Expert Interviews
- Osvaldo Rubio, who teaches third and fourth grades at Sherman Oaks, explains the school's successful approach to project-based learning and how it has changed his role as teacher from that of more traditional approaches.
- Peggy Bryan: Project-Based Learning
- Louis M. Gomez, associate professor of learning science and computer science at Northwestern University, discusses project-based learning.
- Sylvia Chard, director of the Child Study Centre at the University of Alberta, discusses project learning.
- Expert view on project-based learning.
- Cathy Huemer, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher at Newsome Park Elementary School, describes her approach to project-based learning.
- Patty Vreeland, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher at Newsome Park Elementary School, describes her approach to project-based learning.
- Mirian Acosta-Sing, principal of The Mott Hall School in New York City, discusses how the adoption of a laptop computer model has transformed her school.
- Marc Briller, staff professional developer of The Mott Hall School in New York City, describes this laptop school’s approach to professional development, computer maintenance, and other logistical issues.
- Sandra Skea , a fifth grade teacher at The Mott Hall School in New York City, describes an interdisciplinary project in which her students researched, designed, built, and wrote about kites.
- Dr. Seymour Papert describes learning environments in which children collaborate around meaningful projects and powerful ideas.
- Robert Ballard, founder of the JASON Project, elaborates on the history and evolution of the program.
- Beverly Battle, a sixth-grade teacher at Harriet Tubman Elementary School, in Washington, DC, describes the value for her students in participating in the JASON Project.
- Gwendolyn Faulkner, a teacher-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, elaborates on the benefits of the JASON Project.
- Marty Kerzetski, a fifth-grade teacher at Lackawanna Trail Elementary Center in Pennsylvania, describes how Space Day Design Challenges introduce her students to real-life science problems that astronauts face.
- A high school teacher makes geometry come alive through applied learning.
- Janet Tsai, a student participant in the Poudre High School robotics club, describes the program's influence on her plans for the future.
- Steve Sayers, coach of the robotics team at Poudre High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, describes how students benefit from collaborating on the design of a working robot.
- Bob Pearlman, educational consultant and former president of the Autodesk Foundation, discusses project-based learning and how schools can better prepare students for the world of work.
- Experts speak on the importance of international education.
