Melrose Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
Genesee Community Charter School, Rochester, NY
The Odyssey School, an Expeditionary Learning K-8 community, Denver, CO
Olander School for Project Based Learning, Fort Collins, CO
Birmingham Covington School (BCS), Birmingham, MI
The Curtis School, Santa Monica, CA
II. Resources
III. Articles by Bob Pearlman on 21st Century Schools and 21st Century Learning
1.Melrose Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
Project Based Learning video from Melrose Elementary
- Project-Based Learning
- Singapore Math
- Technology - 1 to 1 in grades 3-5. Apple Distinguished School.
- Video Library
2. Genesee Community Charter School, Rochester, NY
Expeditionary Learning National Conference 2010 - Keynote Address by Students From Genesee Community Charter School from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.
- Mission Statement
- Curriculum
- Expeditions (projects)
3.The Odyssey School, Denver, CO
The Odyssey School is a dynamic Expeditionary Learning K-8 community dedicated to fostering each child's unique potential and spirit of adventure through exemplary standards of character, intellectual achievement, and social responsibility. The Odyssey School is chartered by Denver Public Schools. As a public school we are tuition free, except for our full-day Kindergarten program. The Odyssey School currently serves 225 students Kindergarten through 8th grade, our full charter. 33% of the student population qualifies for the Federal free or reduced lunch program. Fifty percent of the students are students of color with most being African American.
Henry's Kindergarten Student-Led Conference from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.
4. Olander School for Project Based Learning, Fort Collins, CO
In the fall of 2009, Olander Elementary became Olander School for Project Based Learning. Olander is in its sixth year of integrating Project Based Learning into our school curriculum. At Olander, we strive every day to teach children to communicate effectively, solve problems, understand and cooperate with others, to appreciate and care for the world we live in, and to be lifelong learners. Our professional staff is committed to help each individual student achieve his or her greatest educational potential.
By Maggie. An Eco Narrative project created by a 5th grader at Olander School for Project Based Learning.
5. Birmingham Covington School (BCS), Birmingham, MI
Watch this short video to learn how Michigan students and their teachers took collaborative action to work towards creating their preferable future. Learn more.
6. The Curtis School, Santa Monica, CA
December, 2012: I just became aware of The Curtis School, a private K-6 school in Santa Monica, CA. I hope to visit there but am already tremendously impressed, from afar, with the school's 21st Century Learning philosophy. Check out these links to learn more about the school and check back in a few months to see a more fully developed profile here.
- The Curtis School
- Contact: Christopher Thinnes, Academic Dean,email.
- Center for the Future of Elementary Education at Curtis School. Twitter: @CurtisCFEE.
- Covenant to Help Inspire Learning and Development (C.H.I.L.D.)
- Parent-School Partnerships in the 21st Century Learning Community (PSP2012) Conference, 10 November 2012. Twitter: #PSP2012. Videos from PSP2012.
II. Resources on Elementary PBL Practice
- Buck Institute for Education (BIE): Project Search, PBL DIY (Do_It_Yourself), PBL in the Elementary Grades Toolkit, Videos on Elementary School Projects
- FreeBIEs: BIE has created free materials - "FreeBIEs" - such as planning forms, student handouts, rubrics, and articles for educators to download and use to design, assess, and manage projects.
III. Articles by Bob Pearlman on 21st Century Schools and 21st Century Learning:
- Designing New Learning Environments to Support 21st Century Skills (PDF, downloadable), chapter by Bob Pearlman, in the new book, 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn
- Making 21st Century Schools: Creating Learner-Centered Schoolplaces/Workplaces for a New Culture of Students at Work, by Bob Pearlman, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY/September-October 2009
- “Reconsidering the Design of Schools through the Lens of Project-Based Learning” - Interview with Bob Pearlman, the Director of Strategic Planning for the New Technology Foundation, DesignShare and Education Facility Planning News, March, 2007
- "21st Century Learning in Schools – A Case Study of New Technology High School in Napa, CA", published in New Directions for Youth Development, Volume 2006, Issue 110 (Summer 2006), Special Issue: The Case for Twenty-First Century Learning.
- "New Skills For A New Century: Project-based learning teaches kids the collaborative and critical thinking abilities they'll need to compete", Edutopia magazine, June 2006.
- "Redesign Schools for 21st Century Learning", Published in Five Riveting Ideas, EDTECH Focus on K-12 magazine, January-February, 2005
- "Getting it Done: Boston launches new 5-year technology, teaching & learning plan. Why not you?", article in Techlearning.Com, August 1, 2004
- "Designing, and Making, the New American High School", Technos Quarterly, Spring, 2002
- "Reinventing the High School Experience", Educational Leadership, April 2002
- "Designing the New American Schools", PDF, Communications of the ACM, May, 1993
