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Project Launch: Parkour

High Tech Elementary Mesa first graders experience moving in a different way…

High Tech High Unboxed is a media platform that produces podcasts, videos, interviews, card decks, curricular resources, as well as a semesterly journal that includes curated articles & project cards.

What is PBL?

A key question for PBL educators: how will we know if we are doing project-based learning well?

Kindergarten: Expanding Play

Michelina Miedema shares how students in Kindergarten express their ideas through play…

S3:E12 — The Cheltenham PBL Experiment Episode 4: Year Two

After the first year, teachers reflected and recalibrated their approach for the second year of PBL at Cheltenham

When Place Shapes the Product: The Genius of Place-based Education in PBL

Genesee Community Charter School is centering students in a place-based curriculum provides them with a deeper understanding of…

S2:E27 — Summer Rerun: Ron Berger on the magic of beautiful lessons, and of “no lesson at all”

Ron Berger talks about literacy, projects, beautifully-designed lessons, and the power of no lesson at all

HTHybrid — First Week Back

Students and staff started on campus in a week filled with joy and return to regular school

S2:E14 – What Can School Learn From After-school?

A conversation about why more engaging learning tends to happen in electives and extracurriculars than during “core classes”, and how what we can learn from these “peripheral” classes, teams, and clubs.

S2:E05 – Spreadsheets vs. Inequality in New York City Schools

In this episode, Alec talks to Nikki Giunta, Chief of Staff at New Visions for …

S2:E04 – Screen Time: How Remote Learning Feels to Students

In this special guest episode from This Teenage Life students talk about how it feels to …

School Makes Me Feel

High Tech High students from many of the K12 schools reflect on how school makes them . . .

Establishing the HTH Design Principles

Rob Riordan introduces the HTH design principles and how they arrived at the final …

S1:E19 – What Matters Most to Latitude High School during Lockdown

Alec talks to Lillian Hsu and John Bosselman, of Latitude High School in Oakland about …

Why PBL?

High Tech High students, teachers and directors explain the thinking behind doing projects.

Exhibition Voices

Students from middle to high school share their learning at Exhibition in December of 2019.

S1:E11 – 11th graders are helping wrongfully-convicted prisoners

Alec talks to Mackenzie King, a teacher at High Tech High Chula Vista whose students are …

High Tech High Design Principles

High Tech High is guided by four connected design principles—equity, personalization . . .

S1:E05 – Ron Berger on Beautiful Lessons and “No Lesson at All”

Alec Patton talks to Ron Berger about what he’s learned about teaching literacy in …

S1:E02 – Electioneering Part 2: “That’s not Fair!”

teacher Mele Sato explains how she got her students excited about the somewhat …

S1:E01 – Electioneering Part 1: Teaching Redistricting

Teacher Mele Sato explains how she got students excited about congressional …

Electioneering Project

Teacher Mele Sato explains the exhibition rehearsal process for the electioneering …

Teacher Designed vs Student Designed Projects

Lillian Hsu, Founding Principal of Latitude High School speaks the benefits of a …

Experience as Text – PBL Design Kit

HTH instructors break down key components that comprise a well designed project in the …

Cycles of Reflection – PBL Design Kit

HTH instructors break down key components that make a well designed project in the …

Cycles of Inquiry – PBL Design Kit

HTH instructors break down key components that comprise a well designed project in …

Building Off of Student Strengths

Carlos Moreno, C.E.O. of Big Picture Learning, addresses the importance of using …

Non-fiction Writing Project Critique – PBL Design Kit