{"id":581,"date":"2012-04-21T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2012-04-21T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T22:44:38","slug":"innovation-unit-site-worth-a-visit-their-new-report-features-high-tech-high-and-project-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Unit Site Worth A Visit; Their New Report Features High Tech High and Project-Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Work-that-matters.tiff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-300\" title=\"Work that matters\" src=\"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Work-that-matters.tiff\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a>The growing literature on rigorous project-based learning includes a new report by Alec Patton of the <a href=\"http:\/\/innovationunit.org\/\">Innovation Unit<\/a> in London, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationunit.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Teacher%27s%20Guide%20to%20Project-based%20Learning.pdf\">Work That Matters<\/a>. <\/em> It is built in part around the experience of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hightechhigh.org\/\">High Tech High<\/a> in San Diego, and also includes vignettes from the Chramlington Learning Village in Northumberland, UK, and the Beal Elementary School in Springfield, MA. \u00a0The report was also supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phf.org.uk\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Hamlyn Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The book includes the basics of project-based-learning\u2014exhibition, multiple drafts, and critique\u2014and provides lots of examples, resources, and even forms for teachers to use.\u00a0 It, along with recent postings by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/project-based-learning\">Edutopia<\/a>, is a good place to start for teachers and schools exploring how to better engage students.<\/p>\n<p>The Innovation Unit, itself, is also worth a visit.\u00a0 The organization exists to bring radical innovation to the public services, particularly in education, early childhood services, local government, and health.\u00a0 Its board is chaired by Australian educator <a href=\"http:\/\/innovationunit.org\/our-people\/our-staff\/tony-mackay\">Tony Mckay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their work in education struck me in part because of the similarity between some of their ideas, such as <em><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationunit.org\/blog\/201203\/10-ideas-21st-century-education\">10 Ideas for 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Learning<\/a> <\/em>and the set of ideas I\u2019ve been writing about in the Learning 2.0 series of posts.\u00a0 Their site is well worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing literature on rigorous project-based learning includes a new report by Alec Patton of the Innovation Unit in London, Work That Matters. It is built in part around the experience of High Tech High in San Diego, and also includes vignettes from the Chramlington Learning Village in Northumberland, UK, and the Beal Elementary School [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8],"tags":[86,39,87,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlestkerchner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}