This is What Learning Looks Like
If you were ever curious about what I believe or do as an educator, my summer institute, Constructing Modern Knowledge, represents me quite well. The energy, creativity, projects developed and…
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Constructing Modern Mathematics or is it History? English?
Chicago middle school English teacher extraordinaire, Kate Tabor, returned to Constructing Modern Knowledge for the second consecutive year. In 2010, Kate spent her time at CMK using MicroWorlds to program…
Serendipitous Learning
By Gary Stager, Ph.D. Founder and Director Constructing Modern Knowledge The following is a learning story documenting one project's development and the subsequent knowledge constructed. The lessons of this learning…
Impossible!
Constructing Modern Knowledge begins with a ritual intended to kickoff four days of project-based learning. I learned a version of this brainstorming technique in the 1980s from my mentors, Dan…