Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Quick overview of the session and goals
06:00 Chris Welch, administration perspective on authentic learning and students owning the learning
Students owning the learning changes the narrative around engagement
Universal Constructs that is so important
10:00 rest of introductions and persepctive from Sarah Vice a 6th grade teacher
Failure is a gift
The importance of human experience
Process over product
14:24 Steven Smith, NASA perspective
8 most dreaded words "When am I ever going to use this?"
Our students are going to be part of the space economy
Failure is vital lesson we don't learn well
19:21 Chris Welch, Administrator on providing context of how instructional design of
How does civilizations from ancient history survive?
What does survival look like present day with All Thirteen book?
How do we then work with experts to think about the future that will be "present day" for our students?
22:30 Jeff Robin and how to really think about projects from a real perspective
Teachers need to do the project first
Students don't want dumpster projects
You only remember when learning is fun and exciting
25:50 Amanda Clark and importance of strong leadership
Need to provide space for teachers to be creative and to give teachers space to try things out.
We need to do more than just teach standards
Teachers need support and love from leaders, community, school boards, etc.
27:41 Erin Starkey and her story how pbl brought joy back to her teaching
PBL was a lightbulb for Erin because she was passionate and that is contagious
PBL was a gamechanger because she found joy and in students from age of 4 and above
29:30 Beth Campbell, librarian perspective on how to build school community to do the work
Isolated spaces in schools are gone. PBL brings opportunities to team because together we are better
Library should be alive and vibrant with co-teaching and co-design for learning opportunities
Incredible research on the brain and heart
31:45 Chad Uhde, elementary principal and form PBL instructional coach
Power of taking risks and see what we can do. Be brave to change identity of students
PBL provides new outlet for students to showcase who they are and their why
35:00 How do you assess and measure and quantify success?
Jeff Robin
Can the students explain what they have learned?
Do we need an easy number?
Are we doing education for ourselves or for the students?
Erin Starkey
Requires intentional integration
UBD and designing formative flags around the way
Constantly meet needs of students naturally in PBL
Rubrics for learning not a checklist of tasks
Steven Smith
Lots of standards are performance based on what students can do
Challenge the paradigm that we need a numerical value for everything
Life does not work that way
Preparing students for a world that they will be creating
We are not helping our students by creating widgets
Are we here for our students or ourselves?
Why go through all the nonsense of teaching if we want each student to fit a single mold?
We are in the space age and students will decide if they want to go to Disney in Florida, California, or space?
We need to either start preparing our students for the future or stop pretending like we are trying
Chris Welch
Focus on standards and conversation on "How do you know?"
Where is the learning visible?
We end up with not just standards but thinking progressions on how to think at deeper cognitive rigor and DOK.
Exchange not just instruction but facilitation
YOUR CHALLENGE
Share ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.
What resonated with you?
RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOW
Everything can be found here - sites.google.com/view/creatingauthenticlearning/power-of-authentic-learning
Universal Constructs
Quick overview of the session and goals
06:00 Chris Welch, administration perspective on authentic learning and students owning the learning
Students owning the learning changes the narrative around engagement
Universal Constructs that is so important
10:00 rest of introductions and persepctive from Sarah Vice a 6th grade teacher
Failure is a gift
The importance of human experience
Process over product
14:24 Steven Smith, NASA perspective
8 most dreaded words "When am I ever going to use this?"
Our students are going to be part of the space economy
Failure is vital lesson we don't learn well
19:21 Chris Welch, Administrator on providing context of how instructional design of
How does civilizations from ancient history survive?
What does survival look like present day with All Thirteen book?
How do we then work with experts to think about the future that will be "present day" for our students?
22:30 Jeff Robin and how to really think about projects from a real perspective
Teachers need to do the project first
Students don't want dumpster projects
You only remember when learning is fun and exciting
25:50 Amanda Clark and importance of strong leadership
Need to provide space for teachers to be creative and to give teachers space to try things out.
We need to do more than just teach standards
Teachers need support and love from leaders, community, school boards, etc.
27:41 Erin Starkey and her story how pbl brought joy back to her teaching
PBL was a lightbulb for Erin because she was passionate and that is contagious
PBL was a gamechanger because she found joy and in students from age of 4 and above
29:30 Beth Campbell, librarian perspective on how to build school community to do the work
Isolated spaces in schools are gone. PBL brings opportunities to team because together we are better
Library should be alive and vibrant with co-teaching and co-design for learning opportunities
Incredible research on the brain and heart
31:45 Chad Uhde, elementary principal and form PBL instructional coach
Power of taking risks and see what we can do. Be brave to change identity of students
PBL provides new outlet for students to showcase who they are and their why
35:00 How do you assess and measure and quantify success?
Jeff Robin
Can the students explain what they have learned?
Do we need an easy number?
Are we doing education for ourselves or for the students?
Erin Starkey
Requires intentional integration
UBD and designing formative flags around the way
Constantly meet needs of students naturally in PBL
Rubrics for learning not a checklist of tasks
Steven Smith
Lots of standards are performance based on what students can do
Challenge the paradigm that we need a numerical value for everything
Life does not work that way
Preparing students for a world that they will be creating
We are not helping our students by creating widgets
Are we here for our students or ourselves?
Why go through all the nonsense of teaching if we want each student to fit a single mold?
We are in the space age and students will decide if they want to go to Disney in Florida, California, or space?
We need to either start preparing our students for the future or stop pretending like we are trying
Chris Welch
Focus on standards and conversation on "How do you know?"
Where is the learning visible?
We end up with not just standards but thinking progressions on how to think at deeper cognitive rigor and DOK.
Exchange not just instruction but facilitation
YOUR CHALLENGE
Share ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.
What resonated with you?
RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOW
Everything can be found here - sites.google.com/view/creatingauthenticlearning/power-of-authentic-learning
Universal Constructs
