Convening Conversations http://conveningconversations.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:13:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Problem and Project-Based Learning http://conveningconversations.com/2009/08/problem-and-project-based-learning/ http://conveningconversations.com/2009/08/problem-and-project-based-learning/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:52:32 +0000 Linda http://conveningconversations.com/?p=33 Welcome to the Problem and Project-Based Learning Blog.

Our driving question is: How will we ensure that we engage all students in rigorous, relevant, 21st century learning?

In reflecting on today’s students’ mode of learning, what might be some implications of engaging and/or NOT engaging in PBL as an instructional strategy to engage students in rigorous, relevant, 21st century learning?

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How might the questions we ask serve as barriers to thinking or as breakthroughs to possibilities?

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