Hacking Project Based Learning

This webinar focused on demystifying project based learning. Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy will introduce ten hacks that construct a simple path educators and students can easily follow to achieve success. Speakers elaborated on these frequently asked questions:

How can a learning space that promotes risk-taking and lends itself to inquiry be developed?
What needs to be done to create a vision for a project?
How can student learning be assessed and guided?
How can students share their work outside their classroom’s walls?

Panelists shared strategies and resources for implementing and leading project based learning, and they addressed questions submitted by viewers from across the nation.

Hacking Project Based Learning

Panelists

Ross Cooper, Supervisor of Instructional Practice K–12, Salisbury Township School District (PA)

@RossCoops31

Erin Murphy, Middle School Assistant Principal, East Penn School District (PA)

@MurphysMusings5

Tom Murray, Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools®, Alliance for Excellent Education

@thomascmurray

On June 15, Future Ready Schools® (FRS) held a webinar that is part of its Leadership Hub, a one-stop-shop of professional learning opportunities for school leaders.

This webinar focused on demystifying project based learning. Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy will introduce ten hacks that construct a simple path educators and students can easily follow to achieve success. Speakers elaborated on these frequently asked questions:

How can a learning space that promotes risk-taking and lends itself to inquiry be developed?
What needs to be done to create a vision for a project?
How can student learning be assessed and guided?
How can students share their work outside their classroom’s walls?

Panelists shared strategies and resources for implementing and leading project based learning, and they addressed questions submitted by viewers from across the nation.

Please direct questions concerning the webinar to [email protected]. If you are unable to watch the webinar live, please still register as an archived version will be sent shortly after the event. The webinar will available in Hub for future reference.

Future Ready Schools® is a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, DC–based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship. www.futureready.org

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