Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) provides educators with an endless number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning. The best part? It is possible to combine PBL and maker education throughout the curriculum and during an unmissable ISTELive 24 session, x.com/thenerdyteacher”>Nicolas Provenzano, professor, technology coordinator, and makerspace director at Michigan's Liggett College, demonstrated how. Provenzano is also the 2013 winner of the ISTE Outstanding Teacher Award. Now, the projects are nothing new: students have been making dioramas, tri-fold poster displays, and egg drop challenge designs for decades. But combining PBL with maker education leads to fully engaged students who create and solve problems. READ MORE.
Laura Ascione is the editorial director of eSchool Media. She graduated from the prestigious Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
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