World History
Interesting clip from the PBS News Hour about Project Based Learning. Thanks to Sofia Georgelos for tweeting the link. Here is more about Project Based Learning.
- Big History Project & Putting Learning In Context
Bill Gates seems to like getting involved in the way we are teaching our students. He has helped bank roll the Khan Academy, Common Core and now, from his personal money (as opposed to the Gates Foundation), he is helping to promote a connected...
- Social Studies Chat (#sschat) Website
Social studies chat (#sschat) which meets every Monday at 7:00 pm, now has a website. It includes upcoming topics and, most importantly an archive of past chats. If, for example, you want to find resources about project based learning, you can easily...
- Around The World In 80 Treasures: An End Of The Year Project
Here's an idea for an end-of-the year world history project. In Virginia, we still have a couple of weeks of school although we have completed the AP tests and the end of the year state tests. The project is based on Dan Cruickshank's BBC documentary,...
- Project Based Learning In History
This clip shows how an AP Government class changed their curriculum to model project Based Learning (PBL). It would be fun to figure out how to do this in World 9 or 10 or even AP World. The AP Government class made the change with the help of the University...
- David Thonburg On The Evolving Classroom
Here is another interesting clip about the use of technology and inquiry based learning from futurist and author David Thornburg. Edutopia has a story about Dr. Thronburg here. Add this video to the one Ken posted about gaming your class and the one...
World History
Project Based Learning
Interesting clip from the PBS News Hour about Project Based Learning. Thanks to Sofia Georgelos for tweeting the link. Here is more about Project Based Learning.
- Big History Project & Putting Learning In Context
Bill Gates seems to like getting involved in the way we are teaching our students. He has helped bank roll the Khan Academy, Common Core and now, from his personal money (as opposed to the Gates Foundation), he is helping to promote a connected...
- Social Studies Chat (#sschat) Website
Social studies chat (#sschat) which meets every Monday at 7:00 pm, now has a website. It includes upcoming topics and, most importantly an archive of past chats. If, for example, you want to find resources about project based learning, you can easily...
- Around The World In 80 Treasures: An End Of The Year Project
Here's an idea for an end-of-the year world history project. In Virginia, we still have a couple of weeks of school although we have completed the AP tests and the end of the year state tests. The project is based on Dan Cruickshank's BBC documentary,...
- Project Based Learning In History
This clip shows how an AP Government class changed their curriculum to model project Based Learning (PBL). It would be fun to figure out how to do this in World 9 or 10 or even AP World. The AP Government class made the change with the help of the University...
- David Thonburg On The Evolving Classroom
Here is another interesting clip about the use of technology and inquiry based learning from futurist and author David Thornburg. Edutopia has a story about Dr. Thronburg here. Add this video to the one Ken posted about gaming your class and the one...