide top-of-the-line education for all students.

1/19/2004 | 9 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Assessment, Project Learning
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Leapin' Lizards!: Students as Data Collectors

NatureMapping brings real science to the classroom -- and startles the professionals.

4/10/2008 | 10 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Assessment, Integrated Studies, Technology Integration
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More Fun Than a Barrel of . . . Worms?!

At Newsome Park Elementary School, assigignments in project-based learning are helping students learn more, participate more, and want more.

7/8/2008 | 2 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Technology Integration
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The Definition of Student Success: What Does it Mean to You?

posted by Ken Messersmith

The report “A New Day for Learning,” recently released by the Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force, argues that we must redefine the school day if we are to improve student achievement in the United States. The authors of the report, funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, lay out five elements of their proposed new learning system.

5/21/2007 | 25 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment
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From Worms to Wall Street: Projects Prompt Active, Authentic Learning

You can't tear students at Newsome Park Elementary School away from their schoolwork when it involves in-depth investigations with real-world applications.

10/1/2001 | 4 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning
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Visualizing Technology Integration: A Model for Meeting ISTE Educational-Technology Standards

Educators employ project learning to explore science and history together.

6/27/2008 | 73 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning