What's next for PBL?

Session 3

Laura Thomas — Antioch University New England, Edutopia Community Facilitator, NHISTE, ISTE, Coalition of Essential Schools

This conversation will focus on the ways that PBL is implemented in different classrooms, contexts, and levels. I'm curious about the ways that teachers are "acting back" on the PBL constructs that they've been working with and how they're improving the experience for their students and for themselves as educators.

Conversational Practice

This is going to be either large or small group discussion (depending on the size of the group) guided by a series of discussion prompts including: 1. What does PBL look like in your classroom? 2. What do you struggle with, PBL-wise? 3. How do you keep PBL interesting for your students? 4. What do YOU do while your students are engaged in PBL? 5. What do you wish PBL would help you do?

Conversation Links

Presenter Profiles

Laura Thomas

Antioch University New England/ Edutopia

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27

Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
- Filmmaking for Teachers*
  
  Room 1069
  
  Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
  
  This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
Welcome 10am–3pm
- Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
- Sustainability Panel
  
  Essential Questions:
  
  What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 28

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
- Encienda Educon
  
  Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
  
  Submit A Proposal: http://bit.ly/encienda29
Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 29

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
- Sustainability in Education
  
  Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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