In some high schools, people complain about not having friends. People complain about having too much stuff to do, or not enough stuff to do. People complain about their work being meaningless, and therefore school seeming like a waste of time.
Parent Orientation Project Based Learning Unit in Afterschool
Authentic Projects
Human-Centered Design + PBL
Flipped Classroom in PBL
We face a big challenge in the fall as we return to the classroom squarely in the middle of a pandemic. Project Based Learning environments have extra challenges. As more teachers group students in pods to promote collaboration and grow culture, rows of desks spaced six feet apart, while not ideal, may still be doable for a traditional classroom forced to do social distancing.