Project Based Learning

Are Your Students Lacking Motivation?

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How about a project? Diane Curtis (2011) explains why concrete, authentic project-based learning taps into intrinsic motivation in her article in Edutopia- Project-Based Learning: Real-World Issues Motivate Students.

 

 

Animoto is a story board, video tool is a great tech tool to accompany PBL.  

Badges- Not Just for Girl Scouts

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Did you know that Upper School students are learning behind the scenes to learn new knowledge and skills and it has nothing to do with grades? During this past school year students completed badges in computer programing, cooking,  languages and even dog grooming (TRUE:)). Check out this Education Week article by Katie Ash  and this one from Charles Perry at MentorMob about this style of gamification of learning being embraced by young and old alike.