Author: Unboxed Staff

Reading List: Student-led Conferences

A growing number of schools around the world are doing Student-led Conferences, or SLCs, instead of parent-teacher conferences. The difference, as the name implies, is that an SLC flips the structure, so the student takes the lead in the discussion (with support).

PBL gives you a magic answer to a common question

Project-based learning provides an excellent answer to a question that students ask a lot: “Why are we learning this?”

The Charrette Protocol

I love the charrette protocol because it provides a structure for brainstorming lots of ideas for developing an initial idea for a project.

Reading List: True Project Stories

This collection is called “true project stories” because it’s all about teachers (and students) telling the stories of the projects they’ve done, from the heights of achievement to the depths of despair.

Exhibitions Photo Gallery

A gallery of exhibition images to inspire your next exhibition of student learning!

How (and Why) to Start a Project with a “Model Critique”

“We critique and discuss what makes the work powerful: what makes a piece of creative writing compelling and exciting; what makes a scientific or historical research project significant and stirring; what makes a novel mathematical solution so breathtaking.”