Defined Learning

JANUARY 24, 2024

Learn how Linday Unified School District, a rural school district located in California, created and implemented a competency-based, project-based learning system with the help of Defined Learning.

Competency-Based Learning 52

Competency-Based Learning Learning Schooling Career Based Learning 52

Defined Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Portrait of a Graduate (PoG) competencies — such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving — are crucial for student success beyond school. Schools and districts must establish, measure, and assess PoG attributes and one easy way to do that is through Project-Based Learning.

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Critical Thinking Problem Solving Communications Schooling 106

Defined Learning

MAY 12, 2022

After 12 years of teaching in Florida’s public school system, Brian Tupper’s principal let him know he was considered a “non-fiction reading teacher”, rather than a World Cultures and Geography teacher. Frustrated with the educational system, Tupper resigned and took a job teaching at Korea International School on Jeju, Island, South Korea.

Geography 52

Geography Technology Learning Publication 52

Defined Learning

APRIL 14, 2022

In many schools across the country, we are starting to see an increased focus on the importance of financial literacy. April is Financial Literacy Month, a time to focus on helping students to develop essential skills that will be an important part of their everyday life, not just in the future , but now.

Schooling 120

Schooling Education Education Learning 120

Defined Learning

MAY 25, 2023

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Schooling 82

Schooling Career Based Learning Learning 82

Defined Learning

MARCH 28, 2023

The most common takeaway was that "the chance to redo assignments" was the number one pick for what would motivate teens to work harder in school. connect to project-based learning. But if you look at the rest of the top ten picks, eight of them (!!)

Student Engagement 77

Student Engagement Schooling Learning Career Based Learning 77

Defined Learning

JANUARY 9, 2023

For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all day. We engineer vehicles that are powered by rubber band energy to learn about motion and explore ecosystems by collecting data about organisms in our schoolyard.

Energy 67

Energy Elementary STEM Engineering 67