Ted Malefyt

Passionate about connecting the natural world with pbl and design thinking. ODC Ed Network, PBL Works National Faculty.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

@UCLAWaterPolo @bigten Can @bigten get more schools to have water polo teams? Great sport with great California teams…. Can you get the Midwest invested?

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Kicking off a large project on human impact and taking a number of weeks to "observe" the potential issues, problems or opportunities that we could investigate. Trying something new.. asking students to take many photographs from their vantage point of what they see in real time.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Fantastic two week start to a new semester with a new group. Building culture and community with cardboard sled races, axe throwing and fire challenges.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Taking the classroom outdoors is a "both and " conversation... the power of place. https://t.co/7ZH80BkVeA

[Hamilton Community Schools @HamiltonSchools]

Middle School Teacher @TedMalefyt loves how learning outdoors awakens our students to a world they may have forgotten about. It connects them to something more than a screen. And it's real. Enjoy this quote! #HawkeyeQuotes #EachWillThrive

[Shayla Adams-Stafford @stafford_shayla]

Join me tomorrow with our guest @AlprenticeM as we discuss AP Courses and #PBL....how do you combine the two? Is it possible? #pblchat #pblinpractice

[Shayla Adams-Stafford @stafford_shayla]

Join me this #TechTuesday we learn how to use Loom for providing quality feedback to students using video during projects! Our special guest @tedmalefyt shares how he uses this free tool with his students! #Edtech #pbl #pblchat #edchat https://t.co/QZFhkszOjZ

[Megan Parry @parrymm]

How to make sure your #PD for #PBL is on point https://t.co/vDaJvXovOZ via @eschoolnews

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Thought of the day from Peter Grays book, Free to Learn. “So we are stuck with the paradox. We must accept plays triviality in order to realize its profundity.”

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Huge shoutout to @GVSU steps program on delivering a gold standard #HQPBL experience that will have lasting impact for girls like my daughter. True authentic learning with real equipment and real experts.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

“A crisis of self-regulation” is probably the pinch point that causes me the most frustration. I wonder how much a driver it is in people fleeing or avoiding the classroom? https://t.co/IlXbu3XeR9

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Kayaking brings to life the complexity and spirit of learning. Love every bit of it. Thanks @odcgreenway for the wonderful resource.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Thanks for the space to start stream school! Room 50 signing off.

[Dana VanderLugt @danavanderlugt]

Hot off the presses! Our eighth grade Advanced English class published a book based on their work with GVSU writing mentors! #bmswrites @ericarhamilton

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Great opportunity to collect, document and submit authentic data with your students. 4 day window starts tomorrow. https://t.co/8XplyYNBjW

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Fishing always draws out the good in people and education while honoring the informal learning that our systems need to celebrate.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Today’s Idea: instead of doing classroom norms the first week... we are now in week three and built them with much more in hand and real.

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Today's Idea: i think It's much easier for students to unpack science phenomena with historical and local context. Why do we still isolate?

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Today's idea: trade places with another teacher so students have access to different ideas. Thanks @coachwandel for doing this today!

[Ted Malefyt @TedMalefyt]

Sharing: I like how bottle biology helps build science skills and gets everyone outside!