{"id":11567,"date":"2016-03-18T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/?p=11567"},"modified":"2016-03-17T23:38:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T06:38:17","slug":"081-project-based-learning-with-ben-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=11567","title":{"rendered":"081 – Project-Based Learning with Ben Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“You name a metric. We’re rockin’ it, and I think it’s not because we spend all our time focusing on test prep. It’s because we put students in scenarios where we relate the curriculum to what they care about. Then they have choice and voice in how they respond to that and what projects they work on.” –Ben Owens<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/h3>\n

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\"080Ben Owens is a physics and mathematics teacher at Tri-County Early College High School in Murphy, NC and a 2014 Hope Street Group National Teaching Fellow. He earned degrees in physics and mechanical engineering, respectively, from North Georgia University and the Georgia Institute of Technology and was able to work in the chemical industry for 20 years at various manufacturing and R&D locations across the US. This experience made it clear to him that we had to do a better job of giving students the skills they needed to collaborate and compete with anyone in today’s knowledge-based, global economy. Deciding to stop bellyaching and do something about it, he got his got his Masters of Arts in Teaching from Marshall University and then left the private sector in 2007 to teach in rural Appalachia.<\/p>\n

Ben is TCEC\u2019s lead teacher and coordinator of their Project Based Learning program. He is also a Center for Teaching Quality Virtual Community Organizer and a North Carolina New Schools\u2019 Champion for Change, and a member of the National Science Teachers\u2019 Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He invites others to join him to think outside the box (or at least question why the box may not have been big enough in the first place) so that we can disrupt the status quo in education, allowing every student to learn in an environment that looks less like a traditional school and more like that thing we call the real world.<\/p>\n

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Connect with Ben<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u274f Email<\/strong>: ben.owens@cherokee.k12.nc.us<\/a>
\u274f Website<\/strong>: \u00adhttps:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/cherokee.k12.nc.us\/early-college\/faculty-staff\/math-department–ben-owens<\/a>
\u274f Twitter<\/strong>: @engineerteacher<\/a>
\u274f LinkedIn<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ben\u00adowens\u00ad0a8a9875<\/a> \u00ad
\u274f Pinterest<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/engineerteacher\/<\/a> \u00ad<\/p>\n

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Two examples of what they\u00a0are trying to do at Ben’s\u00a0small, but highly innovative school:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe world doesn\u2019t care what you know. What the world cares about is what you do with what you know.\u201d –Tony Wagner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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How to link Google Classroom with Doctopus and Goobric so that I can give more timely, personalized feedback to my students.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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“It’s not simply about filling in bubble sheets and passing tests… Are we preparing these student, these young people to go out and collaborate with and compete with anybody on the planet?” –Ben Owens<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0“You name a metric. We’re rockin’ it, and I think it’s not because we spend all our time focusing on test prep. It’s because we put students in scenarios where we relate the curriculum to what they care about. Then they have choice and voice in how they respond to that and what projects they work on.” –Ben Owens<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0“It’s not about the facilities or the resources. It’s about having a group of teachers who have passion for wanting to see the students succeed and doing whatever it takes to make than happen.” –Ben Owens<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Project-Based Learning with Ben Owens [In This Episode][Guest Bio][Additional Notes][Text Transcript] In This Episode Are there important innovators and inventors in public schools? Can being an engineer prepare you for the classroom? How can a public school bring project-based learning …<\/p>\n

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