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I wanted to invite you to a weekly event on twitter: PBLChat. It's like Educhat, but about issues specifically surrounding Project Based Learning. It lasts for an hour, and people go fast and furious talking about…"
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Kevin Gant replied to Suzie Boss's discussion Learning from Project Pros in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Jan Morrison really likes to talk about the Design Process, and its iterative approach. During the process, an engineer, or artist may come up with several ideas for a solution, and then weigh the merits of each. In the classroom, we often let…"
Kevin Gant replied to Jane Krauss's discussion How to Create a Culture of Inquiry in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Absolutely. In my experience, project work rarely fits well into small chunks of time, especially if there is collaboration required. I see the highest success at PBL in schools where classes are afforded longer periods of time, so that students can…"
Kevin Gant replied to Jane Krauss's discussion How to Create a Culture of Inquiry in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Thanks! I have to say that while I did say, "start a project or inquiry with a conversation, NOT the project description."... I must tell you that I still believe that you should give the kids a project description - just not as the…"
Kevin Gant replied to Jane Krauss's discussion How to Create a Culture of Inquiry in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Yahoo, Sherri! You have hit upon THE ISSUE that is my recent soapbox, working with teachers in PBL environments.
Here is my current message: start a project or inquiry with a conversation, NOT the project description. Through a conversation, you…"
Kevin Gant replied to Patrick Cronin's discussion Help! Need to spend $14,000 for Humanities in 2 wks... in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Patrick,
I hear you. Call me. You can get my number from Jay English."
Kevin Gant replied to Patrick Cronin's discussion Help! Need to spend $14,000 for Humanities in 2 wks... in the group PBL ~ Better with Practice"Hi Patrick,
As someone with some experience with New Tech schools, I can relay on what some other teachers have done with quite a bit of success. I'll address your questions point by point.
1) Whole class vs. mini class sets? Depends upon the…"
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- I was a classroom teacher for 16 years, most of which was spent teaching physics at my alma mater, Del Norte High School in Albuquerque. I also taught at a small public school in Napa - New Technology High School, where I started practicing full-blown project based learning.
Now I work for the New Tech Network ( http://www.newtechnetwork.org ), as a School Development Coach - which means that I help public school districts create high schools in the image of the original New Tech in Napa. All the schools are small (~400 students), employ wall-to-wall PBL, include 21st Century Skills development, and have a 1:1 student computer ratio. Much of my work centers around helping teachers practice effective PBL.
I'm here because I love thinking and talking about education.
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Jane Krauss said… - Thanks for friending me Kevin. :)
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