See John Sole's video of 6th and 7th grade students from a public charter school in Philadelphia, working with world-class Community Partner, the Wooden Boat Factory designed and built 4 boats. They began with 4 flat squares of boat wood and working in small groups, spent 1/2 day a week building their boats. Along the way, these students covered many of their curricular requirements in math, reading, social studies, technology, and science. As John states, "This is a powerful demonstration of hands on learning at its finest."
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2007.02.26
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School Project Case Studies
- Wooden Boat Factory: An Example of Project-based Learning
- Ordrup School in Gentofte Denmark is Designed for Personalized Learning
- Guerilla Educators engage young people in green school design
- Innovative Case Studies in School Design
- Hazelwood School For The Multiple Sensory Impaired
- Scotch Oakburn College's Middle School in Tasmania, Australia opens as excited students and teachers jump right into learning the 21st Century Way
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- Randy Fielding on 21st Century Learning Spaces
- The First Green Charter Schools Conference!
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- 01. Maximize Collaboration in School Planning and Design (17)
- 02. Build a Proactive Facility Management Program (5)
- 03. Plan Schools as Neighborhood Community Learning Centers (2)
- 04. Embrace the Entire Community as a Place for Learning (7)
- 05. Create Smaller more Personalized Schools (21)
- 06. Respect Cultural Context while Providing Design Diversity (9)
- 07. Consider Home as a Template for School (6)
- 08. Vary Circulation Patterns while Ensuring Supervision (5)
- 09. Design Safe Schools (6)
- 10. Cluster Learning Areas for Effective Collaboration (10)
- 11. Provide Space for Sharing Learning Resources (9)
- 12. Accommodate a Variety of Learning Groups and Activities (9)
- 13. Keep Class Sizes Small (5)
- 14. Provide Well-defined Activity Pockets (3)
- 15. Integrate Early Childhood Education into the Community School (2)
- 16. Provide a Home Base for Every Student (3)
- 17. Regard Teachers as Professionals (3)
- 18. Provide Studios to Support Project-based Learning (12)
- 19. Encourage Adminstrative Leadership by Decentralizing Administrative Space (3)
- 20. Establish a Community Forum (4)
- 21. Design Conference Rooms that Can Be Used by the Community (3)
- 22. Create Privacy Niches (6)
- 23. Weave Virtual and Physical Learning Spaces Together (14)
- 24. Provide Opportunities for Job/Career Training (2)
- 25. Provide Information Centers for Parents (2)
- 26. Provide Health Care Service Centers (2)
- 27. Design with Respect to Scale and Developmental Needs (9)
- 28. Maximize Natural and Full-Spectrum Lighting (8)
- 29. Design Buildings that Promote Health (9)
- 30. Design for Appropriate Acoustics (4)
- 31. Allow for Transitional Spaces Between Indoors and Outdoors (4)
- 32. Establish a Variety of Outdoor Learning Environments (12)
- 33. Separate Children and Pedestrians from Vehicles and Service Areas (2)
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Thanks for the nice play, brother. I guess we've come a long way from our time "North of 60" on the Great Slave Lake. I get hits literally from everywhere in the world (as I'm sure you do also). Still trying to figure out this blogging business and what it all means.
Posted by: John Sole | 2007.02.26 at 12:55
BTW, there are 3 other videos on the blog that it may be worth investing a few minutes to view.
Posted by: John Sole | 2007.02.26 at 12:57