Deeper Learning Educators – Deeper Learning Students
Challenge-Solving Projects address a real life challenge or a role-played, simulated challenge. As students realize they can effect positive, real-life change – students’ learning goals and future work goals expand. Continue Reading →
Deeper learning is interacting with real world or simulated real world situations, often to solve relevant challenges. Students develop questions, connect with resources, research, challenge-solve, and communicate their work and Continue Reading →
On a cold winter day in Waterville, Maine, Laurette Darling tells her fourth graders they will be designing and constructing features of chocolate melting solar warmers. During melter design work Continue Reading →
Arts are worthwhile in education. They often are a bridge to other learning and are important for their own sake. Arts have an important role to play in supporting Continue Reading →
May 19, 2020 by Sandra Hoffman We started out with a classroom survey asking about students’ attitude towards bats that Continue Reading →
Edutech for Teachers. Creating Rubrics. http://ow.ly/Inw0Y Edutopia. Socratic Seminar Assessments. http://ow.ly/Ine2Z Hennigh, E. Word Problem Demonstration Using the UPS Check Graphic Organizer VIDEO Mindset Works. Growth mindset assessment. http://www.mindsetworks.com/assess/ PERTS. Continue Reading →
Most any project-based learning involves math. Students need to calculate current numbers in a situation they are working to improve, tabulate survey responses, graph results, measure liquid or solid quantities for Continue Reading →
With reflection, protocols, peer collaboration, group presentations, videos, slides, booklet, online resources and participants’ dedication – teachers, instructional coach and teaching/learning dean, with all grade levels from Maine, New Hampshire, Continue Reading →
Once again teachers demonstrate their dedication and abilities. At the Maine Science Teachers Association Conference, in limited time teachers came up with strong real-life challenge questions for their students to work on Continue Reading →
In our summer Quality Project-Based Learning workshops presented in Bangor and Portland, Maine participants planned high quality project-based learning and learned strategies to support students’ success. Join us next summer for Continue Reading →