5 Steps to Success with Project Based Learning
Engage your students in authentic learning!
When You Attend, You Will Learn...
- Why project based learning is an engaging way to teach your standards.
- Which elements of project based learning are essential for success, and how to actually implement them in a real classroom. Actual classroom examples included!
- How to simplify planning to make this an easy transition for you, the teacher.
- The importance of collaborating with other teachers, locally and online.
- How to organize it all in a simple manner.
- What an entry event is, and how it gets your students excited about the learning.
Your Host
April Smith
April Smith is a teacher, blogger, author and lover of all hands-on teaching methods. She began using project-based learning in her classroom in 2011. As she learned more about the methods, she began merging activity ideas and the different parts of PBL to bring authentic learning experiences to her students. She began integrating standards and creating structures that allow students to have voice and choice while maintaining order.