Many of you know, as you can tell from my blog name, that I love my Kansas Jayhawks. While our football team is generally less than stellar, Jayhawk fans can always look forward to basketball season and March Madness! This year, two Kansas teams are in the same bracket division in the NCAA tournament– the Jayhawks & the Wichita State… Read More
Archives for March 2015
Community Helpers: Project-Based Learning
This year, my school district implemented Project-Based Learning (PBL) as everyone’s professional development project for the year. If you’re not familiar with Project Based Learning, it’s a teaching approach that’s very student-driven rather than teacher-driven, and students explore a real world problem/challenge/question of their choosing while exploring possible solutions through various methods– research, collaboration, etc… An excerpt from Edutopia explains… Read More