The Cool Cat Teacher Blog

Today students selected their Project Managers (PM’s) and Assistant Project Managers (APMs) for their app teams. They also picked their graphic designers and drew out their sitemaps. They are in the midst of an app building project that will require not only technical skills but will develop individual agency, development of new competencies and learning how students want to interact with the world.

While I’ve talked about project-based learning recently with fellow teacher Linda Kardamis, this type of student-driven learning is far beyond just a project...