Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 24, 2023

I place a lot of emphasis and importance on building life skills with my high school students, and I do so with experiential projects. These projects ask students to manage and lead a real experience, one that they would likely encounter at some point in their lives. What is an experiential project?

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Experiential Learning Depot

JANUARY 30, 2023

My entire teaching career has been in a student-led learning high school classroom, which in short is the task of students designing and directing their own learning experiences. Students develop learning experiences by making a series of personal choices. This cuts down on frustrating classroom management issues.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 6, 2023

Regardless of what sparks or frames the PBL experiences, students are doing the designing, planning, and managing. So if the students are developing and directing the learning experiences, what does the teacher do ? I’ve watched my students take ownership of learning. ​ Find us on social media!

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

Then students launch and run their own businesses over the summer during the break, at which point, my job is done. Students can build off of their own copy of that Google Sheets spreadsheet template, or they can create their own business operations spreadsheet from scratch using a spreadsheet program of their choice.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 4, 2023

​ Students can choose their own project topics and write their own driving questions. I often give students a theme and they choose a subtopic under that theme. Students develop their own project goals, including goals for 21st-century competencies. ​ Find us on social media!

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 5, 2023

Giving students the freedom to make their own choices along this PBL framework takes learning to another level. Students develop the tools to manage all of life's projects. ​ Find us on social media! They make personal choices about the components of PBL. It deepens learning. ​

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Writers across media have explored every possible outcome, from “ don’t worry about it ” to “ it’s the end of humanity.” Integration entails using artificial intelligence to enhance learning and deepen our students’ engagement. Ever since ChatGPT 3.5

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