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Little Free Libraries PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E43

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, our hosts are joined by Joe Steele (@cloudhid), an English teacher at CSA New Tech High School (@CSANewTechHS) in Columbus, IN. Joe discusses a project he did in his integrated English 10 and Probability & Statistics course that had students create Little Free Libraries in their community. Students were asked to analyze literacy data in their community to determine the best location for their libraries. They then worked to construct the libraries themselves, decide the books that would be included, and defend their work to community members to have their Little Free Library adopted by the community. This is an extra special Blitz episode not only for our guest, but also for our hosts. Tune in to hear more!

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A Dream (Still) Deferred PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E41

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, our hosts are joined by John Brewer (@mrbrewerenglish) from the Academy @ Shawnee (@ShawneeAcademy) in Louisville, KY to discuss his project called “A Dream (Still) Deferred". This project goes deep to tackle some moral realities and problems that exist in our world today. In this three-part project, students analyzed the idea of humanizing language to evaluate and address some of the polarities that exist between people and groups. As John describes, this project took a life of its own as the real-world application and demand for the end product became clear as his students tackled tough, real-world issues through literature and first-hand accounts.

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Famous Americans PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E39

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, our hosts are joined once again by Brittany Tinkler (@btink89), a third grade teacher at Southport Elementary School in Indianapolis, IN. On today’s Blitz episode, Brittany shares with us her “Famous American” wax museum project, which has gone from a traditional project, to an authentic PBL project, to an authentic PBL project suitable for COVID-19 restrictions. She talks about why this project is a crowd favorite at SES, and the obstacles she and her kids overcame to make this staple project work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and all of its challenges.

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Columbus Holiday Ride PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E36

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, our hosts are joined by Global Science Perspectives teachers Veronica Buckler and Fariha Hossain of CSA New Tech High School in Columbus, IN to discuss their annual Holiday Ride project. This project started with the goal of community awareness of climate change, and this year is taking a virtual twist. These awesome PBL facilitators talk about the many different components of community involvement in this project. They also give our hosts some insight into why this is a project that sticks with their students every year. This special holiday edition of the PBL Project Blitz is coming at you just in time!

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Agency PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E34

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, Southport Elementary (@Southport_EI) teacher Brittany Tinkler (@btink89) returns to share the Agency PBL Unit that she completed with her 3rd Grade class. Tinkler’s 3rd Graders aimed to teach the younger students at their school about agency: What is agency? Why is it important? How do we show agency? In a year where the “normal” methods of completing this project are unrealistic and unavailable, Tinkler talks about how this project shifted due to eLearning and COVID-19 restrictions. In the end, she feels like this project evolved into something even better than it has ever been.

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Learning from Failed PBL's, PBL Project Blitz | E32

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Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this episode of the PBL Project Blitz series, Josh and Andrea chat with Irvington Community Schools teacher Emma Cudahy (@MissCudahy) about a podcast project she completed with her high school Government classes. This episode was a little different in that this project is not one that Emma feels is an example of the Gold Standard of PBL; this project highlight is an example of learning from failure when a project does not go as planned. Throughout the episode, Emma highlights meeting the students where they are, and offers some great advice regarding scaffolding and making a PBL fit for your students. This podcast often talks about being okay failing and using those as learning experiences, so our hosts were so grateful to get to chat with a classroom facilitator about how she did just that.

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Hot Wheels Exhibit PBL Unit, PBL Project Blitz | E30

Welcome to the PBL Playbook, brought to you by Magnify Learning – where we put teachers back in their sweet spot. Make sure you follow us on Twitter: @magnifylearning, @askgiebs, @MissB103, #PBLPlaybook.

Josh and Andrea continue the PBL Project Blitz series where once a month, they highlight a PBL project by veterans in the PBL classroom. 

In this installment of the PBL Project Blitz, Josh and Andrea chat with Rhonda Adamson about a Middle School Math and Science project she did at Decatur Schools in Indianapolis, IN. Lining up with the annual Indy 500 race in Indianapolis, Rhonda’s classes partnered with the Indianapolis Children’s Museum to create a Hot Wheels: Race to Win exhibit to teach younger students about force and other ideas relevant to race cars. Integrating science standards such as forces in motion and math standards such as scale, Rhonda’s classes created their own Hot Wheels displays for the exhibit, which they got to present to younger students in Indianapolis during race week. As a popular toy, this project was a fun way for kids to learn and understand the application of these standards, and it is one Rhonda says has stuck with these students even years after completion.

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Launching a New School Year | Episode 29

As a launch into a new school year, Josh and Andrea take a listener question about starting the school year off for a successful year of PBL. They approach this by evaluating elements of PBL using an adjusted protocol from School Reform Initiative called “What? So What? Now What?”