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Passion-Based Learning–The Adventure Begins
I’m not usually afraid to take risks. I’ve done some things in my classroom that people consider to be innovative. When there is a new tool that I think will benefit my students, I’m one of the first...
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Let Them Use Cake
Making Patterns With Cakes “I wonder if you can make patterns out of cake?” asked one of my five year old cherubs. “I wonder if you can make patterns with trees?” “I wonder if you can make patterns...
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Cakes, Snakes and Boxes: Passion-based Learning
This article was originally posted on the Voices from the Learning Revolution blog of Powerful Learning Practice. It contains some information that has previously been posted on this blog. If you are...
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Construction Day
Some of the Materials for Construction “It’s construction day!” buzzed the students to each other as they came into my classroom. This day had been eagerly anticipated as the pile of construction...
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Making Up the Rules
Using the Nintendo DS This year, I have been using PBL (passion or project-based learning) in my classroom. Although language arts and math have certainly been involved, I have mainly been using the...
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Can Six-Year-Olds Really Demonstrate Their Learning?
This article was originally published on the Getting Smart blog. This week we finished up another one of our project based learning (PBL) or inquiry-based units in my first grade classroom. It had the...
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