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How Can PBL Advance the Goals of the Faith-Based School? Dr. Josh Ornelas

Blog, Podcast, Project-Based Learning, Resources, Rigor and Relevance, The Teacher's Lounge | July 20, 2022

“At the end of the day, we all work in groups. Now we’re not in cubicles anymore; we work as a team. [No] single problem is solved by a single discipline anymore. And so again, we need to work as a team. Those 21st-century skills that the students need: the four...

Hands-On Faith: STEAM Projects in the Religion Classroom

Blog, Faith Learning, Project-Based Learning, STEAM | March 14, 2022

How is a Christian like a pickle? This is the question I use to start off each school year with my seventh graders. At first, the question feels like a joke, but it’s really the start of one of my favorite lessons on faith. When I first started teaching, I was called...

How students used math to help Austin’s homeless population

Blog, Curriculum Design, Project-Based Learning, Service Learning | February 9, 2022

Prior to starting the school year in 2019, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could help my students make meaningful connections to real world applications of math, while also building empathy. Implementing a project of this sort does not always lend itself to...