Innovative Education

 

George Lucas Educational Foundation: http://glef.org/index.php

 

This website and foundation are the brainchild of the George Lucas of film fame.  Many of the videos and articles on the site feature high schools.  Some that feature elementary schools are listed below.  Most of the videos are quite short.

 

Start With the Pyramid: http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_884&key=037#

  • An overview of project-based and experiential learning.  Sylvia Chard of the University of Alberta is interviewed in the written article that accompanies the video. 

 

The Edible Schoolyard (Martin Luther King Elementary School, Berkeley, California)

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1131

 

The Little School That Did

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1065&key=189

 

Emotional intelligence: The missing piece

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_680&key=020

 

Geo-Literacy: Forging New Ground

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1042

 

A Remarkable Transformation

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1017

 

March of the Monarchs

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_965

 

More fun than a barrel of ... worms?!

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_860

 

Introducing project-based learning (Clear View Charter School)

http://glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_631

 

There are a number of clips from Clear View on this site.

 

 

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