Project based learning is one of the hottest topics in education today! It

adds the context and meaning needed for students to think deeply and truly

engage with content. Now more than ever students need to cultivate the

success skills of collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and

innovation in order to be competitive in both college and career and

educators need support to build collaborative classroom cultures. Our goal

is to create a PBL network to share resources and support, explore

questions, and offer authentic experiences that model the PBL mindset and

methodology. Together we have the opportunity to provide students in

northeastern Ohio with skills that make their knowledge of content

marketable as they seek admission to college and/or the workplace. As a

Network, we will engage in a book talk using the book Hacking Project

Based Learning, by Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy. The Hacks offered

throughout this book will provide a framework for our discussions and

collaborative efforts. We believe that we are stronger together!

 

 The Driving Question for our Network will be: How can we build the