Will ChatGPT Transform Education
ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI that is capable of writing essays, solving science and math problems and producing working...
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Why Are Teachers Leaving the Profession And What Can Be Done to Reverse That Trend
Teachers are leaving the profession in big numbers and they have many good reasons to do so. Based on the department of education...
Student Education Should Start With a Goal
Goals are important for a healthy life. Whether the goal is to have an interesting career or to make a lot of money or to help others,...
Why PBL Isn't a Passing Trend, But a Completely Different Way to Learn
I recently had a conversation with an education expert about project-based learning, who reminded me that "project-based learning is a...
WATCH: Elementary Students in India Share Their Spectacular Projects
Project-based learning is taking the world by storm. More schools than ever are investing in PBL to teach key 21st-Century employability...
Assessment in PBL is Tricky. Here's How to Master It with the Right Rubric
Assessment in traditional teaching used to be “easy.” On test day, teachers would pass paper and pencil tests full of multiple-choice and...
Here's Why Research Is So Important (And How to Teach It to Your Students)
Research may be the most important skill our students need to succeed in the future, but studies suggests that even our most advanced...
5 Show-Stopping Projects from Our PBL Student Showcase in India
Project Pals has partnered with Bloom Public School in India's capital, New Delhi, as part of their project-based learning (PBL)...
Project Management Makes or Breaks Projects. Here's How to Do It Right
“Corporate America spends more than $275 billion each year on approximately 200,000 projects. Many of these projects will fail, but not...
Support Your English Language Learners During PBL with These 5 Tips
If you’re an educator in the U.S., chances are you already have several English Language Learners (ELLs) in your classroom. ELLs account...
5 Social and Emotional Skills Promoted by Project-Based Learning
There’s a reason teachers are turning their attention towards trendy, more holistic educational approaches like PBL and SEL. The pendulum...
Could PBL Level the Playing Field for Disadvantaged Students?
Project-based learning (PBL or PjBL) is a student-centered, inquiry-based approach to instruction where students engage in authentic...
Screens Weren't the Biggest Problem with Pandemic Learning
As we near the beginning of a new school year, it’s time to reflect on the effects distance learning has had on our students. Most of the...
What Is PBL? 3 Easy Traits All Educators Should Know
The idea of project-based learning appeals to you. You may have seen the research that shows PBL can improve student learning outcomes,...
United ISD Students Are Exceeding Expectations Via Distance Learning
The students of United Independent School District in Texas started using Project Pals a year ago when the pandemic just started. In this...
Project-Based Learning Improves Student Performance According to Researchers in Five Universities
Four studies released on February 22, 2021 by the George Lucas Educational Foundation and researchers from five major universities have...
How a Teacher Guided Her Students Through a Meaningful Learning Experience
Kelsey Dolge is a social studies teacher at New Century Academy in Hutchinson, Minnesota. In the beginning of last year, her school...
How a teacher designed and managed collaborative projects with 400 students in less than two weeks
This is the first in our series featuring teachers designing and administering amazing collaborative learning experiences using Project...
How to Identify the Main Parts of a PBL Problem
As we roll out Project Pals, one of the things that keeps me busy is how to teach users to identify the main parts of a problem. As...
How Can We Keep Our Advantage Over Machines
In a TED talk titled: "Can we build AI without losing control over it", Sam Harris--a neuroscientist and philosopher--claims that...
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